GCG

Director of Purchasing – Automation and Factory Solutions

GCG

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Kentucky, Ohio

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Salary

💰 $165,000 - $175,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AssemblyERP

About the role

  • What you'll do: Strategic Purchasing & Supplier Management — Develop and implement purchasing strategies that optimize cost, quality, and service levels. Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers; drive delivery of updated product data; address discrepancies. Manage obligations under supplier agreements. Closely coordinate with our sales leaders to understand large upcoming project purchases that require additional project management. Ensure competitive sourcing for non-strategic suppliers to mitigate risk and capture cost savings. Understand and optimize our supplier pricing catalogues.
  • Leadership & Team Management — Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 8 across direct purchasing, stock purchasing, purchase management, invoice processing, and purchasing operations. Set clear performance objectives, provide regular feedback, and coach team members to achieve professional growth. Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and cross-team collaboration.
  • Operational Excellence & Process Improvement — Institute best-in-class supply chain management processes tailored to distribution operations. Drive automation of purchasing workflows and measure efficiency gains. Collaborate with corporate supply chain, supplier relations, inventory/warehouse, customer service, order management, and information technology to ensure smooth operations. Standardize and document purchasing procedures to ensure consistency and scalability.
  • Analytics & Performance Measurement — Collaborating with key stakeholders, develop and maintain robust KPIs to measure purchasing effectiveness, supplier performance, and department health. Produce regular reports for leadership on purchasing trends, cost savings, supplier scorecards, and process efficiency. Analyze purchasing data to identify cost reduction opportunities, supplier risks, and improvement areas. Develop supplier score cards to review with suppliers on a regular basis to drive continuous improvement of the supply chain.
  • ERP & Systems Management — Leverage ERP systems (manufacturing or distribution) to optimize purchasing, inventory visibility, and supplier communications. Maintain data accuracy in purchasing records, supplier information, and order tracking. Partner with IT and operations to enhance ERP capabilities for purchasing functions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business administration, or related field; master’s degree preferred.
  • Minimum 8+ years of purchasing/supply chain experience, with at least 3 years in a senior management role.
  • Recent experience in distribution with multi-supplier procurement strongly preferred.
  • Proven track record of managing and developing high-performing purchasing teams.
  • Exceptional Excel skills (advanced formulas, pivot tables, data visualization) and strong analytical capabilities.
  • Proficiency in ERP systems for manufacturing or distribution.
  • Strong negotiation, relationship-building, and vendor management skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to implement automation and process improvement initiatives with measurable results.