Mishimoto is the world leader in aftermarket performance cooling products. As the Purchasing Manager, you’ll help us stay on top by managing all things purchasing. Your oversight leads to optimized inventory, waste elimination, accurate record keeping and cost-savings. You provide strong and active management for our purchasing team furthering our special Team Mishi culture.
What You’ll Do:
Centralized Purchasing for the Company
- Manage the activities of the purchasing department by purchasing supplies and materials at the optimal price and delivery cycle while maintaining lowest possible inventory levels.
- Oversee the day to day purchasing operations, centralizing purchasing between locations which includes but is not limited to office and warehouse supplies, warehouse equipment, etc.
- Develop and implement purchasing and inventory control procedures and sequence of operations within the department to optimize cost-effective inventory level.
- Develop purchasing strategies to ensure we have just enough product in-house ready to be shipped, without having excess inventory levels. Ensure inventory values are in line with the projected need.
- Use data (market, price, delivery conditions, and trends) to determine present and future material availability and needs, creating a just-in-time model for forecasting and subsequent purchasing. Forecasting is an art and you do it well.
- Oversee removal of surplus material or obsolete products, accurately recording inventory reductions and notifying accounting of the change.
- Review weekly inventory trends and discusses variations with the appropriate team member. Work side-by-side with the warehouse teams to minimize inventory discrepancies.
- Address supplier issues when variations arise in delivery, quality, or price.
- Responsible for negotiating purchased services, contract review, approval of terms and PO creation.
- Report out on purchasing and cost-saving metrics and KPI’s.
- Approve and submit invoices to accounting to process payment within agreed upon terms. Forwarding invoices to the appropriate party if needed. Communicate with vendors if corrections need to be made.
- Responsible for development and active management of a comprehensive budget for the purchasing department, including participating in the annual budgeting process, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective action.
- Create, execute, and maintain a purchasing strategy that achieves corporate objectives, such as risk-diversification, continuity of supply, cost reduction, and quality standards.
- Manage, review, and execute supply contracts, non-disclosure agreements, and other similar legal documents.
Your Creds:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, or other closely related field.
- Master's level education preferred.
- 7-10 years’ experience managing purchasing operations with international scope.
- 5+ years’ experience in international purchasing and supplier relations.
- Knowledge and experience working with budget planning and demand planning analysis tools.
- Experience with international imports.
- Experience with legal documents, language, and process related to supplier agreements
- CPIM certification a plus
Who Are You?
- A leader. Your team trusts you. You help them be better professionals. The rest of the organization sees you as an advocate, teacher, and success maker.
- A fierce negotiator. When everyone else thinks a quote cannot get better, you’re able to drive an extra K or two in savings and our vendors still love you.
- A baller. You’ve been crushing it your whole career. You enjoy rolling up your sleeves, being creative, driving hard, and making the business succeed.
- A team player. You are solution oriented and know that it takes good communication and collaboration across an organization to be successful.
- An analyst. You analyze data, see the trends, think quickly, and make good decisions.
- A born project manager and process improvement expert. You love process mapping, metric tracking, and helping the team hit its milestones!
- Accountable and Coachable. You own and learn from your mistakes. You understand that feedback is a gift.
- Detail Oriented. You take pride when you send a perfectly balanced inventory report to accounting each month.
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- You are a problem-solver. You can think of a way to handle anything with minimal direction.
- You are able to work under tight timeframes and adapt when needed. We are a growing company. Business decisions require quick execution.
About Mishimoto
Mishimoto is the flagship brand of Resource Intl., an industry-leading engineering firm specializing in performance automotive products. We make the best cooling systems for our favorite performance cars. We move fast, we are driven to win, and we know it is important to be cool, whether it's under the hood of a car or at an awesome place to work. Our state-of-the-art corporate campus is located in New Castle, Delaware, with four subsidiary locations worldwide.
Benefits and Perks
Our employees love our workplace because:
- It’s a gearhead’s dream – Design and develop performance automotive products for the car scene.
- We make way for play – Attend wine and cheese gatherings and hit up our favorite events, from drift to autocross to classic car shows.
- We take a breather – Enjoy an in-house gym, massage chair, and healthy-snack vending machine.
- Our workplace is beautiful – Work in an office designed to stimulate creative thinking.
- The employee discounts rock – Get exclusive access to Mishimoto products and discounts from our partners.
- The bennies are covered – Medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k) w/ 4% match, disability pay, and life insurance.
- We score – The TeamWins bonus program is tied to overall company performance goals.
- Dog Days! Bring your dog to work on MezzMutt Monday, Tail-Wagging Tuesday, Woof! Wednesday, or Fido Friday!
Mishimoto is made up of people with many different backgrounds and lifestyles, and we like it that way. We invite applications from people of all stripes. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences that people imagine to discriminate against one another. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's anything we can do to make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate.