Total 3 Director/C-Level Purchasing / Procurement / Inventory job vacancies in Natrona Heights PA, 1301 Carlisle St, Allegheny Valley Hospital

Role Summary

The Purchasing Director is responsible for overseeing the procurement function within the organization, managing all aspects of sourcing, supplier relationships, inventory control, and cost management. This role plays a critical part in ensuring that the company acquires the necessary goods and services at competitive prices while maintaining high quality and compliance with all relevant regulations. The Purchasing Director will lead the purchasing team, drive cost-saving initiatives, and develop strategies for inventory optimization, supplier management, and vendor relationships.

Key Responsibilities

1. Sourcing and Supplier Management:

• Lead the sourcing and selection of suppliers to meet the company’s procurement needs.
• Develop and maintain strong, long-term relationships with key suppliers and vendors.
• Conduct supplier performance evaluations, ensuring they meet quality, delivery, and cost standards.

2. Inventory Control:

• Oversee inventory levels to ensure optimal stock levels while minimizing excess inventory and stockouts.
• Implement inventory management best practices, including regular stock audits and cycle counts.

3. Cost Management:

• Monitor and manage procurement budgets, ensuring spending is within approved limits.
• Analyze purchase data to identify opportunities for cost reductions, process improvements, and supplier consolidation.

4. Forecasting and Planning:

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g., production, sales, operations) to understand future demand and business requirements.
• Develop purchasing forecasts based on historical data, market trends, and future business needs.

5. Compliance and Safety:

• Stay informed about legal and regulatory changes affecting procurement, including import/export laws, tax regulations, and environmental considerations.
• Monitor and enforce safety standards for goods and services procured, ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental guidelines.

6. Vendor and Contract Management:

• Develop and manage vendor relationships, ensuring that contracts are up to date and favorable for the organization.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers and ensure contract terms are adhered to, including pricing, delivery schedules, and quality standards.

Requirements

1. Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field (required).
• A minimum of 7-10 years of experience in purchasing or procurement, with at least 3-5 years in a leadership or management role.
• Experience in strategic sourcing, supplier negotiation, and cost management.

2. Skills & Competencies:

• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and develop a high-performing purchasing team.
• Deep understanding of inventory management, procurement processes, and supply chain dynamics.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to evaluate suppliers and purchasing data for decision-making.
• High proficiency with procurement software, ERP systems, and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

3. Other Qualifications:

• Knowledge of relevant procurement laws and regulations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Professional certifications in procurement or supply chain management (e.g., CPSM, CPIM, or similar) are a plus.

ROLE

Reporting into the Retail Manager for Singapore and Malaysia, the Store Director role is a key leader in the retail network, responsible for promoting brand engagement and customer loyalty in order to successfully reach business goals. They will also be required to identify, attract, recruit, develop and retain talent while maintaining compliant with directions from Headquarters and cultivating an effective store culture.

MISSION

• Ensure professional growth and training of the staff by adopting and exhibiting a coaching approach

• Define targeted quantitative and qualitative goals and ensure they are achieved

• Analyse results, verify daily, weekly, monthly activities and set up yearly assessments: KPIs

• Demonstrate sales leadership for staff by playing an active role on the selling floor

• High sensitivity to customer experience and loyalty, ensuring that these concepts are instilled in the team and always upheld within the store

• Manage inventory activities, taking into account related inventory results in collaboration with the Back Office Operation

• Ensure that all the processes are compliant with legal, safety, internal requirements, sustainability, HR and stock organization

• Ensure that the qualitative standards required by our Brand are maintained

• Formulate and implement strategies to achieve sales targets

• Lead, motivate and develop the store team and create the right environment to ensure team and individual development

PROFILE

• Significant experience in the sale of luxury goods or retail

• 4 to 6 years of successful experience in a managerial retail position

• Experience managing a team of at least 10

• Inspiring, vigilant, adaptable, tenacious, risk taking and dynamic

• Proven track record of leading teams to deliver business results

Johnson Brothers is a national family-owned wine, spirits and beer distributor. We’ve been providing exceptional service to our customers since 1953, representing the world's most famous brands in the beverage industry.

This position is responsible for providing technology management, planning, and support for warehouse operations across the Johnson Brothers businesses. Warehouse operations includes technologies covering warehouse management systems, warehouse controls systems, voice solutions, slot optimization software, label printing and other operations printing support, device management, mobile and general interface development, and maintenance management software. This individual will be responsible for assessing the current technical environment and implementing required improvements to ensure that all systems are working effectively. This individual will report directly to the Vice President of Application Service Delivery and help to spearhead technical solution strategies and create/drive the roadmaps to execute through the team. We are looking for someone who is a collaborator, a problem solver, an excellent communicator and is passionate about leading and mentoring other people.

Job Description:

• Direct the WMS/WCS program including managing our technical strategy, roadmaps, and implementations.
• Provide project management plans including scope, resource, risk, schedule management, and status reporting for our WMS/WCS technology implementations by leveraging tools and methods that support tracking the work, delivery work, and evaluation of the performance of our delivery.
• Facilitate collaboration and smooth transfer of essential information between all our stakeholders including our Warehouse Excellence team, our Operations staff, and other business partners.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with regional operations business leaders, and their teams, including the Operations Executive Vice-President. Act as a trusted advisor to all stakeholders, providing guidance and expertise on leveraging technology to drive business value and achieve strategic objectives.
• Manage WMS/WCS technologists, including people, budget, resources, and external vendors or partners, to optimize resource allocation and support business priorities.
• Demonstrate financial acumen by creating sound capital and expense budgets and managing payment processes within terms.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between the WMS team, Warehouse Excellence Team, Infrastructure Teams, Governance Team, Vendors, and stakeholders.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to the team, providing feedback and guidance. Support members of all teams as they develop skills through training, knowledge sharing, and problem-solving.
• Facilitate the coordination/implementation of Corporate IT and security initiatives as it relates to warehouse operations technology.
• Manage third-party vendors through healthy relationships, current contracts, and understanding vendor technical roadmaps translating them into plans to stay on supported and secure platforms. 
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in an environment of rapid change while maintaining enthusiasm and displaying sound judgment.
• Be disciplined and show high personal ethics and a strong customer service focus.
• Demonstrate excellent project management and organizational skills, along with demonstrable experience of managing multiple priorities concurrently.

SKILL AND ABILITIES:

• Self-starter, results-oriented, able to execute multiple projects simultaneously
• Must be able to work independently but collaboratively across the different IT and business functions
• Must possess presentation skills to senior management
• Leadership skills with the ability to exhibit self-confidence under pressure
• Has a good understanding of warehouse and product line control systems/processes and can adapt to learn new business processes and functions
• Excellent project management methodologies skills such as waterfall, agile, etc.
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent time management skills

 EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree or commensurate employment experience
• 7+ years of experience in technology solutions roles or having experience planning and executing technology implementation projects and 3-5 years of experience leading technology teams.
• 7+ years of experience with Warehouse Management and Warehouse Controls systems experience and Korber Highjump WMS experience preferred. Experience within the Wine & Spirts/Beverage industry or Food industry is a definite plus.

Johnson Brothers is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and equal treatment in employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender/gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, military status or any other basis in protected by applicable federal, state and local law.  Johnson Brothers makes employment decisions based solely on the basis of qualifications for the job.

Worker Sub-Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time