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As the best-in-class EMS provider, we strive to achieve the highest industry returns, driven by our passionate and dedicated employees.\nBenefits Highlights:\nCompetitive salary package with 401K and company match\nPaid time off (PTO) and paid holidays\nComprehensive Medical HRA Plan\nShort-term/Long-term Disability Insurance, and more.\nTuition reimbursement for professional development\nSummary: The Purchasing Manager is responsible for leading day-to-day purchasing activities to meet financial commitments established by site leadership while supporting material availability, production requirements, and customer commitments. This role provides leadership and direction to the Purchasing team, establishes purchasing priorities, manages supplier performance and escalations, and supports the timely procurement of materials required for manufacturing operations.\nWorking closely with Planning, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Program Management, and other Supply Chain functions, the Purchasing Manager coordinates purchasing activities based on production demand, addresses material shortages and supplier constraints, supports supplier negotiations, and ensures purchasing information and commitments are accurately maintained within the ERP/MRP system.\nEssential Functions:\nLead the Purchasing team by establishing priorities, providing direction and support, monitoring performance, and developing team capabilities.\nManage purchasing activities to support material requirements, production schedules, and customer commitments.\nReview MRP requirements and planning inputs with the Purchasing team to ensure purchasing actions and supplier commitments align with production demand.\nManage supplier delivery performance, lead times, material availability, and open purchase orders; direct actions to address issues that may impact production.\nLead supplier negotiations related to pricing, delivery, lead times, minimum order quantities, and other commercial terms, while coaching and developing the Purchasing team in effective supplier negotiation practices.\nEngage with Planning, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Program Management, and Supply Chain Analytics to address material shortages, changing priorities, supplier constraints, inventory concerns, and other supply-related issues.\nProvide direction on critical shortages and supplier escalations, including prioritization and recovery actions needed to support production.\nUtilize supply chain analysis, supplier performance data, market information, and inventory trends to establish purchasing priorities, address supply risks, and support procurement decisions.\nSupport supplier selection, evaluation, and qualification activities in coordination with Quality, Engineering, and other applicable functions.\nPartner with Supply Chain Analytics to identify excess and obsolete inventory, material exposure, lead-time risks, and opportunities to improve inventory performance.\nEnsure purchase orders, supplier commitments, lead times, pricing, and all relevant MRP data is accurately maintained within the system.\nEnsure purchasing activities comply with company procedures, customer requirements, contractual requirements, and applicable quality and regulatory standards.\nIdentify and implement improvements to purchasing processes, supplier performance, material availability, and procurement execution.\nLeadership Responsibilities:\nLead by example through integrity, ethical decision-making, professionalism, and compliance with company policies, procedures, and applicable regulations.\nEffectively communicate organizational priorities, departmental goals, and performance expectations while promoting employee engagement and collaboration.\nFoster a culture of safety, quality, accountability, respect, and continuous improvement consistent with SMTC values and business objectives. \nSupport employee development through coaching, training, feedback, performance management, and recognition initiatives. \nEstablish departmental goals, performance metrics, and operational priorities aligned with organizational objectives. \nLead employee development, succession planning, talent acquisition, and workforce capability initiatives. \nManage departmental resources, budgets, staffing plans, and performance improvement activities. \nPartner with cross-functional leaders to drive business performance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. \nCompetencies:\nStrategic Procurement: Ability to develop and execute procurement strategies that ensure material availability, supplier performance, cost competitiveness, and operational success. \nSupply Chain Management: Ability to manage procurement activities that support production, inventory optimization, supplier performance, and customer commitments. \nStrategic Sourcing: Ability to develop sourcing strategies, evaluate suppliers, and establish long-term supplier partnerships that support business objectives. \nSupplier Relationship Management: Ability to build and strengthen strategic supplier relationships that improve quality, delivery, responsiveness, and collaboration. \nSupplier Performance Management: Ability to evaluate supplier performance through KPIs, scorecards, business reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives. \nCommodity Management: Ability to manage commodity strategies, market conditions, and sourcing decisions that support supply continuity and cost optimization. \n Material Requirements Planning (MRP): Ability to support material planning activities that ensure supply continuity and production readiness. \nContract Negotiation: Ability to negotiate pricing, contracts, lead times, and commercial agreements that maximize business value. \nInventory Strategy: Ability to optimize inventory investment, reduce excess and obsolete inventory, and support working capital objectives. \nSupply Chain Risk Management: Ability to identify supply risks, evaluate operational impacts, and implement mitigation strategies that strengthen supply chain resilience. \nFinancial Acumen: Ability to evaluate procurement costs, budgets, supplier performance, and total cost of ownership to support business objectives. \nContinuous Improvement: Ability to lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives that improve procurement performance, supplier collaboration, and operational efficiency. \nCross-Functional Leadership: Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams to achieve procurement and organizational objectives. \nTalent Development: Ability to coach, mentor, and develop Purchasing personnel while building organizational capability. \nChange Leadership: Ability to lead organizational and procurement-related change initiatives that support strategic business objectives. \nExecutive Communication: Ability to communicate procurement strategies, supplier performance, business risks, and organizational priorities effectively with leadership and key stakeholders.\nQualifications:\nEducation:Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field preferred.\n\n Certifications:ASCM Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM), preferred\nASCM Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), preferred\nLean Six Sigma Green Belt, preferred\n\n Experience:Minimum of seven (7) years of progressive procurement, purchasing, or supply chain experience within a manufacturing environment. \nMinimum of three (3) years of leadership experience managing purchasing, procurement, or supply chain personnel. \nElectronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) experience strongly preferred. \nDemonstrated experience developing procurement strategies, leading supplier negotiations, managing strategic supplier relationships, and driving cost reduction initiatives. \nExperience supporting Material Requirements Planning (MRP), ERP systems, inventory optimization, supplier performance management, and New Product Introduction (NPI). \nStrong understanding of electronic components, custom engineered materials, and manufacturing supply chain processes. \nExcellent analytical, negotiation, financial, leadership, and project management skills. \nAdvanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.\n\nPhysical Requirements:\nAbility to sit for extended periods while performing computer-based work, attending meetings, and reviewing reports. \nAbility to stand and walk for extended periods while conducting floor presence, observations, meetings, audits, and employee interactions. \nAbility to communicate effectively in person, virtually, and through written communication. \nAbility to use standard office equipment, including computers, phones, and related technology. \nAbility to move throughout office, production, warehouse, and customer environments as business needs require. \nAbility to occasionally bend, reach, and lift materials or equipment up to 25 pounds. \nAbility to travel as required by business needs. \nAbility to visually review documents, reports, presentations, production information, and computer displays with or without corrective lenses.\nMental Requirements:\nThe employee is required to exercise strategic thinking, sound judgment, and independent decision-making in support of departmental and organizational objectives. \nThe role requires the ability to analyze complex information, evaluate risks, resolve conflicts, manage multiple priorities, and make timely decisions in a dynamic environment. \nEmployees must effectively 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The position requires strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and the ability to balance short-term operational needs with long-term business objectives.\nWork Environment:\nWork is performed in a professional, climate-controlled office setting with exposure to standard office noise levels and lighting. The role routinely uses typical office equipment, including computers, phones, printers, and related peripherals. Duties may involve extended periods of sitting, sustained computer work, and regular interaction with internal staff. Employees may occasionally access production areas, which may expose them to elevated noise levels, temperature variations, or manufacturing activity. All employees are expected to comply with workplace policies, safety protocols, and organizational procedures.\nTravel: 11-25% of the time based on business needs.\nPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.\nSMTC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other protected status. \nIf you require assistance completing this application due to a disability, please contact Human Resources to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.","description_format":"text","description_chars":11513,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-02T15:02:06Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":56,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.741,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":38,"expected_fill_days":39,"reasons":["conf:1","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-06T05:45:30Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/smtc-mgr-purchasing","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/smtc-mgr-purchasing.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-07T00:39:03Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1151,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":3849,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-08T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":3859379},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=3859379"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsmtc-mgr-purchasing"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsmtc-mgr-purchasing"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsmtc-mgr-purchasing"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/smtc-mgr-purchasing\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsmtc-mgr-purchasing"}]}