About the Company: 

Built on a dream and distilled in Austin, Texas, Tito’s Handmade Vodka has been bringing people (and dogs) together over the last two decades. Tito’s Handmade Vodka has gained a reputation for its high-quality vodka, charitable contributions, and its goal to make people happy while making the world a better place. 

About the Position: 

Requires in-depth knowledge and experience. Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services. Solves complex problems. Works independently, receives minimal guidance. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Manages Indirect Purchasing organization and supplier relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Maintenance and Engineering Project Management departments to understand needs, manage purchasing activities, and support indirect inventory levels and project execution.

• Hires and manages indirect buyers
• Leads problem resolution for material related accounting and receiving issues
• Manages supplier relationships including Supplier Agreements and pricing
• Manages and communicates supplier and material lead times to internal departments to support planning and execution.
• Supports competitive bidding processes and negotiations to drive best total value, manage risk, and ensure supplier performance.
• Establishes and maintains RFP/RFQ templates and price thresholds to support consistent selection criteria and award decisions.
• Establishes sole-source exemption criteria and procedures, ensuring appropriate approvals, documentation, and compliance with procurement policy.
• Develops and maintains metrics to develop strategic sourcing strategies (short term, mid term and long term)
• Develops methods of business simplification for the procurement function. Participates in the development of quality documents for the purchasing function.
• Participates in cross-functional projects.  Trains and audits activities of lower level personnel.
• Develop Indirect Purchasing KPIs to monitor spend and efficiency
• Perform regular audits of VMI programs
• Review purchase requisitions as assigned by workflow for completion and accuracy
• Communicate process changes with Vendors
• Negotiate contract pricing and terms
• Process new vendor requests and maintain IFS vendor files
• Review contracts for Capital projects