Manages supplier relationships, commodity competitiveness, supply base performance, inventory accuracy, supplier payments, material cost reduction, and strategic procurement initiatives. Supports product and project teams, addresses component shortages, maintains commodity expertise, and contributes to departmental strategy. Requires purchasing experience with ice machine components, metals, electrical, or mechanical components, along with quality and problem-solving training. The role involves at least 25% travel and occasional light physical work.
Job Title
Supply Base Manager
Function
Purchasing
Reports to
Vice President, Procurement
Supervises
None
Mission
Manage the supply base under the philosophy of partnerships, for the best value components and services. Provide value-added support for product and project teams to manage the product lines value to the end customer.
Principle Activities
- Attend and support all assigned Product and Project Team activities with functional technical inputs and non-functional challenges.
- Measurement and improvement of the supply base performance through quality techniques and state of the art material management techniques.
- Assess the competitiveness of assigned commodities and supply base to insure overall value to the company and customers.
- Maintains the system integrity to insure prompt payments to suppliers, and inventory accuracy.
- Interfaces with Accounting to insure timely payment of all invoices.
- Provide strategic direction on supply base management both divisional and on cross-division councils.
- Uses state of the art techniques to reduce material costs to the stated goal, such as V/A and V/E.
- Assists Fairfax with component shortages if needed.
- Maintains competency in commodity areas for new state of the art approaches.
- Provide input and direction to the overall strategy of the department.
Financial/Risk Control
- Fulfill the financial control and risk management responsibility inherent in the position.
- Conduct yourself in accordance with the Company code of ethics policy.
Required Education/ Certification
- 4 year college degree. Preferably with a mechanical or technical focus.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft word, excel, access, and PowerPoint.
Required Experience
- Purchasing experience in ice machine components, metals, electrical, or mechanical components. Team focused. Quality and Problem-solving training.
Physical Requirements
- Some travel required. 25% or more. 4-5 hotel nights.
- Some light lifting, bending and squatting may be required.
- 30% of time may be spent keyboarding.
Compensation
$90,000 - $105,000
Scotsman Ice Systems Vernon Hills, Illinois, USA Office
Vernon Hills, IL, United States
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