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Company Description: The company manufactures steel products: carbon hot rolled, floor plate, cold rolled and galvanized steel. The company is made up of 11,900 teammates whose goal is to "Take Care of Our Customers." They accomplish this by being the safest, highest quality, lowest cost, most productive, and most profitable steel and steel products company in the world. They are committed to doing this while being cultural and environmental stewards. They succeed by working together. The company operates one of the leanest corporate organizations in the nation. A typical Fortune 500 company has a triple-digit corporate staff. This company has about 65 corporate employees. This streamlined chain of command allows the general managers at each division to operate their facility as an independent business. It is one of the main reasons that they have maintained a strong entrepreneurial spirit, even as annual sales grew into the multi-billions. With the day-to-day decisions made at the operating facilities, They can respond to suppliers, customers, employees, and neighbors without waiting for a decision from the corporate office. The company has been profitable every quarter since 1966. The rebirth was sparked by innovation -- making steel from recycled scrap on a larger scale than had ever been tried. Since then, they have thrived on intelligent risk-taking.

General Scope of Work: This position will supervise the purchasing department, and is a leadership role for the coordination, oversight, and execution of purchasing related activities. This includes procuring critical raw materials and monitoring equipment repair activities. Actively manage complex energy related requirements and contracts. Develop and implement purchasing strategies and vendor relationships to drive financial success. Work with all appropriate plant personnel to understand the plant requirements and to meet those requirements in a timely manner. Proactively research cost savings and value added opportunities. Actively participate in overall buy initiatives. Develop and execute appropriate bidding procedures. Negotiate pricing and terms and conditions on purchased items. Leadership role in coordinating the drafting, negotiation and execution of purchase agreement contracts, including for financially significant and complex capital equipment purchases. Responsible for developing, documenting, and continuously improving appropriate internal control and TS quality system procedures. Leadership role in managing contractual on-site independent contractor requirements and agreements, including the applicable insurance requirements.

Education requirements: Bachelor of Science degree is required.

Skills required: Able to handle multiple tasks, thorough, ability to negotiate complex contracts. Strong supervisory skills. Innovative. Bottom line driven. Aggressive about one's career. Type of personality required: High energy, professional, creative. Our client encourages their employees to take well calculated risks, learn by mistakes but above all think outside the norm and grow the company. Total number of years of experience: Five to seven years of purchasing experience and demonstrated supervisory experience. Position prospective candidate would now hold: Purchasing Agent. Ideal industry of prospective candidates: Steel.

E-mail resume to: smorley@themorleygroup.com

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