Purchasing Manager
Elyria, OH, United States
The Job:
The Purchasing Manager is responsible for leading purchasing activities for the SEF Rivets & Equipment Purchasing POD, supporting five manufacturing plants across the United States with an annual spend of $120M. This role drives purchasing performance, supplier reliability, procurement compliance, and continuous improvement across the procure-to-pay process. The position plays a critical leadership role in ensuring material availability, improving operational efficiency, and establishing best-in-class purchasing practices that support business objectives.
The Purchasing Manager will oversee purchase order execution, supplier performance, supply disruption management, and the digitalization of purchasing processes and KPIs. The role also provides people leadership, developing team capabilities, strengthening cross-functional collaboration, and driving operational excellence across the supported manufacturing facilities.
You’ll get to:
- Lead Purchasing for the SEF Rivets & Equipment Purchasing POD, supporting five manufacturing plants across the region.
- Drive strong performance across Procure-to-Pay (P2P) KPIs for the assigned POD, including purchase order cycle time, supplier delivery performance and compliance metrics.
- Establish and implement best-in-class purchasing practices, standard work, and process discipline across the region.
- Own and improve supplier on-time delivery performance to ensure continuity of supply and support plant operations.
- Proactively identify, escalate, and resolve supplier delivery issues and supply chain constraints.
- Lead and coordinate actions to manage and mitigate critical material shortages.
- Oversee purchase order management across the assigned POD, ensuring timely creation, maintenance, follow-up, and closure of POs.
- Ensure full adherence to procurement policies, internal controls, and company compliance requirements.
- Enable and accelerate the digitalization of purchasing tasks, reporting, and KPI management to improve efficiency, visibility, and decision-making.
- Partner with suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve service, responsiveness, and overall supply performance.
- Support cost, service, quality, and working capital objectives through effective purchasing execution and supplier management.
- Monitor purchasing performance trends and develop corrective actions where needed.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to simplify processes, eliminate waste, and improve operational effectiveness.
- Lead, coach, and develop the purchasing team, establishing clear performance expectations, driving accountability, managing talent development, and fostering cross-functional collaboration to achieve business objectives.
The Person:
You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, or materials management, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
- 5+ years of people management or leadership experience, with demonstrated success in leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
- Experience managing purchasing operations across multiple manufacturing sites or business units highly preferred.
- Demonstrated success in managing supplier performance, on-time delivery, and shortage mitigation.
- Strong knowledge of procure-to-pay processes, purchase order management, and procurement compliance requirements.
- Proven experience driving process improvement and standardization in a fast-paced operational environment.
- Proficiency with ERP systems (Infor LX, JD(E), Navision), purchasing tools, and KPI/dashboard reporting.
- Strong data analytics and reporting capabilities, including advanced Microsoft Excell skills and experience with Powe BI or similar business intelligence.
Preferred Leadership Profile
The ideal candidate is a results-oriented purchasing leader who combines strong operational execution with a continuous improvement mindset. This individual should be comfortable working across multiple plants, managing competing priorities, and driving accountability with both suppliers and internal teams. The role requires a leader who can stabilize day-to-day execution while also building more efficient, standardized, and digitally enabled purchasing processes for the future.
The Details:
You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:
- Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
And More:
We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:
- Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
- Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
- Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
- Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.
What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc).
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The Salary range for this position is $95,600.00 - $146,600.00
This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker.
The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations.
The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases.
Medical, dental, life, vision, disability,401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tool sand other partner programs.
