The Company: PTI Corporation

PTI - Packaging Technologies & Inspection is headquartered in Hawthorne, New York, a Westchester County community close to New York City. We are a team of engineers, scientists and professionals serving the packaging industry as a leading equipment manufacturer of package inspection equipment for the pharmaceutical, medical devices, food, and container industries.

PTI’s management and R & D team focus has been on developing inspection technologies for the packaging industry that perform with a high degree of precision and reliability, and simplify testing and validation processes in the pharmaceutical, medical device, food and container industries.

PTI’s inspection technologies are non-destructive, non-subjective and provide companies with solutions to improve their quality and process control, while reducing product waste and cost.

As we continue our successful journey, we are looking to add more talented, innovative, and dedicated engineers to our team. So, if you are someone who enjoys work because of the sense of accomplishment that it gives you, and if you want to be part of a high impact team working for a financially strong, global company that is the leader in the Container Closure Integrity testing industry, then contact us, because working at PTI is not just a job….it’s a passion!

The Team: PTI Inspection Division

This position is as a team member of PTI’s Inspection Division, which is responsible for designing and developing the most sophisticated non-destructive container closure system inspection technologies in the world.

The Role: Purchasing Manager

Overview

Do you get excited about negotiating? Do you have an appreciation for engineering?

If the answer is yes, I would encourage you to consider joining PTI. PTI is looking for a Purchasing Manager who will support PTI’s rapidly growing manufacturing operation.

We develop inspection technologies that perform quality control inspection of packaging with a high degree of precision and reliability supporting the food, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries.

The Purchasing Manager role will engage suppliers and build lasting relationships while reviewing technical offerings, negotiating effective pricing and terms as well as keeping our supplier base accountable to our business agreements. In addition, this position will manage our supplier database including adding new suppliers and moving on from suppliers who do not meet business needs while supporting the operation with effective inventory systems. The Purchasing Manager will effectively drive all aspects of resource acquisition for PTI to achieve its objectives. The successful candidate for this position will have experience in the manufacturing industry and a strong understanding of supply chain management concepts .

Responsibilities and Duties

• Manage an efficient and accurate system for monitoring all purchase orders.
• Manage all open purchase orders and communicate key orders to stakeholders.
• Deliver a weekly purchase order report to key stakeholders.
• Alert stakeholders when orders have been filled and invoices from vendors have been issued.
• Review quality of product supplied by vendors and working with suppliers to resolve quality or performance issues.
• Answer vendor questions and provide them with additional order documentation or engineering specifications needed.
• Work with the operations team to efficiently manage inventory.
• Assist the operations team with maintaining non-inventory material levels.
• Actively manage PTI’s vendor list and identify new potential vendors.
• Determine PTI requirements for preferred vendors.
• Share best practices within the supplier landscape to continually improve PTI performance.
• Schedule and execute quarterly visits for key suppliers and annual visits for secondary suppliers
• Process purchasing requisitions from the engineering and operations department and create purchase orders for those requisitions.
• Assist Shipping/Receiving department with their daily activities where needed.
• Be a contributing member in improving sourcing strategies.
• Issue RFQs and compare supplier quotes for commercially available items.

Qualifications and skills:

• Associates Degree in Accounting or a related field required.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship skills.
• Comprehensive understanding of MS Excel, MS Word, and industry-standard purchase order software platforms.
• Strong knowledge and experience working with ERP systems and accounting programs such as Quickbooks.
• Detail-oriented as well as 10,000 foot view vision-oriented.
• Ability to work well with cross-functional teams.

If you are interested in working in a high-energy, fast-moving company with leading-edge inspection technologies, strong values, a vibrant corporate culture, please send resume to: hr@ptiusa.com

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration. PTI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.