RTI Surgical Inc

Purchasing Manager

RTI Surgical Inc • $85K — $110K *
Alachua, FL 32615In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant area
  • 6 to 8 years in purchasing, procurement, sourcing, supply chain, or supplier management
  • 3+ years of leadership experience
  • Strong supplier management and negotiation skills
  • ERP expertise and master data governance

Responsibilities

  • Lead, develop, and coach the team; manage daily execution of PO placement, expediting, and issue resolution
  • Manage team performance through goal setting, coaching, and feedback
  • Review and approve high-risk or high-spend award decisions
  • Lead and manage category strategies for top direct material families and key suppliers
  • Maintain performance review cadence and manage escalation and corrective action processes
  • Oversee RFQ/RFP processes, bid leveling, award documentation, and contract templates
  • Lead sourcing support for new product development projects

Benefits

  • Annual CIP bonus opportunity of up to $15,000
  • Onsite presence required, with occasional work-from-home flexibility
  • Health and wellness programs available
  • Opportunity for professional development and training
Full Job Description
Location: Alachua, FL

Annual CIP bonus opportunity of up to $15,000.00

Onsite presence is required, with occasional work-from-home flexibility available.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead, develop, and coach the team; manage daily execution of PO placement, expediting, and issue resolution while maintaining a strategic focus on supplier performance and savings
  • Lead and manage team performance through goal setting, coaching, and feedback; ensure consistent execution of sourcing events, supplier scorecards/QBRs, and savings governance
  • Review and approve high-risk or high-spend award decisions and ensure alignment with Quality, Engineering, and Operations
  • Lead and manage category strategies for top direct material families and key suppliers; oversee supplier segmentation, playbooks, and multi-sourcing plans where risk and qualification requirements allow
  • Maintain performance review cadence, and manage escalation and corrective action processes with clear accountability for issue resolution
  • Lead and manage standardization of RFQ/RFP processes, bid leveling, award documentation, and contract templates; ensure commercial terms protect supply assurance and change control
  • Maintain governance of purchasing master data accuracy and implement audits and controls to reduce shortages and invoice discrepancies
  • Lead and manage annual performance targets for savings, PPV improvement, supplier on-time delivery, quality, and reduction of expedites/past dues; validate savings using agreed methodologies. Drive cost reduction initiatives focused on total cost of ownership
  • Lead and manage cross-functional alignment with Planning, Quality, Engineering, and Operations; ensure forecast alignment, qualification timelines, and supply risk mitigation. Train requestors on purchasing standards and enforce requisition quality
  • Lead and manage sourcing support for new product development from concept through launch; ensure supplier selection, lead time feasibility, and cost targets are integrated into project plans
  • Coordinate supplier technical reviews and ensure readiness for validation, scale-up, documentation, and change control requirements


Education

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant area


Experience

  • 6 to 8 years of purchasing, procurement, sourcing, supply chain, or supplier management experience, including direct materials procurement in a regulated manufacturing environment.
  • 3+ years of leadership experience
  • *Additional experience may substitute for education requirement


Certification

  • N/A


Skills

  • Strong supplier management and negotiation skills
  • ERP expertise and master data governance
  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Process improvement and operational standardization
  • Team leadership, coaching, and accountability
  • Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder influence
  • RFQ/RFP leadership, bid leveling, award justification, and contracting discipline
  • Strong Excel and analytical capability, including PPV analysis, savings tracking, supplier performance reporting, and KPI dashboards.


Travel

  • Up to 10% travel required


Safety:

Physical Requirement

  • Move or lift objects up to 25 pounds
  • Frequent (>75%) stationary position (standing or sitting) while utilizing digital displays
  • Frequent (>75% fine manipulation using hands and fingers (typing, opening, writing, clicking, paper sorting, etc.)


Working Environment

  • Onsite: Office environment with assigned workstation
  • Remote positions only: Home office environment with minimum distractions


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About RTI Surgical Inc

RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc. is a surgical implant company. The Company processes donated human musculoskeletal and other tissues, including bone, cartilage, tendon, ligament, fascia lata, pericardium, sclera and dermal tissues, and bovine and porcine animal tissues to produce allograft and xenograft implants utilizing BIOCLEANSE, TUTOPLAST and CANCELLE SP sterilization processes, and manufactures metal and synthetic implants for distribution to hospitals and surgeons. The Company's segments include Spine, Sports Medicine, Ortho fixation, Bone Graft Substitutes and General Orthopedic (BGS and General Orthopedic), Dental and Surgical Specialties. The Company's implants are used in orthopedic, spine, sports medicine, cardiovascular, dental and surgical procedures. The Company's processing facilities are located in Alachua, Florida; Neunkirchen, Germany; and Aix-en-Provence, France. The Company distributes its implants and services in the United States and internationally.
Learn more about RTI Surgical Inc
Size
891 employees
Market Cap
$185
Industry
Healthcare
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+320%
NASDAQ
RTIX
* Ladders Estimates

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