Purchasing Manager

Descripción y detalle de las actividadesJob Summary: Lead and support the team of Buyers.Serve as a liaison between VERTIV and our supply base communicating the day-to-day needs of our business along with helping to drive long term performance improvements.The Purchasing Manager is the first escalation point for all issues with suppliers not resolved by the buyers including delivery, quality, purchase price variances and discrepancies and overall performance.The Purchasing Manager is also responsible for making sure we have loaded proper planning parameters, use of forecasting techniques and driving continuous improvement in the buying processes.Essential Functions: - Set performance goals for the Buyers and establish actions plans to meet them.
- Work to prevent critical shortages on all buy and subcontract components as well as achieve our raw material inventory turnover targets.
- Establish metrics and reports to measure and control on time delivery and inventory in trans...