Purchasing Manager - Roselle, IL

Benefits:

Signode offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees, which includes health, dental, vision, 401k, paid time off, life insurance, wellness perks, and more. Benefits begin the month following the hire date.

Salary:

The annual salary for this position ranges from $110,000 - $145,000 + 15% bonus target and varies based on specific responsibilities and geographic location. Starting annual salary within this range will be determined based on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and/or skillset.

Summary:

The Purchasing Manager – APT is responsible for leading and developing a team of six Purchasing Planners supporting the APT business. This role owns purchasing execution, inventory planning performance, supplier alignment, and cross‑plant coordination to ensure uninterrupted production and customer fulfillment.

The manager is accountable for inventory health, service levels, backorder reduction, supplier performance, and talent development, while aligning planning activities with corporate inventory, cost, and service goals across all APT manufactured equipment product lines.

Essential Functions:

Directly manage, coach, and develop six Purchasing Planners responsible for mechanical and electrical purchasing and inventory planning.

Set clear performance expectations, objectives, and priorities aligned to business and corporate supply chain goals.

Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, development planning, and talent assessments.

Build a high performance team culture emphasizing accountability, collaboration, urgency, and continuous improvement.

Ensure coverage, workload balance, and succession planning across planners and product categories.

Own overall inventory planning and purchasing execution for the APT business across all supported manufacturing plants.

Ensure inventory levels, turns, service levels, and backorders align with KPIs and corporate targets.

Oversee purchasing strategies for mechanical and electrical categories, ensuring alignment with capacity, demand, and supplier constraints.

Partner with Category Manager to align sourcing strategies, supplier selection, and risk mitigation plans.

Lead supplier engagement strategy in collaboration with planners, including: Capacity planning

Lead time management

Inventory positioning

Escalation and recovery planning

Serve as an escalation point for supplier performance, shortages, or critical supply risks.

Drive continuous improvement with suppliers to support reliability, responsiveness, and cost objectives.

Act as the primary procurement planning interface between: Manufacturing plants

Supply base

Category Management

Logistics and Warehousing

Ensure effective communication regarding plant requirements, supplier capacity, and demand changes.

Partner with plant leadership to validate inventory targets and production support needs.

Ensure planners prepare effectively for demand variability and forecast accuracy.

Lead procurement planning input into monthly SIOP meetings, ensuring risks, constraints, and mitigation plans are visible and actionable.

Oversee development and execution of recovery plans for material shortages and backorders.

Ensure expediting, logistics coordination, and material movement are executed effectively and consistently.

Define, monitor, and drive performance against KPIs including: Inventory turns and value

Backorder levels

On time delivery to plants

Supplier performance

Use data and analytics to identify trends, gaps, and improvement opportunities.

Champion process standardization, automation, and best practices across the planning team.

Ensure compliance with RGA processes and act as point of accountability for audit readiness.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree required; Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or Engineering preferred

Experience:

10+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, inventory planning, or supply chain.

7+ years of people management experience, preferably managing planners or buyers.

Strong background in manufacturing, equipment, or industrial supply chains.

Working knowledge of inventory financials, working capital, and cost drivers.

Ability to balance service, inventory, and cost tradeoffs at a portfolio level.

Demonstrated ability to manage complex supplier networks and multi‑plant inventory models.

Proven experience working in matrixed, fast‑paced environments, with high SKU variety and low volumes

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Vavision

Advanced Excel skills (planning models, analysis, reporting).

Ability to leverage ERP and reporting tools for KPI management and decision making.

Functional Success Drivers: These competencies are what we require for an individual to be successful in this role.

Analytical Skills

Coaching

Adaptability

Sense of Urgency

Escalation Management

Influence

Conflict Resolution

Resourcefulness

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The Company does not sponsor for employment-based visas for this positi…