Purchasing Manager

Location: Grand Island, NE Job Code: 296375 Posted: Mar 10, 2025 Description:

Mastech Digital provides digital and mainstream technology staff as well as Digital Transformation Services for all American Corporations. We are currently seeking a Purchasing Manager for our client in the Construction Service domain. We value our professionals, providing comprehensive benefits and the opportunity for growth. This is a Permanent position, and the client is looking for someone to start immediately.

Duration: Full-time

Location: Grand Island, Nebraska 68803

Salary: $115,000-$125,000/Annually

Role: Purchasing Manager

Primary Skills: Engineering

Role Description: The Purchasing Manager must have 10+ years of experience. As the Purchasing Manager, you will negotiate contracts for designated materials and services to support the company. This position assists with long-term plans and processes in order to achieve operational goals.

The Purchasing Manager establishes accurate material costing and maintains a smooth flow of raw material, components, resale, and services.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree preferred

Experience:

• Five or more years of experience in purchasing, procurement and supply chain management within steel industry
• Working knowledge of Company and/or metal building industry preferred.
• Economics or Business emphasis is helpful
• Must possess the ability to communicate and work well within a team environment toward common business goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Negotiate contracts for designated materials and services to support the Company.
• Facilitate the engagement, growth, and development of staff.
• Maintain a department culture of continuous improvement, learning, operational discipline and accountability.
• Maintain a smooth flow of raw material, components, resale, and services.
• Evaluate and strengthen partnerships with vendors, both new and existing.
• Establish accurate materials costing.
• Collaborate with various departments in order to establish and maintain satisfactory inventory levels while maintaining cost effective order methods and quantities.
• Assist and advise in scheduling inbound materials to maximize inventory returns without restricting production.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for the direct supervision of a team that consists of three buyers.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

Accountability/Integrity:

• Accept responsibility and ownership for all job tasks that results in anticipation/prevention of problem areas.
• Follow all safety and loss control processes.
• Consistency in being on the job working on task.
• Arrive to work and scheduled meetings on time.
• Utilize earned vacation time.

Customer Focus:

• Provide unparalleled personal attention to meeting the needs of our customers.
• Listen to customers (internal and external) and address needs and concerns.
• Keep customers informed by providing status and progress updates.
• Deliver on service commitments.
• Use initiative to improve outcomes, processes, or measurements.

Flexibility/Managing Change:

• Ability to demonstrate support for innovation and organizational changes, open to different and new ways of doing things, willing to modify or adjust approach to achieve results.
• Respond to regular duties and to unexpected circumstances.

Performance/Quality Results:

• Use computers effectively and efficiently in the working environment.
• Strive to consistently achieve excellence in all tasks and goals.
• Maintain focus and persevere in the face of obstacles.
• Actively seek ways to improve quality.
• When needed evaluate team members and determine actions necessary to build and/or improve skills.

Teamwork/Collaboration:

• Treat all Stakeholders with dignity and respect, show interest in other people's feelings and attitudes.
• Resolve interpersonal conflicts constructively.
• Express ideas and opinions in a clear and concise manner.
• Use appropriate grammar, pronunciation and tone to enhance understanding.
• Demonstrate professionalism through body language and eye contact.
• Receptive to feedback.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Equivalent

Experience: Minimum 10+ years of experience

Relocation: This position will not cover relocation expenses

Travel: No

Local Preferred: Yes

Note: Must be able to work on a W2 basis (No C2C)

Recruiter Name: Devyanshu Pawar

Recruiter Phone: 412-490-7931

Benefits:

This is a direct hire position, and the hired applicant will receive our client's benefits package.

Mastech Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.