PROCUREMENT AND PURCHASING SPECIALIST

Procurement and Purchasing Specialists Reports To : Vice President of Operations Location : Leesville, South Carolina Position Type : Full-Time Salary Range: $70k-$85k Position Summary The Procurement and Purchasing Specialists is responsible for managing all purchasing activities to ensure the timely, cost-effective, and reliable supply of raw materials, operating supplies, equipment, and services necessary to support the company's manufacturing operations. This position is critical to maintaining production continuity, controlling inventory investment, improving material costs, and developing strong supplier relationships. The successful candidate will work closely with Production, Planning, Dye House, Weaving, Finishing, Quality, and Accounting to ensure purchasing decisions align with production requirements, customer commitments, and company financial objectives. The ideal candidate is a hands-on, commercially minded professional who can negotiate effectively, place orders, manage inventory, analyze purchasing data, resolve supply chain issues, and continuously improve procurement processes. Key Responsibilities 1. Purchasing & Strategic Procurement ? Place purchasing orders for all raw materials, including yarns, fibers, dyes, chemicals, backing materials, and other textile manufacturing inputs. ? Purchase operating supplies, maintenance materials, spare parts, packaging, equipment, and outside services. ? Negotiate competitive pricing, payment terms, minimum order quantities, lead times, and delivery schedules. ? Develop purchasing strategies to reduce costs, improve supply reliability, and identify alternative sources of supply. ? Evaluate supplier quotations and identify opportunities for cost savings and purchasing efficiencies. ? Monitor market conditions, commodity pricing, freight costs, tariffs, and other factors affecting material costs. 2. Supplier Management ? Establish and maintain strong relationships with domestic and international suppliers. ? Monitor supplier performance based on pricing, quality, on-time delivery, and responsiveness. ? Address supplier quality issues, delivery delays, and pricing discrepancies. ? Develop long-term supplier agreements where appropriate to secure favorable pricing and reliable supply. ? Identify and qualify alternative suppliers to reduce supply chain risk. 3. Inventory & Material Planning ? Coordinate with Production Planning to ensure materials are available to meet manufacturing schedules and customer demand. ? Establish appropriate inventory levels, reorder points, and purchasing parameters. ? Monitor inventory usage, supplier lead times, minimum order quantities, and material requirements. ? Balance material availability against inventory investment and working capital requirements. ? Identify and reduce excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and inactive inventory. ? Proactively identify potential material shortages and expedite critical purchases when necessary. 4. Cost Control & Financial Management ? Monitor purchasing expenditures and material costs against budgets and standard costs. ? Identify opportunities to reduce material costs and improve purchasing efficiencies. ? Evaluate the financial impact of purchasing decisions, including freight, payment terms, minimum quantities, and inventory carrying costs. ? Work with Accounting to resolve invoice discrepancies and purchasing price variances. ? Provide management with regular reports on purchasing activity, inventory levels, supplier performance, and cost-saving initiatives. 5. Systems & Process Improvement ? Establish and maintain disciplined purchasing procedures and purchase order approval controls. ? Maintain accurate vendor pricing, lead times, minimum order quantities, and purchasing information within the ERP system. ? Ensure purchase orders are accurate, authorized, and issued in a timely manner. ? Utilize ERP/MRP systems to improve purchasing visibility, material planning, and inventory control. ? Continuously…

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