Purchasing Manager

Purchasing Manager Operational leadership role with a defined path toward enterprise purchasing leadership Position Summary The Purchasing Manager leads the day-to-day execution of purchasing and inventory management activities across United Electric Supply. The role translates business priorities into effective buying decisions, balanced inventory levels, reliable supplier performance, and consistent support for branches and customers. The Purchasing Manager coaches the purchasing team, strengthens operating discipline, and collaborates with sales, operations, logistics, product specialists, and finance to improve service, working capital, and profitability. Primary Focus Team leadership, purchasing execution, inventory performance, supplier management, process discipline, and cross-functional service. Essential Functions Leads, coaches, and develops the purchasing team; sets clear priorities, monitors workload, reinforces accountability, and builds bench strength through cross-training and development planning. Executes purchasing and inventory strategies established with senior leadership, translating company goals into daily buying priorities, replenishment decisions, and measurable team objectives. Maintains balanced inventory levels that support customer demand while reducing excess, slow-moving, and obsolete inventory. Reviews demand, usage, open orders, lead times, backorders, stock-outs, transfer opportunities, and branch requirements to improve product availability and inventory productivity. Manages supplier performance related to delivery, quality, service, reliability, lead times, and responsiveness; resolves routine issues and escalates material risks with recommended actions. Builds productive vendor relationships and negotiates pricing, freight, payment terms, minimums, order quantities, delivery commitments, and other operating terms within approved authority. Monitors market conditions, manufacturer actions, product availability, pricing trends, and supply-chain disruptions; communicates impacts and recommends timely purchasing actions. Recommends major or forward purchases based on anticipated price changes, unusual availability, customer commitments, and inventory risk; supports the financial and operational analysis required for approval. Partners with sales, branch leadership, product specialists, warehouse teams, logistics, operations, and finance to resolve shortages, backorders, excess inventory, delivery issues, and customer service concerns. Supports all branch locations with purchasing, inventory control, product availability, and replenishment decisions. Monitors vendor rebate and incentive programs, tracks purchasing compliance, identifies risks to attainment, and communicates opportunities to responsible stakeholders. Supports company-endorsed product lines, with primary focus on AD manufacturers, and helps align purchasing behavior with approved supplier strategies. Develops and maintains purchasing procedures, approval controls, reporting disciplines, and consistent work standards; recommends improvements and ensures approved changes are implemented. Identifies opportunities to streamline purchasing workflows, improve system use, reduce manual work, and strengthen the accuracy and timeliness of purchasing data. Produces and reviews weekly and monthly purchasing and inventory reports, explains significant variances, and follows through on corrective actions. Establishes practical performance measures for the team, including service levels, backorders, inventory health, supplier performance, purchase-price outcomes, and process compliance. Participates in cross-functional projects, quality initiatives, and steering committees as assigned. Performs other duties as assigned. Leadership and Decision Rights Owns daily purchasing execution and team workload management within approved policies, supplier strategies, inventory parameters, and financial authority. Makes routine supplier, replenishment, an…

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