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Do You Want
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A key position
where your skill in domestic and International
sourcing and negotiating will make a difference?
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A venue where you
will have complete responsibility and autonomy
in running our purchasing department?
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A company that is
growing in sales, growing in technology and
growing in outlook?
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A family oriented
company who thinks of you as an individual and
offers excellent working conditions and health
insurance benefits?
Founded in 1947,
we’re a privately owned, successful manufacturer of
point of purchase (POP) display products located in
Chicago. We are looking for a Purchasing Manager
with the drive, ambition and ability to effectively
source material throughout the world and help ensure
that all our projects are done on time and within
budget. This position is ideal for someone who
combines purchasing, people and paperwork skills and
wants a career with a company that cares for their
employees and customers.
We offer:
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A challenging
position where you will have complete
responsibility for the purchasing department.
This will include souring new vendors
(especially internationally), re-qualifying
current vendors and making sure we provide
quality products at the best possible prices,
creating and implementing new purchasing
procedures. You will be buying for in-house
production (steel, wire components); expediting
for on-time delivery, product, managing the
processes with one direct report and forecasting
a safe level of inventory. There will be some
(not extensive) international travel required
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A position that
will give you the opportunity to be a key player
and have your contributions recognized.
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Direct reporting
to our Operations Manager who is highly
knowledgeable, dedicated, intense but fair. He
will give you the freedom you need to perform
your job effectively and will support your
professional goals.
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A company with a
clear mission and vision and an established
leadership team in place.
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An organization
that believes in a balance between work and
family
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A company
dedicated to increase sales and production
capacity by improving machinery, equipment and
processes to make it happen.
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Company wide
commitment to quality, on time deliveries and
complete customer satisfaction.
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A dynamic work
environment…never
the same day twice
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Salary
commensurate with your skills and experience and
the opportunity to earn performance based
rewards and bonuses
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Low cost
individual and family health insurance, dental,
vacation building to 4 weeks and a 401(k) that
pays 100% on first 3% and 50% up to 6% of your
salary.
We require:
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A person who
aligns with our vision, mission and values. Key
values we subscribe to include superior customer
responsiveness, creating a safe, positive and
empowering work environment, success and growth
and honesty.
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The ideal
candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree and 5 or
more years of international purchasing
experience in a manufacturing environment
(experience in sourcing from Asia highly
preferred). You must have excellent sourcing
and negotiating skills, good written and verbal
communications and strong computer skills.
Managerial experience and bilingual skills
(Chinese) are a definite plus.
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A dynamic,
energetic self-starter who can think on his/her
feet. Someone who is independent, analytical and
thrives at multi-tasking in a high pressure
environment. A results oriented leader who is
thorough, decisive, loves the “deal” and will do
whatever it takes to achieve the company goals.
Someone who has a sense of urgency in completing
projects in a timely manner and who will take
communicate any changes that may affect a
projects outcome.
If interested
call/email
Debbie@ScottUrbanConsulting.com /630-978-0356.
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