Purchasing Manager - Novanta

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Summary

As a Purchasing Manager, you will lead a purchasing team to ensure timely, quality, cost-effective procurement. You’ll ensure performance and results within the team, develop efficient workflows, and lead through influence. You will develop commodity strategies aligned with company goals & deliver on structural improvement objectives.

Responsibilities

• Managing the performance of the purchasing team, providing coaching, feedback, and development opportunities.

• Developing and implementing efficient workflows and purchasing strategies to optimize purchasing processes, quality and reduce costs

• Maintaining supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, and managing performance expectations while ensuring timely delivery and quality.

• Managing vendor relationships to ensure quality and reliability of goods and services.

• Developing and implementing cost-saving and structural improvement initiatives

• Support ERP implementation for Celera Motion and Novanta

Requirements:

• Demonstrate extensive expertise in purchasing or procurement, while showcasing a track record of successful outcomes

• Be able to lead a team effectively and provide coaching, guidance and support to team members

• Have excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite, purchasing software, Oracle or other ERP systems

• Have excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills with internal stakeholders and external suppliers

• Ability to set and manage goals, allocate resources, and make high quality, timely decisions.

Travel Requirements   

• May require up to 10% travel time   

Physical Requirements

• Lifting up to 50 pounds, Standing long periods of time

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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