Your Role & Responsibilities

Job Summary:

Lead and manage a team of Purchasing and Inventory professionals to execute strategies for managed and non-managed products. Make necessary decisions to manage day-to-day operations efficiently. Act as an escalation point of contact and interface with the product management organization on both the Regional and Sub-Regional levels.

Job Description:

• Lead a team of Operative Purchasers to execute transactional requisitions-to-order processes to meet customer expectations.

• Lead a team of Inventory Professionals to execute operational inventory to support current and forecasted customer demands and optimize site capabilities and regional efficiency.

• Act as a liaison with Regional Product Management to create alignment at both the Regional and Sub-Regional level

• Ensure compliance to corporate and departmental policies.

• Manage the workload of purchasers to minimize backlog and enable smooth operations.

• Act as an escalation point for the procurement process

• Manage the transactional requisitions-to-order process to improve systems and/or processes.

• Provide reporting on documented cost savings from optimizing the purchasing of non-managed products.

• Authorize payment of invoices or return of merchandise.

• Train and develop personnel.

• Analyze market and delivery conditions to determine strategic direction on purchasing decisions and inventory levels.

• Communicate to the field supplier direction and market information.

• Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with vendors and others to determine the source of trouble and take corrective action.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Lead the Materials Management and Inventory Departments overall. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizations policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing hiring and training employees; planning assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Your Profile

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university; or three to five years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measurement using whole numbers common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

• Ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret various technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk or hear walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand and use hands to finger handle or feel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Our Offer

We aim to create an environment where the best people want to work where they can turn their passion into their job and realize their full potential.

• Individual development on-the-job training and development programs designed to help our employees grow in their careers.

• Paid parental leave

• Education assistance program

• Employee assistance program

• Various healthcare plan options as well as 401(k)

Brenntag and its subsidiary companies will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to any category protected by federal state or local law including as applicable applicants actual or perceived race color religion creed sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression (including transgender status) gender (including pregnancy childbirth lactation and related medical condition) genetic information military service national origin ancestry citizenship status age veteran status physical or mental disability protected medical condition as defined by applicable federal state or local law political affiliation marital status membership in an employee organization parental status expunged juvenile record or any other status protected by federal state or local law. Brenntag will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process (e.g. accommodations for a test or job interview) if so requested. When completing this application you may exclude information that would disclose or otherwise reference your race religion age sex genetic veteran status disability or any other status protected by federal state or local law. This application is considered current for sixty (60) days only. At the end of this period if you are still interested in employment it will be necessary for you to reapply by completing a new application.

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