Clow Valve - Purchasing Manager

Overview

Company:
Clow Valve Company operates at two locations:
Oskaloosa, Iowa, and Riverside, California. The Oskaloosa facility includes iron and brass foundries, a machine shop, assembly, finished goods warehousing, shipping, and administrative offices. The Riverside location includes a sales office and distribution center. We are committed to offering manufactured products that comply with a0“Made in the USA” requirements.

The Purchasing Manager leads the company’s efforts to procure cost-effective resources including castings, natural gas, supplies, and raw materials; ensuring Clow receives competitive pricing, quality products, and timely delivery from reliable, trusted suppliers. The Purchasing Manager acts as an informational cornerstone and resource to all areas of the organization.

• Supplier Reliability/Relationship Management – Ensure suppliers maintain 93% or better on the supplier reliability report for quality.
• Expense Management – Identify 5 new opportunities in a 12-month cycle that reduce costs or risks, increase ROI, or improve efficiency.
• Leadership – Achieve a Leadership Assessment score of 4.5 or better out of 5.
• Employee Engagement – Employees rate their value to the organization at 8 or better out of 10.

• Supplier Reliability/Relationship Management (45%) – Partner with suppliers to build honest, trusted, sustainable relationships that ensure provision of resources meeting Clow’s standards for quality, quantity, pricing, and on-time delivery. Vet, select, manage, and terminate suppliers not meeting integrity and quality requirements; regularly report on supplier reliability and quality. Research new materials and suppliers, host supplier visits, and manage the relationship with Sales to locate new sources.
  
  Expedite parts/orders; work with internal customers on material issues and orders. Maintain documents in compliance with ISO standards and ensure suppliers comply with ISN requirements. Oversee HVAC preventive maintenance and general grounds maintenance providers.
• Leadership (30%) – Create, coach, mentor, develop, support, and lead a unified team of two direct reports to build mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers and internal customers (e.g., engineering). Act as an honest information resource on inventory, vendor options, and quality issues. Collaborate with MCF, machine shop, and the engineering division to improve results and advance quality improvement initiatives. Motivate colleagues to provide necessary information to suppliers within or faster than the promised timeframe.
  
  Mentor and develop the engineering team; work with supervisors and facility managers to trial and report on new materials.
• Expense Management (25%) – Strategically identify opportunities to reduce expenses, control quality, and ensure sustainability. Manage and negotiate pricing, contracts, intercompany purchases, MRO purchases, and vendor contracts. Identify cost-saving opportunities with a large supplier base and maintain current commodity pricing to ensure competitive rates; hold suppliers accountable for promised goods/terms and supplier ROI. Coordinate with sister company’s corporate supply team, manage inventory to reduce waste and scrap, communicate inventory levels, forecast raw materials, and maintain annual standards.

• Technical Skills – Proficient with MS Office and an MRP/ERP system.
• Preferred – Prior experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX is strongly preferred.
• SPSM Certification & prior management/leadership experience.

• Required – High School Diploma and six years of manufacturing procurement work experience.
• Preferred – Bachelor’s degree in procurement or related field and 2 years of purchasing experience.

• All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities. Duties may change at any time with or without notice.
• McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all practices. McWane will not discriminate against applicants for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status, or other protected categories by federal, state, or local law.