Purchasing Manager

Our client, a manufacturing company located in Dunmore, PA, is looking for a Purchasing Manager (Confidential Search) to join their team. What you will do in this role: Manage the purchasing of ingredients, raw materials, packaging, and production supplies to ensure uninterrupted manufacturing operations. Work closely with Production and Warehouse teams to ensure materials are available in the appropriate quantities and within required timelines. Monitor inventory levels, production requirements, forecasts, lead times, and purchasing schedules to optimize inventory while avoiding shortages or excess stock. Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, ensuring agreed-upon pricing, quality, delivery schedules, service levels, and payment terms are maintained. Negotiate pricing, contracts, payment terms, freight arrangements, and other commercial conditions with suppliers. Evaluate existing and potential new suppliers based on cost, quality, capacity, reliability, food-safety requirements, and service. Coordinate the onboarding of new suppliers, including pricing agreements, credit setup, specifications, quality documentation, and other required approvals. Monitor supplier performance and work with Quality and Operations to address quality concerns, delivery issues, shortages, damaged materials, and other supplier-related problems. Track ingredient, protein, packaging, and commodity pricing and identify market trends that may impact purchasing costs and production margins. Research market conditions and communicate potential commodity price increases, supply constraints, shortages, and other procurement risks to management. Develop purchasing and supply-risk strategies to mitigate material shortages, price volatility, supplier disruptions, and changing market conditions. What you will bring to the role: 5+ years of purchasing/procurement experience within a food manufacturing, CPG, or related manufacturing environment. Strong experience purchasing ingredients, proteins, raw materials, packaging, commodities, or production supplies. Experience negotiating supplier pricing, contracts, terms, and service agreements. Understanding of food manufacturing supply chains, production requirements, inventory management, and supplier lead times. What our client is offering: A competitive salary and full medical/health benefits for the employee and their family. The chance to join a growing company with a great work environment. If you feel that this role would be a good fit for you, please submit your resume today in MS Word format – Don’t forget to include your accomplishments and achievements.