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Compass Minerals America Inc. Manager Purchasing and Stores in Franklin, Louisiana
Description
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Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Additionally, it is working to develop a long-term fire-retardant business. Compass Minerals operates 12 production and packaging facilities with nearly 2,000 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products.
Summary:
This position is responsible for the safe and effective daily operations and leadership of the Compass Minerals Cote Blanche Purchasing and Stores organization. These duties consist in part of leading, directing, participating in, and managing a team responsible for all aspects of negotiation, ordering, purchasing products and contract management while optimizing inventory levels. This position performs a variety of tasks, including the leading and directing of others along with a wide degree of creativity and latitude.
This position is responsible for the effective sourcing, negotiating, contracting and procurement of acceptable, high-quality equipment, materials, and contractor services required for the completion of capital projects at the Franklin, LA site. This position will work closely with maintenance, engineering, and other capital projects team members to help standardize and refine Scopes of Work, prepare RFP and RFQ documents, evaluate supplier proposals, recommend, and select targeted suppliers for commercial terms negotiations and the generation of project agreements.
Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to the following:
(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)
Manages, leads, and mentors a current team of two buyers, two supervisors and six indirect stores personnel.
Promotes and monitors a culture conducive to generating ongoing improvements in Safety, Quality, Costs, Efficiency, Capital Spending, Employee Engagement and Continuous Improvement Process.
Effectively establish, monitor, and manage all Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and functions performed by direct reports and manage assigned areas of responsibility.
Develop, manage, and maintain cohesive site procurement methods, techniques and communications with internal and external customers, suppliers and contractors that are consistent with Compass Minerals policies and procedures.
Identify and deliver cost reduction strategies with supplier partners to obtain industry leading solutions and best-in-class results.
Partner with internal stakeholders to identify spend under management opportunities for potential cost savings and/or vendor upgrades.
Identify and help maintain optimal MRO inventory levels to maximize inventory turns, reduce exposure of aged inventory, avoid out of stock conditions, and reduce inventory carrying costs while adhering to SOX cycle count requirements.
Responsible for effective purchasing of capital and project work ensuring appropriate sourcing, negotiations and contract development, and all related documentation.
Expediting of orders and ensuring the quality and timely delivery of goods and components.
Perform other related duties as required.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
This position requires a sound understanding of continuous improvement methods such as lean and Six Sigma.
Must continue demonstrating a progressive increase in additional responsibilities.
Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 7 years of purchasing/stores/logistics experience required. 4 years of additional related work experience may substitute for the education requirement.
CPM certification is preferred, individuals working towards Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) certification also considered.
Previous management experience required.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. To request reasonable accommodations, email careers@compassminerals.com or call 913-344-9200. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at dol.gov .
Job: Logistics
Primary Location: US-LA-Franklin
Work Locations: Cote Blanche, LA USA 1382 Cote Blanche Island Franklin 70538
Organization: Operations
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Day Job
Req ID: 24000031