Purchasing Supervisor

The Purchasing Supervisor will lead and oversee the day-to-day purchasing and procurement execution for Pelzer Operations, ensuring materials are ordered, confirmed, expedited, and delivered in alignment with production requirements and customer demand.

This role will provide direct leadership to the purchasing/buyer team and serve as the key connection between Purchasing, Materials, Planning, Production, Suppliers, and the broader Procurement organization.

The position will focus heavily on supplier execution, PO management, material availability, shortage recovery, and ERP/MRP discipline.

• Lead and supervise the Pelzer purchasing/buyer team and daily purchasing activities.
• Own day-to-day PO creation, management, maintenance, and execution.
• Ensure purchase orders are placed accurately and in accordance with MRP demand, production requirements, and approved sourcing strategies.
• Drive supplier confirmation of PO quantities, pricing, required dates, and promised delivery dates.
• Maintain accurate supplier promise dates and purchasing data within the ERP system.
• Lead daily review and management of material shortages, past-due POs, supplier decommits, and critical components.
• Establish clear recovery plans for materials impacting production schedules or customer commitments.
• Manage supplier expedites and escalation activities to protect factory production requirements.
• Partner closely with the Planning team to ensure purchasing priorities are aligned with WON requirements and production schedules.
• Work with Materials leadership to prioritize shortages based on production, customer commitments, and revenue requirements.
• Ensure buyers are proactively managing future demand rather than reacting only to immediate shortages.
• Drive strong MRP purchasing discipline, ensuring purchase orders and supplier commitments accurately reflect system demand.
• Identify and escalate supplier capacity, lead-time, quality, commercial, or delivery risks.
• Partner with strategic/global Procurement on supplier performance, sourcing issues, commercial concerns, and long-term supply risks.