POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Assistant Director of Purchasing reports to the Director of Purchasing and is responsible for the daily leadership, coordination, and performance of the Purchasing organization. This position provides direct leadership to Purchasing Managers and Strategic Sourcing Managers and ensures effective execution of procurement, sourcing, supplier performance, and material delivery activities.

Major objectives include achieving departmental KPIs, supporting strategic sourcing initiatives, ensuring material availability, developing personnel, driving process improvements, and facilitating collaboration across Engineering, Product Management, Planning, Manufacturing, Project Management, Operations, and Finance.

The Assistant Director serves as the primary operational leader of the Purchasing department and acts on behalf of the Director when required.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide direct supervision of Purchasing Managers and Strategic Sourcing Managers.
• Translate purchasing strategies and organizational objectives into actionable department plans.
• Monitor and drive departmental performance against procurement, supplier, delivery, inventory, and operational KPIs.
• Ensure alignment between Buyer and Expediting teams to support manufacturing schedules and customer commitments.
• Support strategic sourcing initiatives including supplier selection, qualification, development, and risk mitigation activities.
• Escalate and resolve critical supplier, delivery, quality, and commercial issues.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Planning, Manufacturing, Operations, Project Management, and Finance to establish priorities and resolve material constraints.
• Champion ERP/MRP utilization, data integrity, reporting accuracy, and system improvements.
• Develop and maintain purchasing policies, procedures, standard work, and training programs.
• Support budget planning, cost reduction initiatives, and total cost of ownership objectives.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, quality standards, and ISO requirements.
• Serve as acting department leader in the absence of the Director.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by TAS.

JOB SKILLS:

• Strong leadership and team development capabilities.
• Advanced knowledge of procurement, sourcing, supply chain, and materials management principles.
• Strong understanding of supplier relationship management and strategic sourcing.
• Strong ERP/MRP systems knowledge and data analysis capabilities.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across all levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Change management and continuous improvement leadership.
• Business acumen and operational planning capabilities.
• Ability to drive accountability and results through subordinate leaders.

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Extensive relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• 7 years working in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain.
• 5 years managing and developing teams.
• Hands-on experience in engineer-to-order and make-to-order manufacturing.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• 7+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain.
• 5+ years of direct people leadership across purchasing or manufacturing teams.
• Experience in Lean principles, ISO-regulated environments, and strategic sourcing.
• Professional certification (APICS, CPSM, or CPM) preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with computer. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions. Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading. The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Applications and resumes will be kept on file for a limited time and the Company is under no duty or obligation to contact applicants if they are not selected for the job applied for or if other jobs become available in the future. Applicants that desire to apply for a job that becomes available at the Company in the future, should submit a new employment application or resume.