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Weiler Abrasives Group · 3 days ago

Regional Sourcing & Procurement Manager

United, PA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Weiler Abrasives Group has been a leader in creating value-enhancing solutions for various applications for four generations. The Regional Sourcing & Procurement Manager is responsible for leading sourcing, procurement, and material planning activities, managing a team, and executing strategies to ensure supplier relationships and cost savings while maintaining material availability and quality.

Consumer Goods

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a regional team ensuring strong performance across sourcing, material costs, inventory levels, and material availability

Coach, develop, and build team capabilities through performance management, regular touchpoints, and targeted skill development

Establish clear priorities, accountability, and performance metrics aligned to regional and global supply chain objectives

Develop and execute regional sourcing and procurement strategies for raw materials and finished goods from global sources aligned with global frameworks

Lead supplier negotiations, including pricing, commercial terms, contracts, and supply agreements, in accordance with company policies

Drive cost savings and cost avoidance initiatives that deliver against annual financial targets

Manage procurement and sourcing process regionally and support global procurement and sourcing process development

Manage supplier selection, qualification, and development in collaboration with Category Management, Quality, Engineering, and Operations

Develop and manage supplier relationships through structured supplier scorecards, performance reviews, and business review processes

Build and implement sourcing and inventory strategies that address market trends, supply assurance, quality, sustainability, and supply risk mitigation

Partner with planning and production teams to ensure material availability and inventory optimization including 3PL inventories

Identify and implement pull-based planning processes using ERP (Infor LN/M3) to enhance material planning operations

Partner with regional and global business leaders to support supply chain strategies, improvement initiatives, and execution plans

Develop, analyze, forecast and manage raw material and finished good costing including purchase price variance (PPV), freight costs, tariff and duties costs monthly and in support of the Annual Operating Plan

Develop and manage department budgets and performance plans in support of the Annual Operating Plan

Develop and maintain reporting and documentation related to material costs, inventory, and supplier performance using Microsoft Power BI and Teams

Qualification

Supplier negotiationSourcing strategiesProcurement managementInventory managementERP systemsAPICS certificationAnalytical skillsChange leadershipMS Office skillsProject managementCritical thinkingConflict resolutionCross-functional collaboration