Purchasing Manager

POSITION SUMMARY The Purchasing Manager is responsible for leading the procurement functions across Clean Control Corporation and affiliated business units. This includes and is not limited to planning, directing, and coordinating the procurement of raw materials, packaging, ingredients, finished goods, maintenance supplies, equipment, and indirect materials required to support company operations. This position ensures cost-effective purchasing practices while maintaining quality standards, appropriate inventory levels, and uninterrupted production. The Purchasing Manager partners with Manufacturing, Production Planning, Warehouse, Quality, Finance, Research and Development, Maintenance, and Executive Leadership to strengthen supplier performance, improve procurement processes, manage risk, and support growth. The role will also support purchasing integration and supplier consolidation associated with current and future business expansions. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Develop and execute purchasing strategies aligned with company objectives, production requirements, and growth plans. Source, evaluate, select, and manage suppliers based on quality, cost, service, capacity, reliability, and risk. Negotiate pricing, contracts, payment terms, lead times, freight terms, and service expectations. Lead competitive bid processes and identify cost-reduction, value-engineering, and supplier-consolidation opportunities. Monitor market conditions, commodities, tariffs, transportation impacts, and other factors affecting cost or availability. Inventory and Material Planning Collaborate with Operations and Production Planning to support forecasted material requirements and support production schedules. Maintain inventory levels that support customer and operational needs while reducing excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory. Monitor purchasing demand, lead times, safety stock, reorder points, inventory turns, and material availability. Address shortages, expedite critical materials, and develop contingency plans for supply interruptions. Supplier Performance and Compliance Establish supplier performance measures for quality, delivery, responsiveness, service, and cost competitiveness. Lead supplier reviews and coordinate corrective actions involving shortages, nonconforming materials, delivery failures, or pricing discrepancies. Partner with Quality Assurance to ensure suppliers meet specifications, documentation requirements, and applicable regulatory or food-safety expectations. Maintain approved supplier records, contracts, pricing documentation, certificates, and purchasing files. Lead and maintain supplier relationships Cross-Functional and Growth Support Support new product development, product changes, packaging changes, and commercialization through timely sourcing and cost analysis. Partner with Finance on budgets, forecasts, purchase price variance, working capital, and spend analysis. Support procurement due diligence and integration for acquisitions or new business units. Identify opportunities to leverage combined purchasing volume and standardize suppliers, materials, terms, and processes across Clean Control and affiliated companies. Ability to see beyond the scope of procurement, including suggesting improvement to cross functional areas. Systems and Continuous Improvement Maintain accurate purchasing data in the company’s ERP and related systems. Develop and monitor purchasing reports, key performance indicators, and supplier scorecards. Ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies, approval requirements, internal controls, and recordkeeping standards. Lead improvements in purchasing workflows, system use, reporting, automation, and department procedures. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES May supervise Buyers, Purchasing Coordinators, Procurement Specialists, or related personnel as the department grows. Provide direction, training, coaching, workload planning,…

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