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Marvin Engineering Company · 4 days ago

PROCUREMENT MANAGER (CENTRAL PROCUREMENT)

LA Metro Area

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $145K/yr

10+ years exp

Marvin Engineering Company is a leading defense contractor specializing in military aerospace and vehicles. The Procurement Manager will oversee a team of buyers, manage supplier sourcing, and implement long-term agreements to ensure best value for the supply chain while maintaining compliance with industry standards.

AerospaceIndustrialManufacturingSales

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Establish robust processes that comply with DCMA, FAR, DFAR, CPSR requirements

Identify critical suppliers and establish LTAs where it makes business sense

Ensure robust negotiations and best value

Seek continuous improvements in Work instructions, procedures, and policy

Improve process and flow of PRs from Planning into Procurement in a manner that removes waste and ensure predictable performance

Improve the process for supplier onboarding, including the assignment of supplier risk and processes for maintaining appropriate risk assignments, related actions for continuous supplier improvement, and mitigation activities

Maintain continuous improvement in supplier performance

Achieve cost reduction and cost avoidance goals

Ensure the appropriate selection, engagement, negotiation, documentation, award of business, contracts, management, escalation, problem resolution, and delivery with complex machining and processing suppliers

Establish, monitor, and manage the continuous improvement of the team through the effective use of KPIs by measuring volume metrics, team/individual effectiveness, and team/individual efficiency

Manage the effective distribution of work across the team and ensure the backlog of purchase requests meet established targets

Ensure robust negotiations and best value with complete machining and processing suppliers

Qualification

Aerospace experienceDefense experienceSAP experienceContracts negotiationKPI managementBlueprint readingAnalytical skillsTeam managementCoaching skillsComplex problem-solvingExcel proficiencyPowerPoint proficiencyWord proficiencyDFAR/FAR experienceCross-functional collaborationOrganizational skillsEmotional intelligenceCommunication skills

Required

A positive and collaborative professional personality with a can-do attitude and sense of urgency

Uncompromising Integrity and accountability

Bachelor's degree and 10 years of experience, including 5 years as a people-manager in a purchasing function. Alternatively, a master's degree or higher, and 5 years of experience and 3 years as a people manager in a purchasing function

Must have experience with purchasing in either Aerospace or Defense

Must have SAP experience

Must have experience managing teams with KPIs/metrics

Must be able to read a blue-print and have a good understanding of makes and types of a variety of common machining equipment, and experience purchasing complex machined goods and related processes

Strong evidence of contracts negotiation expertise, including complex negotiations and significant cost savings

Excellent coaching skills with examples of success

Excellent analytical skills, including cost and price analysis techniques

A complex problem-solver with the ability to make timely difficult decisions, sometimes with imperfect data

Strong cross-functional collaboration skills

Strong Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Strong written and verbal communication skills

DFAR/FAR experience

Excellent organizational skills

Experience developing and managing to KPIs

High emotional intelligence

Expert Complex Problem-Solver