THE ROLE
The Production Purchasing Manager will be responsible for supporting Production Operations with purchase requests from key departmental stakeholders, soliciting price quotes from vendors, creating purchase orders, managing goods receipts, and reconciling outstanding purchase transactions.
You will work in an office setting but will at times need to fulfill travel requirements and work on site.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Partner with Production Operations staff to understand business needs and purchase appropriately
Convert vendor price quotes into Purchase Orders
Raise timely and accurate Purchase Orders for time-sensitive Production needs
Goods Receipt Purchase Orders, ensuring timely financial recognition
Reconcile outstanding purchase transactions for timely resolution
Research, analyze and determine spend data to identify cost saving opportunities, with an emphasis on production and operations spend
Partner with Operations, Finance, Procurement personnel to maintain communication channels across key stakeholder departments to provide efficient and effective purchasing support
Partner and facilitate effective sourcing methods and track & maintain vendor KPIs to ensure vendor compliance
Ensure product and service quality remain paramount during all vendor discussions and negotiations
Ensure timely submission of documents for new vendor setup
Develop strong vendor relationships, ensuring win-win results
Special projects and tasks as assigned
Some travel will be required
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in business or technical field
Prior media and entertainment production experience preferred
Familiarity with festival equipment and / or event management is a plus
Must have previous purchasing or vendor relations experience
Strong foundation and proven experience in finance and business concepts and applications
Ability to analyze and support vendor negotiations
Proven ability to navigate through Excel (i.e., V-look up, pivot table, formula driven, etc.)
Excellent communication skills
Proven ability to work in a team environment
Able to work in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Must be able to tolerate loud noise levels and busy environments
Must be willing to travel to work and travel to events during holidays, evening and weekend hours, as required, to meet deadlines and work events
Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization, which does not require sponsorship by Insomniac for a visa.
LI-MH1
The expected compensation for this position in California is :
$70,000 - $85,000 USD
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