.Oversees and directs the activities of a purchasing section, assuming responsibility for the acquisition and inventory management of materials including cost, quality, delivery, inventory levels and lead time trends in support of customer requirements.Coordinates tasks required to meet the acquisition and inventory management needs for specialized commodity areas.POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES Lead employees performing professional purchasing duties, ensuring appropriate assignment based on special qualifications and knowledge Ensure appropriate methods of purchase order administration are maintained; Monitor or participate in major dollar procurement negotiation Meet with key suppliers to promote the Company's best interest concerning all matters dealing with the purchase of materials and services and to identify changing market conditions Assure compliance with contractual and customer requirements Review progress of team activities and recommend corrective actions where necessary Lead procurement in the planning and coordination of assigned categories of materials with Divisional Purchasing supervisory personnel Ensure the coordination of purchase material costs inputs required to support Proposals Ensure that personnel actions are consistent with Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, other related company policies and procedures and in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations Oversee prioritization of assignments; Plan, budget, organize and direct flow of work to meet both internal and external expectations Utilize Continuous Improvement principles and drive efficiencies and quality enhancements within department Lead staff through effective hiring, development, utilization, inspiration and counseling Provide a safe and healthy work environment Ensure a work environment that will foster openness, commitment, discipline, career growth and both an internal and external customer focus All employees are responsible for the Quality of their work to ensure BEI meets, or exceeds Customer Satisfaction.Accountable to perform all duties and tasks assigned and any other duty that may be required bythe department or the organization.Responsible to establish clear measurable objectives & goals in alignment with department and site KPI's and the achievement of organizational goals.Maintain compliance with all current and future certification that the site needs for operations like ANSI ESD S20.20-2014, ISO 9001, AS9000, ISO 9000, ISO 14001, IPC, etc