Job Title | Supply Base Manager |
Function | Purchasing |
Reports to | Vice President, Procurement |
Supervises | None |
Mission | Manage the supply base under the philosophy of partnerships, for the best value components and services. Provide value-added support for product and project teams to manage the product lines value to the end customer. |
Principle Activities  | - Attend and support all assigned Product and Project Team activities with functional technical inputs and non-functional challenges.
- Measurement and improvement of the supply base performance through quality techniques and state of the art material management techniques.
- Assess the competitiveness of assigned commodities and supply base to insure overall value to the company and customers.
- Maintains the system integrity to insure prompt payments to suppliers, and inventory accuracy.
- Interfaces with Accounting to insure timely payment of all invoices.
- Provide strategic direction on supply base management both divisional and on cross-division councils.
- Uses state of the art techniques to reduce material costs to the stated goal, such as V/A and V/E.
- Assists Fairfax with component shortages if needed.
- Maintains competency in commodity areas for new state of the art approaches.
- Â Â Â Â Â Provide input and direction to the overall strategy of the department.
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Financial/Risk Control | - Fulfill the financial control and risk management responsibility inherent in the position.
- Conduct yourself in accordance with the Company code of ethics policy.
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Required Education/ Certification | - 4 year college degree. Preferably with a mechanical or technical focus.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft word, excel, access, and PowerPoint.
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Required Experience | - Purchasing experience in ice machine components, metals, electrical, or mechanical components.  Team focused. Quality and Problem-solving training.
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Physical Requirements | - Some travel required. 25% or more. 4-5 hotel nights.
- Some light lifting, bending and squatting may be required.
- 30% of time may be spent keyboarding.
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Compensation | $90,000 - $105,000 |
