Strategic Sourcing Manager
| Verified Pay check_circle | Provided by the employer$100000 - $130000 per year |
|---|---|
| Hours | Full-time |
| Location | Dallas, TX Dallas, Texas open_in_new |
About this job
Job Description
**This is an onsite role in Farmers Branch, TX, Monday - Friday from 7 am - 4 pm**
Hi-Line is a nationwide distributor of over 100,000+ industrial aftermarket products across industries like transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, and heavy equipment.
The ideal candidate has a can-do attitude, high integrity, and a growth mindset. This person should be a skilled professional who is comfortable working with executives at suppliers, able to lead a team, and analyze data to make decisions. We’re looking for a leader who can work effectively with various levels of the organization to get things done, loves learning, and can partner with our Suppliers to gain optimal quality, cost, and availability of products for our customers.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Manage supplier relationships, develop strong relationships with key partners, and identify opportunities to add value.
- Partner with the Product Manager to build and execute the full lifecycle from adding new products to sunsetting discontinued products.
- Lead the buying team and own results such as fill rates, inventory purchases, part # set up/maintenance, discrepancy review, alt suppliers, vendor scorecards, etc.
- Enhance current KPI reporting via new BI tool.
- Monitor market conditions, supplier capabilities, and potential business risks, and be creative, proactive, and execution-oriented toward solving problems.
- Analyze current forecast process and give guidance on min/max levels to improve fill rates for customers.
- Translate data and analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Ability to professionally escalate issues to get results.
- Negotiate cost effective relationships with key suppliers regarding pricing, terms, quality, lead time, etc.
- 5+ years Purchasing experience
- Experience with 20k+ SKUs
- Distribution experience preferred
- Previous team management experience
- Advanced knowledge in Excel
- Superb leadership and communication skills
- Advanced ability to collaborate and negotiate
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking abilities
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- Procurement Certifications preferred
- Willingness to travel to develop, promote, and maintain strategic sourcing relationships
- Paid vacation and sick leave
- 401(k), health, dental, and life insurance
- Opportunities for career growth and advancement
- A 60-year history of steady growth as a privately held, Dallas based company
- Friendly and comfortable work environment
- Security of working for an essential business that is debt-free
Hi-Line, America’s Mobile Industrial Hardware Store, has been thriving since 1959 as an essential business serving over 6,000 customers in over 30 different industries. Headquartered in Farmers Branch, Texas (35E/635), we provide timely access to over 100,000 high-quality industrial MRO products through our nationwide network of Mobile Industrial Hardware Stores.
This position reports directly to the VP of Operations & Supply Chain.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
At Hi-Line, Inc, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and our associates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or any category protected by applicable law.
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Hi-Line has been keeping America’s industry running strong for over 60 years. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, we have established ourselves as one of America’s leading providers to the Industrial Maintenance and Repair Industry. We provide timely access to over 30,000 quality industrial MRO products (most of which are made in the U.S.A.) through our nationwide network of Industrial Sales Managers. We bring both the quality product and the quality service to our clients.
Our wide array of products is complemented by our unparalleled inventory management services. We provide on-site product and inventory management to our clients and our highly-trained Industrial Sales Managers are very much a part of the daily operations at the businesses that they visit. We’re there to keep our customers’ business moving, 24/7/365.