Position Summary:

The Supply Planning & Procurement Manager is responsible for leading all planning, purchasing, supplier performance, and material management activities for a highly customized engineered-to-order and make-to-order manufacturing environment. This role develops and executes supply chain strategies that ensure material availability, supplier reliability, cost competitiveness, and on-time delivery of customer projects. The successful candidate will build a disciplined procurement and planning organization capable of supporting growth while managing supply risk, inventory investment, and cost performance.

Reports To: Director of Value Stream

Essential Functions:

Position requirements include, but are not limited to:

Strategic Procurement & Supplier Management

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for critical commodities and supplier categories.
• Lead supplier selection, qualification, onboarding, and performance management initiatives.
• Establish supplier scorecards measuring quality, delivery, responsiveness, lead time, and cost performance.
• Conduct regular business reviews with key suppliers.
• Identify and implement supplier risk mitigation strategies.
• Drive supplier development initiatives to improve reliability and reduce supply chain disruptions.
• Lead contract and commercial negotiations to secure favorable pricing, terms, and delivery commitments.
• Develop secondary sourcing strategies for critical materials and components.

Improve supplier on-time delivery, responsiveness, and overall supply chain reliability through structured supplier performance management and continuous improvement initiatives.

Supply Planning and Project-Based Manufacturing

• Lead material planning activities within a Make-to-Order and Engineer-to-Order manufacturing environment.
• Ensure material availability aligns with project milestones and engineering release schedules.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Production, Project Management, and Customer Service teams to manage changing customer requirements.
• Develop planning methodologies that accommodate long lead-time and custom engineered components.
• Manage supply chain impacts associated with engineering changes and project scope modifications.

Required Experience

• 7+ years of progressively responsible supply chain leadership experience.
• Minimum 3 years leading procurement and planning teams.
• Experience in capital equipment, industrial machinery, automation, process equipment, or engineered products manufacturing.
• Experience operating in Make-to-Order (MTO) and/or Engineer-to-Order (ETO) manufacturing environments.
• Proven track record improving supplier performance and procurement processes.

Preferred

• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification.
• Experience with supplier development programs.
• Experience implementing procurement process improvements.
• Advanced ERP planning system knowledge.

The Ideal Candidate Will:

• Be equally comfortable working with suppliers and manufacturing operations.
• Have experience managing supply risk in custom manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrate strong commercial negotiation capabilities.
• Be capable of introducing structure and discipline into planning and procurement processes.
• Lead through influence while building accountability within the team.
• Use data to drive decisions and continuous improvement.
• Balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

Success Measures

• Supplier On-Time Delivery
• Material Availability
• Inventory Turns
• Purchase Price Variance
• Standard Cost Accuracy
• Supplier Quality Performance
• Manufacturing Schedule Adherence
• Customer On-Time Delivery
• Working Capital Performance

Total Rewards

Benefits Package

Our comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings include: Health benefits, 401(k) retirement savings program with company match, PTO, and more. More information on our benefits and rewards can be found on our career page: