Procurement Group Manager - Astranis Products

Develop, document, and execute sourcing strategies that utilize negotiation and purchasing techniques ensuring the very best quality, cost, delivery, and service.

Manage supplier relations and supply agreement compliance while maintaining the highest code of ethics and conduct.

Oversees cradle-to-grave process from intent to purchase, new supplier on-boarding, performance, and supplier exit. Tracks supplier performance using dashboards for quality, delivery, service and cost.

Deliver aggressive cost reduction objectives, partnering closely with production, engineering, quality, and program management

Continuously analyze market and delivery conditions to ensure present and future material availability.

Work with Production, Supplier Quality and Engineering to develop product specifications and source new components.

Identify and evaluate new/increased sources of supply that support plant expansions, new products, and sustainability objectives.

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering or Chemistry and/or equivalent experience or evidence of exceptional ability.

Master’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or Engineering preferred.

Expertise in world class procurement operations and how to get there. Capable of driving change while maintaining positive internal relations.

Strong knowledge of generally accepted purchasing and accounting practices, contract negotiation, related laws and regulations.

Supplier scorecard techniques that drive supplier management.

Excellent leadership, negotiation, analytical, and problem solving skills. Passion for results, strategy, and execution. Creative, calculated risk taker.

Track record of project leadership including partnership/teambuilding with interdependent functions in Operations, Engineering, Quality, Styling and Finance.

Base pay is just one component of Astranis’s total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.