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[Job Title: Purchasing Manager [Location: Mason City, Iowa [Salary: $70-90K [Job Summary of the Purchasing Manager: [The Purchasing Manager oversees all purchasing activities within the organization, and works with suppliers regarding production issues.

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• Manage the purchase, inventory, and deliveries of all products.
• Manage orders of raw materials, tooling, and operations items.
• Responsible for supplier qualification/management, including qualifying new vendors, tracking performance, and classifying levels.
• Management of daily Purchasing Requests and all return merchandise authorization.
• Develop and manage alternative minimum tax procurement rules and regulations.
• Evaluate all vendor and suppliers quality, price, reliability, technical support and availability of goods and services.
• Handle contract negotiations with vendors and suppliers.
• Develop and improve purchasing systems, driving electronic methods where possible.
• Work with Accounts Payable for invoice approval and resolving issues.

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• 3-5 years of related purchasing experience.

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``` - Prior manufacturing industry experience. - Working knowledge of negotiation techniques. - Ability to problem solve on own and in teams along with making decisions. - Strong understanding of the market conditions and trends. - Must establish and maintain high levels of responsiveness and credibility with customers and vendors. - Must be able to drive results while maintaining relationships with all internal and external customers. - MS Office Suite proficiency

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