Procurement Services Manager - Turtle & Hughes Inc.
Clark, NJ 07066
About the Job
Are you looking to join a growing team of dedicated, driven, and passionate people who emphasize a work environment based on respect, collaboration, and diversity?
At Current Source (a division of Turtle), our mission is to revolutionize supply chain dynamics through a flexible value proposition. You will play a key role in delivering critical services to our diverse, time sensitive and cost-conscious customers. Your ability to think outside the box in delivering these critical goals is paramount to Current Sources success. You will play a key role in our goal to listen, learn, and be helpful to every customer in need. Through our culture of innovation, education, and accountability, you ensure to create a space where Everyone Matters. We believe that EVERYONE can do extraordinary things and our mission is to create a workplace that empowers our employees to be successful.
About the Role
The Procurement Services Manager will lead a diverse team of buyers, expeditors and other support staff to provide strategic and tactical procurement services to support Operations and clients directly, leading critical implementation and Business Development support activities. This position will be responsible for strategy, planning the work of others, resolving conflict and other issues, and ensuring excellent service to our internal customers (site personnel) as well as external clients, working in conjunction with the Turtle Category Management team and its’ Partner Suppliers. Policy and process generation, training of staff on assigned responsibilities, contract negotiations and program roll-out and management.
What You’ll Do:
- STRATEGY: Assist with the development, implementation and management of processes and services to support Current Source Supply Chain goals and objectives.
- RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Direct, client facing responsibilities in start-up activities
- Supplier Meetings
- Baseline validation
- Centralized Procurement
- Supervises the daily activities of the Procurement Services Group
- Buyers
- Expeditors
- Support Suppliers
- Other centralized support personnel
- Training and Development of Procurement staff
- Metrics generation and analysis
- Responsible for working with Operations to support the Corporate Procurement Strategy
- Process design
- Selection of tools, systems, software, hardware, etc.
- Training and development of internal and external resources
- Assigns resources to procurement activities as required
- Works with Category and Sourcing Managers as well Operations Leadership to implement strategies within the Corporate Procurement structure.
- Creates and maintains standards for Centralized Procurement and associated processes
- Data analysis and project tracking in support of Central Procurement activities
- Involved with supplier evaluation and selection processes as appropriate
- Leads Supplier Communication processes in support of
- Go Live/Start Up
- Corporate messaging
- Policy Updates
- As required
- Key Diversity Program contributor
- Directs Corporate Procurement functions in
- Baseline Unit Price analysis/implementation
- Sales Support
- Coordination of THIS corporate resources in support of select Operations requirements
- Manage file sharing and document retention processes and repositories within acceptable T&H IT guidelines.
- Track and monitor incentive opportunities for monthly reporting.
- Assist in Supplier Diversity and Sustainable Procurement initiatives
- Oversee content generation and upload for e-catalog data
- Work with IT personnel on functionality, upgrades, etc.
- Document processes related to e-catalog functions
- Ensure long term Master Data Management strategy is supported in e-catalog content
- Descriptions
- Standardized MFG data
- Quality and Quantity
- Document scope for all e-catalog implementations
- Other duties as assigned
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or 5+ years equivalent experience
- 7+ years procurement related experience
- Procurement systems experience
- MRO Sourcing experience required
- Analyzing spend data
- Quality, Cost, Performance, Process improvements
- Project Management/Planning
- Strong Communication and Collaborative Team skills
- Anticipates and resolves complex problems
- Strong decision-making, problem solving and influencing skills
- Matrix management adaptability
What We Offer:
We offer a competitive benefits package. Some of which include:
- 401(k) plan
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid Holidays
- Vacation and Sick Days
- Employee Negotiated Discounts
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.