Purchasing Manager - Chemicals - Fujifilm

FUJIFILM Electronic Materials, U.S.A., Inc., is a global leader in chemical solutions which enable the semiconductor industry and the digital universe. We have an exciting opportunity at our Mesa, Arizona facility for a Purchasing Manager!

With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Europe, Taiwan, China, Korea and Japan, local sales offices throughout the world and on-site applications support, FUJIFILM Electronic Materials supplies the worlds top tier semiconductor manufacturers with a broad array of products and services used throughout the semiconductor manufacturing process.

The Role

The Purchasing Manager will manage raw material commodity strategies and hold suppliers accountable for top performance. This role is responsible for supply assurance and securing best overall value while continuing to ensure that purchased materials support quality, cost, delivery, and service levels. This position works closely with Finance, Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, R&D and Facilities, provides leadership in problem solving, price negotiations, cost containment strategies and enhancing supplier relationships.

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Hands-on day-to-day purchasing role focused on specialty and industrial chemicals procurement to support chemical manufacturing for the semiconductor industry.

• Knowledge of chemical feedstocks, intermediates, competitive landscape, global supplier network and relationships.

• Responsible for problem solving, sourcing, and supply assurance to keep the plant operating including force majeures, allocations, etc.

• Manages price negotiations, savings, avoidances, strategies and tactics and creates leverage with suppliers using feedstocks, currency, volumes and supplier escalation as needed.

• Identifies synergies to leverage the combined spend across regions and businesses to drive savings in chemicals.

• Partners with Business to assess total cost of ownership, recommendations and customer change control.

• Leads internal cross functional teams and supplier meetings to drive supply chain improvements, capacity and capabilities, and cost-down roadmaps to provide competitive and aligned product pricing roadmaps to its customers.

• Evaluates potential and existing chemical suppliers based on the required performance specifications, quality and cost.

• Partners with Business Management, Supplier Quality, Planning, Operations and our suppliers to improve quality, inventory management, and drive our supplier’s processes closer to world class performance levels.

• Proactively assesses the risk of chemical supply interruption situations, puts in place remedial action and corrective measures. Manages emergency supply chain situations.

• Point of contact for Business Unit Directors to solve chemical procurement issues at plant level.

• Develops and maximizes automation tools to increase productivity and value add.

• Participates in customer audits, procurement reviews at strategic business unit meetings, and Finance budgeting processes.

• Leads early R&D involvement to design and target viable suppliers with desired scales, price curves and capabilities.

• Manage overall 3rd Party Toll relationships to ensure raw material supplier, product supply, increased process efficiencies and best practices.

• Leads chemical supplier forecasting communications with Planning to drive production campaigns, on-hand inventory, safety stocks and consignment.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelors degree in Business Management, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field, Master’s degree preferred.

• Progressive management experience (min 5 years) in a specialty chemical manufacturing industry or related industry.

• Sourcing experience with domestic and international vendor sourcing, vendor certification, and terms & contract negotiation/administration (5+ years).

• Previous budget management experience (1-3 years).

• Strong negotiation abilities.

• Strong problem solving skills.

• Demonstrated competence in SAP, software applications, Microsoft outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, and Lotus notes.

• Strong experience in leading price negotiations, approaches and supplier relationships.

• Strong verbal, written and presentation skills and independent ability to solve problems.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks, set deadlines and work well with others required.

• Teamwork, integrity and accuracy of work required.

• Ability to travel to suppliers, and other FFEM sites.

MENTAL & EMOTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Resilience - Adapting well in the face of workplace stressors, the ability to work effectively and efficiently in high stress and conflict situations, the ability to remain poised under all circumstances, the ability to maintain regular attendance and be punctual.

• Communication - The ability to successfully and professionally express and exchange ideas and meanings with all levels of employees in the organization, the ability to interact appropriately with a variety of individuals including customers/clients, the ability to work as an integral part of a team, ability to interact effectively with people in a positive manner that engenders confidence and trust.

• Reasoning and decision-making - The ability to understand, remember and follow verbal and written instructions, the ability to reason logically and make sound decisions.

• Comprehension - The ability to complete tasks without direct supervision, the ability to simultaneously address multiple complete problems.

• Organizational skills - Ability to multitask without loss of efficiency or accuracy, the ability to work and sustain attention with distractions and interruptions, the ability to perform in situations requiring speed, deadlines or productivity quotas.