What You'll DoYour future starts here! The Sourcing Manager will drive supply chain excellence by managing a $90M resin category spend. This role will lead sourcing strategies for polymers and plastics, collaborating across Manufacturing, Finance, and Customer Service to optimize material costs and supplier performance.
Responsibilities:- Develop a Category/Supplier Strategies for defined product material groups specifically focusing on resin, plastics, and engineered polymers.
- Negotiate long term Supplier Agreements and Consignment/Stocking Programs to support key Royal and Customer requirements.
- Manages supplier negotiations and reduces total cost to improve margins and support revenue growth per annual cost improvement (CIP) targets.
- Provide timely supplier quotations for potential future business opportunities.
- Organize Supplier Business Reviews with key Royal stakeholders.
- Participate in company-wide A3, Project Management Teams, and other Continuous Improvement efforts.
- Ensure compliance to Company regulatory processes, and procedures.
- Review market trends and analysis to ensure best total cost offering for the Customer objectives.
- Support the activities of the Customer Business Units with New Product Development, Supplier Selection, and project launch deliverables.Assist Engineering with the development of product specifications and substitute materials.
- Assist Engineering with the development of product specifications and substitute materials (e.g., qualifying alternative resin grades, regrind usage, or sustainable polymers).
- Review performance metrics for comparison and evaluation of supplier performance factors to implement needed action plans for business continuity.Support Supplier Quality on critical problem resolution.
- Manage critical engineering change requests (MIS) and material obsolescence.
- Ensure compliance to Company regulatory processes, and procedures.
- Demonstrate Royal's Core Values in all interpersonal interactions.
What You'll BringQualifications:- Bachelor or Master's in Purchasing, Business, or Supply Chain.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in Manufacturing with Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing, or Commodity Management.
- Deep knowledge in Resin categories (e.g., commodity plastics, engineered resins, colorants/masterbatches, and polymers)
- Knowledge in Metals and Decorative categories (Paint, color, fabric)
- Knowledge of ERP Demand Management software.
- Organize internal Category reviews to assure alignment across the Company.
- Analytical/accurate with data collection and reporting.
- Service oriented, goal driven, ability to manage multiple tasks with fast paced team environment
- Create workload balance and shared knowledge for risk mitigation.
- Very analytical/accurate with data collection and reporting.
- Service oriented, goal driven, ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Strong Customer focus with the ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the business.
- Creative problem solving and time management skills.
What You'll Get - No Sunday work
- Weekly pay
- Quarterly bonuses based on profitability
- Ownership in the company through our ESOP plan (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)
- Outstanding medical insurance
- On-site wellness facility available 24 hours a day
