Purchasing Manager

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1. Develops and provides operational level strategic direction for North American purchasing team and local purchasing activity. Leads and facilitates efforts in support of world-class practices. Manages department-wide programs and interfaces globally to develop new business growth opportunities. Researches and recommends new products processes systems policies and procedures to pursue in the future.

2. Develops long-term corporate goals and translates them into short-term plans in support of business objectives. Prepares and maintains yearly business plans and budget for purchasing team in support of corporate goals and objectives.

3. Develops maintains and coordinates a quality supplier base. Maintains leadership role working with suppliers and Corporate Materials Department to coordinate operations and/or project requirements in support of product development supplier partnerships cost reductions and quality assurance. Assists suppliers with problem resolution in their areas and provides customer liaison support.

4. Manages purchasing function as assigned; ensures support of Operations and/or programs in Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE) supplier improvement and post-launch support. Leads and manages staff; plans organizes directs implements and maintains group strategies and objectives. Maintains appropriate level of staff support necessary to meet business and budgetary goals and objectives. Provides leadership and support to staff and assists in employees skill development.

5. Manages purchasing function to ensure world-class quality and on-time delivery at a competitive cost. Researches recommends and implements new policies products and strategic changes in order to meet project and program long-term objectives and goals including staffing suppliers products/processes technologies program management etc. Works closely with many departments to provide leadership and coordination for purchasing staff.

6. Establishes planning and control measures in TQM format focusing on improvements in quality cost and delivery. Monitors and controls cost promotes cost savings and provides leadership in support of goals and VA/VE efforts driven by tool area and other functions. Thoroughly understands customer requirements expectations and contracts. Develops and implements purchasing policies procedures and practices in support of company and customer standards.

7. Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives. Negotiates and/or oversees negotiation of favorable contracts with world-class suppliers. Guides and develops relationships between Purchasing and other key functional areas.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Bachelors degree in business or related field including four years materials experience; or equivalent. Demonstrated current knowledge of world-class practices in materials management. Experience in automotive industry preferred.

2. Eight years diverse professional and managerial experience including financial/budget responsibility management leadership and strategic decision making/leadership. Demonstrated project management skills and proven financial capabilities to maintain quality cost and timing of programs.

3. Demonstrated ability to develop a cohesive world-class purchasing team. Demonstrated ability to lead and develop others through support training etc. Must be able to manage staff toward departmental goals.

4. Demonstrated strong communication and negotiation skills to work with internal and external contacts at various levels within organizations to represent the company in a professional manner and sell concepts to customers and strategies to internal management. Must be able to work with peers in a positive cooperative way and develop and maintain productive relationships with key functional areas.

At Magna we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. Thats why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications and in consideration of job requirements regardless of in particular color ancestry religion gender origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure

As part of our commitment to a fair consistent and efficient recruitment process we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

Under conditions defined by applicable law you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.

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