# Purchasing Manager

Purchasing Manager Job Purpose: As the Country Purchasing Manager for Kysor Warren EPTA US, you will serve as a key operational and strategic leader driving manufacturing procurement excellence, supplier performance, and supply chain continuity. In this vital role, you will lead and develop the purchasing team, optimize inventory and material availability in SAP, and align local execution with broader Epta Group strategies, ensuring flawless support for production schedules, new product introductions, and sustainable growth. Basic Requirements/Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Procurement, Business Administration, Operations, Engineering, or a related field; an MBA or advanced supply chain degree is preferred. 10+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain within a manufacturing environment, including people leadership or team-direction experience. Demonstrated success in supplier negotiations, shortage recovery, inventory management, and procurement process improvement. Strong knowledge of MRP, purchasing planning parameters, supplier lead times, open-order management, and manufacturing material flow. Proficiency wit

- **Id**: 4049257
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/epta-purchasing-manager>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Columbus, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T21:18:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T01:12:54Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5354
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: HVAC & Refrigeration

## Company

- **Id**: 717807
- **Name**: Epta
- **Domain**: eptarefrigeration.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/eptarefrigeration>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 96
- **Open postings**: 61
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.344
- **Repost share**: 0.016
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 19
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Excel** — Optional: no
- **Power BI** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-11T01:12:54Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T02:36:50Z

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