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Company Description

Join our vertically integrated team at MAT Holdings, Inc., a leading global manufacturer with a 40-year history. We're proud to provide employment opportunities for more than 14,000 employees across 12 countries. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space.

You will find our products in home improvement centers, big box retailers, hardware stores, and automotive chains. They're in the cars you drive, the trailers you tow, and the heavy-duty machinery you operate.

MAT can maintain consistent expertise and solutions across the entire supply chain. We’re experts in engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics and distribution, marketing, design, and customer service — we don't just make it happen. We ensure it happens with excellence.

We’re more than manufacturing, we’re MAT.

Job Description

Be responsible for procuring goods, managing material costs, and balancing inventory levels for assigned product categories across warehouses. Work closely with vendors to negotiate pricing and ensure goods are delivered promptly. Provide procurement-related reports and analyses to the department manager. Special assignments may be assigned as needed.

Compensation Range: $60,850 - 74,550

Principle Responsibilities

• Manage and work collaboratively with vendors throughout the sourcing and purchasing process
• Handle purchase order placement to suppliers for domestic orders, direct import as well as containerization
• Monitor and control inventory level to reflect product seasonality
• Provide cost analysis and landed cost to sales and marketing teams
• Procure merchandise in a timely fashion per demand and forecast
• Coordinate with suppliers to determine material availability and shipment status
• Work with vendors to resolve procurement issues including but not limited to price, quality, service, and delivery during international business hours
• Collaborate with demand planner, sales, marketing, customer service, accounting, IT, logistics, warehouse, Import Department and custom brokers for inventory fulfillment
• Qualify and recommend potential vendors based on sourcing procedures, research, and analysis
• Lead cost-out initiatives for assigned product lines
• Act as liaison between internal stakeholders and external vendors
• Manage both internal and external factory audits with the Asian Sourcing Coordinator
• Represent Sourcing on distribution and logistics initiatives
• Work collaboratively with the Sales and Marketing teams to support new product and program launches
• Cross-train on essential Purchasing functions utilizing SAP and the MRP system
• Negotiate contracts and agreements and ensure compliance with corporate standards 

Qualifications

Competencies

• Proven ability to implement and execute initiatives supporting the corporate strategy.
• Capable of handling complex project management.
• Proven ability to negotiate, making sound decisions in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate cross-functional leadership (internal or external).
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present data organizationally.
• Delivers commitments and strong follow-up skills.
• Highly organized, results-driven, and an ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be available to respond to international vendors as needed during normal hours and after-hours

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum three years of global sourcing experience
• Bi-lingual (English/Mandarin) a plus
• Working knowledge of MRP systems (SAP a plus)
• Experience with Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Outlook, etc.)
• Essential knowledge of international logistics and US Customs Trade Compliance a plus.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.