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Corporate Purchasing Manager (Multiple locations)

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Aug 2024

About the role

Established in 1883, CPM Holdings is a leading supplier of process equipment and technology for the animal feed, oilseed, bioenergy, compounding, engineered materials and human food processing industries. The Company operates through four segments: California Pellet Mill, Crown, CPM Extrusion, and CPM Thermal Processing which design, produce and support equipment and systems under globally recognized brands. CPM Holdings is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN and has more than 1,300 employees with production facilities in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Job description:
The Corporate Purchasing Manager will perform category management and coordinate cost savings activities across CPM Holdings within the direct materials categories. This key role will manage supplier’s performance across our businesses, interface with local purchasing teams at CPM facilities, and manage cost savings and continuous improvement projects across the organization. This position will be a highly visible position and build relationships both internal and external to CPM Holdings. Categories include motors, bearings, steel, gearboxes, fans, blowers, and other OEM products.

This role can be at any of the following locations in hybrid format or remote.

Blaine, MN
Waterloo, IA
St. Charles, MO (St. Louis suburb)
Lexington, NC
Traverse City, MI
Crawfordsville, IN
Ponca city, OK
Blenheim, ON, Canada

Essential Job Functions:

Develop category knowledge and relationships to best develop comprehensive strategies resulting in the highest service and annual cost savings
Coordinate the different businesses to manage supplier relationships as One CPM
Manage supplier’s performance and hold them accountable to pricing and on-time delivery
Source, select, and develop supply base
Negotiate contracts with OEMs and distributors and support vendor/business partner relationships
Responsible for developing and maintaining cost estimates, forecasts, and cost models
Deliver Enterprise value using a landed cost or total cost of ownership approach
Determine domestic versus foreign sourcing (landed costs, exchange rates, etc.) strategy
Partner with engineering in development of alternative vendors and sources to mitigate ongoing supply chain risk
Clearly communicate to senior leaders (both internal and external), vendors and customers
Undertake ad-hoc queries and maintain reports from a variety of resources as specific to department or organizational needs to support the business

Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge: They require strong financial acumen – the ability to utilize fundamental concepts of finance to manage budgets, forecast costs, and provide relevant information for decision-making.
Computer skills: They require advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access) with PowerBI preferred
Creative thinking ability: It is essential that they can demonstrate originality and imagination in thinking while developing a solution to a problem
Communication skills: They must be able to communicate clearly both orally and in writing, and present technical information clearly and succinctly across a variety of communication settings and audience
Customer service skills: It is essential that they are customer focused – they must think and act from customer perspective
Detail-orientation: They must factor