Senior Procurement Manager

World Oil • Full-time • South Gate, California, United States • 2d ago

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At World Oil we strive to be an employer of choice by recruiting, developing, and retaining a high performing and diverse workforce. As a family-owned company, our focus in work life balance fosters a healthy, safe, and productive work environment for all employees.

World Oil values its amazing workforce that has contributed to the company’s success for over 80 years! Learn more about us at: https://worldoilcorp.com/about-us/.

Position Summary:

The World Oil group of companies consists of 16 consolidated entities and 7 affiliated entities. The Company started the business over 80 years ago with a gas station in Los Angeles and now owns 40 gas stations throughout California. The Company is also engaged in the manufacture and sale of refined petroleum products, the production of asphalt-based roofing and paving products, the transportation of various petroleum products, collects and recycles used antifreeze and waste oil, performs environmental services, and owns commercial real estate.

This position will be the key liaison with all departments across the World Oil organization to ensure procurement processes and procedures are in place to optimize the company’s buying power by increasing cost efficiencies without forgoing quality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Maintain relationships with key suppliers through steady communication to ensure service and quality levels are adequate and up to company expectations and ensuring cost is optimized.
Evaluate and track supplier performance to ensure they meet company and regulatory standards.
Provide supplier analysis including key metrics and benchmarks.
Evaluate, select, and establish new relationships with suppliers to expand our sourcing platform
Negotiate contracts with suppliers ensuring pricing and terms and conditions are favorable for the company
Develop and maintain key performance indicators to drive supplier performance
Review requests for new suppliers to determine whether the supplier should be included as a preferred provider
Review documentation provided by new suppliers to ensure proper information is received to establish an account
Oversee and manage the competitive bid processes (RFP’s, RFI’s, and RFQ’s)
Review proposals and manage contracts, including pricing, terms of agreement and service requirements
Provide leadership and guidance to the Procurement team to support and achieve department goals
Coordinate with the Legal department with managing the supplier contracts, including terminations, extensions, and renewals
Collaborate with all departments within the organization to assess and meet their procurement requirements
Routinely visit the various office locations/terminals to assess their needs and assist with forecasting requirements
Develop and enhance processes and procedures across all companies within the organization to streamline the procurement process and leverage our buying power by consolidating procurement requests
Oversee the ordering of materials, supplies, equipment, and services
Review requisitions to ensure orders are necessary, accurate and consistent with company policy
Analyze spend to determine cost reduction opportunities by leveraging volume and optimizing the supplier base
Review procurement processes to ensure continuous improvement and make recommendations as required
Manage and monitor the supplies and other office necessities and services for the corporate office
Manage the online maintenance service desk, ensuring tickets are addressed and rectified

Other Functions:

Perform additional duties and assist with projects as assigned
Actively support the Company’s commitment to quality and all quality objectives, with an emphasis on continual improvement

This role supervises the following positions:

Procurement Administrator
Procurement Specialist.
Responsible for training, developing and mentoring staff, including preparing performance evaluations.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year university in Business, Economics, Supply Chain Management, or related field
Experience with an Enterprise Resource Planning system
Experience with procurement software
Experience in a manufacturing environment
Minimum of 10 years in a procurement department
Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Strong understanding of supply chain management
Strong negotiation skills
Strong business acumen
Effective leadership and team management skills
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Strong attention to detail and well organized
Superior analytical, problem-solving, and collaborative interpersonal skills
Flexible self-starter with the ability to think outside the box with a can-do, roll-up the sleeves attitude
Interact effectively and cooperatively with employees at all levels within the organization as well as with third parties
Ability to operate in a fast-paced organization, handling multiple projects simultaneously while delivering results timely
Ability to take ownership and drive projects to completion

Preferred Qualifications:

NetSuite experience a plus

EEO Statement:

It is the policy of World Oil and its subsidiaries to provide equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. The Company does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, military/veteran status, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, reproductive health decision making or any other status protected by state or federal law.

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