Regional Procurement Manager
Location
Milpitas, CA | United States
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Level Management
Job Location Milpitas California - Milpitas, CA
Job Category Purchasing - Procurement
Regional Procurement Manager Northland Controls is seeking a well-qualified Regional Procurement Manager.
What type of candidate Northland is looking for:
We strive to find the right kind of people, who respect the Northland way; they will emphasize taking on challenges, working hard, learning fast, and maintaining embracing accountability, all while having fun! Our culture and team are some of our strongest assets. We want to employ happy people, who bring a positive and energetic attitude to not only their work and the work environment.
Procurement Mission "We apply highly effective and efficient procurement processes and systems to ensure the availability and quality of materials we require to serve our customers. We aim to add value by achieving substantial savings in our purchasing volume and by connecting business challenges with solutions from our best-in-class suppliers."
The focus of the Regional Procurement Manager is to develop, implement, and maintain the necessary processes that will allow the team to efficiently and effectively process all internal customers' requests of pricing, negotiating, acquiring, and allocating all goods and services demanded to fulfill our business needs at the best value for Northland Control Systems Inc. and all our Business Partners while ensuring adherence to all Best Global Procurement Practices.
Responsibilities • Collaborate with team to document procurement policies, procedures and training materials that can be leveraged to train new staff and be used for new ERP design.
• Supervise, train and mentor US procurement staff, providing guidance and support to achieve departmental goals.
• Manage item master team to ensure up to data pricing and item lists.
• Manage and allocate purchase orders requests for all materials, sub-contracting, services, and all other internal requests.
• Support program managers, engineers, and estimators in preparations of estimates by contacting vendors for pricing and availability for equipment and materials.
• Collaborate to establish and implement global purchasing strategies, policies, and procedures that decrease overall cost, but are in-line with optimal inventory levels.
• Collaborate with Operations Teams to establish inventory safety stock levels, reorder amounts, and lead times for all materials and finished goods.
• Develop and manage the regional procurement budget, monitor expenses, and ensure cost-effective procurement practices.
• Utilize data and analytics to make informed procurement decisions, monitor trends, and optimize procurement processes.
• Negotiate pricing, contracts, and payment terms with regional suppliers.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for suppliers and conduct regular performance evaluations. Address performance issues and implement improvement plans as needed.
• RMA/Credits & Repairs tasks
Qualifications • Supply Management and Construction procurement experience preferred.
• Management experience preferred.
• Tracking Budget Expenses
• Vendor Relationships
• Business Process Improvement
• Customer Service
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office
• Documentation Skills
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
Management Duties • Will manage 1-3 employees including remote employees.
• To trust and empower your direct reports, involve them in problem solving and decision making.
• To support your direct reports with their career development and progression.
• To be available for your direct reports and hold one-to-one meetings when needed.
• To set clear goals and objectives, to support and advise as required.
Required Education/Experience Bachelor's degree or related field.
8+ Years of experience in a Procurement/Supply Chain Role
Proven Team Leadership Skills
Preferred Education/Experience MBA or Supply Chain Management Certification
Business Process Improvement
SAP/Oracle NetSuite
Security industry experience is a plus.
Work Environment This position requires regular office attendance.
Expected Hours This is a full-time position, 40 hours a work week.
Travel This position requires minimal travel.
Work Authorization Must be authorized to work in the country of employment.
What Northland Does Northland is a world-class global security integrator with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, China and India. We specialize in design, build, integration, and management of high-end Lenel, Software House, S2 global enterprise security systems which include 6 out of 10 of the largest hi-tech companies in Silicon Valley.
We are responsible for single card reader installations in some of the most remote parts of the world, all the way through to the design, deployment and management of large enterprise systems managing up to 300 corporate offices in over 70 countries including datacenters and multi-faceted security operations centers.
With 250 highly trained professionals, all program management, project management, system design, system programming, testing and commissioning is carried out by Northland Controls experts to ensure we deliver the right solution, to the right standard, every time, anywhere in the world. In addition, Northland is supported by a network of over 100 in-country local service partners (LSPs) across the world who partner with Northland to deliver unparalleled world class services to our enterprise customers.
We are trusted to get the job done no matter what. Through word-of-mouth our elite list of customers has rewarded us with phenomenal growth from $1M to $70M in 10 years'. To achieve this, we are always interested in the very best people who share our core values and beliefs and will "do whatever it takes" to enable our customers to realize their goals. We will take on difficult challenges regardless of where they may lead us, and we will always take the most honorable route to get there.
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