MRO Purchasing Specialist

MRO Purchasing Specialist 1st Shift, Monday-Friday, 8 : 00am-5 : 00pm

Pay Range : $22.34 / hour

What You'll Do :

As MRO Specialist you'll be part of our Stanley Black & Decker team, EAST LONGMEADOW, MA. You'll get to :

• Manage internal and external processes to ensure there are adequate MRO supplies to minimize equipment downtime.
• Partner with internal resources and external suppliers to ensure the business maintains correct / effective MRO inventory levels. This includes participating in planning sessions and staying on top of the needs of all areas of the plant.
• Lead inventory optimization efforts including reviewing MIN / MAX with preferred suppliers and purchasing team.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to perform and present tooling life and usage analysis to identify opportunities to improve performance.
• Lead cost savings initiatives with our preferred suppliers.
• Ensure MRO purchasing and maintenance standards are being followed and looking for improvements to be implemented.
• Be the voice of the plant to Global Supply Chain MRO and Sourcing teams to ensure the MRO program is efficient.
• Manages and monitors compliance with MRO policies and procedures
• Constantly seeking supply alternatives for materials already developed, seeking to reduce costs and / or performance improvements
• Plan the supply of consumable materials (cutting oil, grinding wheels, abrasives, and office supplies, etc.)
• Meet corporate procedures for price adjustment negotiations
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, engineering, and reliability personnel to drive cost reductions.
• Monitor KPIs related to MRO and ensure service levels are met by preferred suppliers.

Who You Are :

You always strive to do a good jobbut wouldn't it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? You care about quality at every level. You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You're not intimidated by innovation. In fact, you embrace it. You also have :

What You'll Receive :

You'll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan :

Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off and tuition reimbursement.

Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

What's more, you'll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors and everyday heroes all over the world. We're more than the #1 tools and storage company, with a leading presence in engineered fastening. We're visionaries. Industry 4.0 innovators. As successful as we've been in the past, we have so much further to go. That's where you come in. Join us!

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status or any other protected characteristic.

We Don't Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you'll get the unique chance to impact some of the world's most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

We're the World's largest tool company. We're industry visionaries. We're solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art "smart factory" products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

You'll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

Career Opportunity : Career paths aren't linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development : Our lifelong learning philosophy means you'll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture : We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that's how the best work gets done. You'll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company : You'll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status or any other protected characteristic. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete an application or access our website, please contact us at (860) 827-3923 or at accommodations@sbdinc.com. Due to volume, we cannot respond to unrelated inquiries about the status of a completed application or resetting an account password.

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