Director of Purchasing & Logistics

Cincinnati, Ohio based Multi-Color Corporation is a premier global resource of innovative decorating solutions to consumer product and food and beverage companies, national retailers and container manufacturers worldwide. Multi-Color Corporation is one of the world's largest producers of in-mold labels (IMLs) and heat transfer labels (HTLs), and a major manufacturer of high-quality cut-and-stack labels, pressure sensitive labels, and shrink sleeves.

 

Multi-Color supports more than 330 of the world's most prominent brands at over 650 customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central and South America. Our customers include the world's leading producers of health and beauty, food and beverage, personal care, automotive, and household consumer brands. With a depth of product offerings and the ambition to keep on growing, Multi-Color Corporation is prepared to take your career into the future.

 

Are you looking for a company that you can learn and grow? Then this might be the job for you.  We are looking for a Director of Purchasing & Logistics to join our team based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

As a member of the Executive Team, this associate leads the development and operations of the Purchasing and Logistics function.  Some duties include:

 

· Financial: Provide input related to supply, materials and logistics to establish and achieve the approved budget. Provide input to the annual capital expenditures budget.

· Metrics: Monitor costs during a purchase order period and achieve operating metrics and expense budget.  Establish and monitor annual goals and objectives for the Purchasing and Logistics function.

· Safety: Assure the safety, protection and efficient use of financial, physical and human resources of the organization, as it relates to incoming raw materials and purchases.

· Operations: Support the operations and growth of the organization by developing vendor accountability systems and contingency plans that ensure quality, capability and capacity.

· Values: Model the Corporate Values and Principles, including instilling a high performance, people-driven culture, providing high expectations and high support.

· Customer Service: Support a customer-focused culture for operations. Contribute to company cross-functional teams, including customer visits and interaction as needed, to achieve the overall effectiveness of customer relationships.

· People: Build a network of highly trained plant buyers capable of carrying out the Purchasing and Logistics goals and objectives in support of the annual and long-term growth plans of the organization.

· Capacity: Create, establish and manage the capacity and capability of the vendors that provide raw materials to meet fluctuating customer demands and growth of the organization, minimizing business risk.

· Continuous Improvement: Create a culture of relentless pursuit of continuous improvement, including contributing to and supporting product development, new business development and the operations objectives as well as Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing.

· Mergers and Acquisitions: Support the due diligence, purchasing synergies, and integration of mergers and acquisitions by realigning corporate assets to achieve the overall strategic plan and profitable growth.

· Develop and maintain the Multi-Color MWBE spending program.

· Policies and Procedures:  Establish and maintain purchasing and logistics best practice systems, including technology advances, policies and procedures (such as terms) to assure optimization of purchasing power and financial controls.

· Vendors:  Source, negotiate, qualify and maintain vendor relationships.  Reduce overall costs by managing credit/payment terms, technical innovation, delivery terms and standardization. Develop exclusive supply arrangements.

· Manage purchasing contracts: Negotiate and administer all purchasing contracts. Resolve any issues with vendors, including accounts payable terms, price discrepancies, quality and delivery.

 

 

Requirements:

 

· Bachelors Degree, 5 years experience, proven success in contract development, negotiations, bid processes, and formal methods for evaluating suppliers. Understands international purchasing and logistics. Prefer an MBA and/or APICS/CPM certification.

· Literate in MicroSoft Office or the equivalent. Previous experience with on-line bid processes.

· Articulate, clear, persuasive and passionate in the spoken and written word.

· Make effective and persuasive presentations on controversial or complex topics.

· Perform college level mathematical calculations.

· Travel and move about in offices and plants.

· Demonstrate a professional image.

· Rational, logical, fact-driven, and reality driven decision making.

· Read and analyze the most complex documents.

· Relate to people at all levels of the organization.

 

Start designing your future today. Can you help Multi-Color Corporation achieve its vision of becoming the premier global resource of decorating solutions? Log on to www.multicolorcorp.com to learn more about the full spectrum that Multi-Color Corporation has to offer.

 

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