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Brandt is looking for a supply chain management professional to lead the industrial metals group. Reporting to the Director of Purchasing, the Purchasing Manager - Metals is tasked with ensuring that Brandt achieves best value in terms of price, quality, reliability and delivery in all transactions related to our metals spend.
The role of Purchasing Manager - Metals plays a central role in Brandts ongoing supply chain and cost control activities. Considerable interaction with senior company management is involved, as this role will provide ongoing analysis and strategic advice related to the commodity group. The individual were looking for will have built a career around understanding the numerous factors that affect the steel, aluminum markets and how best to mitigate volatility.
Success in the role will be achieved through training of subordinates in the nature of strategic purchasing of metals, and through effective management of the global relationships required to satisfy operational demands.
Required Experience:
5 or more years of relevant experience
Expertise in the strategic purchasing of various metals
Post-Secondary education in Business Administration or similar discipline.
Professional certification in Supply Chain or Procurement preferred (SCMA)
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Extensive experience in ERP systems.
Extensive knowledge of MS Office software, esp. Excel, Word, PowerPoint