Strategic Purchasing Jobs in Iowa (NOW HIRING)

CPM Holdings, Inc. is a diversified leading global supplier of process equipment and engineered technologies that sustainably feed, fuel, and build a better world.  With its growing family of 17 market-leading product brands, CPM serves a variety of industries including animal feed, consumer food, green energy, advanced materials and sustainable packaging.  Founded in 1883, CPM has 1,700 employees across 36 facilities on 4 continents with presence in 150+ countries.  From the foods you eat to the fuels you require, CPM plays an important role in making the world more efficient and more sustainable.  For more information, visit OneCPM.com.
The Purchaser will work to source and procure material and manage the supply base for a thriving business. The role provides material planning and purchasing functions for an OEM of heavy industrial process machinery.  Specifically, responsible for the sourcing of machined parts, fabricated components, motors, drive components, bearings, sensors, fasteners, seals, lubrication systems, etc. from outside and intercompany suppliers worldwide.
THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION
JOB DESCRIPTION:
This is a working supervisor position that supports a thriving aftermarket business in the agriculture and biomass industries. This role provides leadership to the Harlan and Blenheim purchasing teams and coordinates with other plants to improve processes and drive efficiencies for CPM. This position will also work with the CPM Global Corporate Supply Chain team to develop new suppliers and best leverage our CPM worldwide production footprint. 
Up to 25% travel will be required to suppliers and other CPM facilities.

• Support operations in filling day to day needs for the organization
• Source, select, and develop supply base and on-time delivery of the supplier base
• Determine domestic versus foreign sourcing (landed costs, exchange rates, etc.) strategy.

• Responsible for developing and maintaining cost estimates, forecasts, and cost models
• Ensure understanding of TCO (total cost of ownership) on all purchases to increase best cost position.
• Identify need for both low cost capacity of parts for projects and short lead time supply chains that enable aftermarket growth
• Build cost models to aid in the forecasting and understanding of what parts and materials should cost
• Define strategy for Inventory planning and control (set safety stock levels, lot quantities, etc.).
• Design and optimize the MRP process for optimal inventory and service levels.
• Create department metrics to measure performance including purchase-price-variance
• Organize processes, procedures and working methods within the department, so that objectives and planning can be achieved.
• Manage supplier’s performance and hold them accountable to pricing and on-time delivery
• Work with manufacturing and quality teams to qualify new suppliers
• Assist with the resolution of technical, quality, and receiving issues with suppliers and CPM resources.
• Communicate effectively with manufacturing and engineering to ensure product quality
• Clearly communicate to senior leaders (both internal and external), vendors and customers
• Work with cross functional teams to improve business processes including BOMs, drawing revisions, and  related documentation to suppliers
• Coordinate the different businesses to manage supplier relationships as One CPM
• Create and issue purchase orders
• Perform other duties as required and assigned by Plant Manager

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field
• 3+ plus years of progressive leadership roles within sourcing, supply chain, operations, or project management
• Demonstrated experience in leading and collaborating with cross-functional teams, creating value for end customers, and driving operational excellence within areas of responsibility.
• Strong financial acumen – the ability to utilize fundamental concepts of finance to manage budgets, forecast costs, and provide relevant information for data driven decision-making.
• Creative thinking ability: It is essential that you can demonstrate originality and imagination in thinking while developing a solution to a problem
• Communication skills: They must be able to communicate clearly both orally and in writing, and present technical information clearly and succinctly across a variety of communication settings and audience
• Customer service skills: It is essential that you are customer focused – you must think and act from customer perspective
• Detail-orientation: You must factor in every detail in proffering holistic solutions
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills: clarify and resolve complex business issues by breaking them down into meaningful components to determine root cause, and to redesign internal and external business processes where necessary. It is The ability to approach problems systematically and develop scalable solutions will be critical to succeeding in this role.
• The ability to function in a highly dynamic, fast paced environment
• Must be organized with the ability to prioritize your time
• Self manages; takes initiative and able to collaborate across geographies and functions in a matrixed environment
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, customers, and suppliers
• Stress management skills: You must be able to handle high pressure and adverse situations with composure. You must have resilience and perseverance in the face of constraints
• Strong Project Management skills with the ability to set and manage to time based milestones and performance metrics
• Lead and manage to the CPM Core Values
• Must be able to communicate in English fluently.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access) with PowerBI preferred
• SAP Experience Preferred
• Lean DNA experience preferred
• Ability to use data to drive decisions

 
 
 

CPM Acquisition Corp. is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. CPM Acquisition Corp. offers competitive compensation and benefits, including paid holidays and vacations, 401k, medical/dental insurance, tuition assistance, and more.

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