Purchasing & Scheduling Manager-MPS at Morrow Renewables LLC – McKinney, Texas

Objective Summary:

Ensure seamless and cost-effective operations by strategically sourcing goods and services while also planning and maintaining efficient schedules for engineering, procurement, manufacturing production, and shipping. This dual role aims to balance supply availability with operational timelines, resulting in uninterrupted production workflow with minimum downtime and meeting delivery promises.

Reporting: The Purchasing & Scheduling Manager will report to the Director of Sales & Manufacturing.

Location: Mckinney, TX (Full time, In-person); Operations are M-F 8:00AM – 5:00PM (1 hour lunch break)

Purchasing & Scheduling Manager Position:

Purchasing Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the procurement system and procedures for Morrow Process Solutions. The following is a breakdown of the current procurement system. The Purchasing & Scheduling Manager shall evaluate and recommend changes to improve the system. Changes and improvements may be implemented with approval from the Director.
  1. Purchasing & Scheduling Manager is directly responsible for requesting quotes and generating purchase orders for job-specific items below:
     • Pipe & Fittings
     • Valves
     • Code vessels
     • Structural skids
     • Instrumentation (Can be coordinated by engineering department)
     • Equipment (Can be coordinated by engineering department)
     • Other job specific items as required and requested.
  2. Purchasing & Scheduling Manager is responsible for overseeing and providing purchasing procedures for purchases performed by other MPS departments to effectively report and evaluate MPS’s procurement system. MPS departments include:
     • Engineering Department
     • Warehouse Department
     • QAQC Department
     • Manufacturing Department
• Maintain relationships with vendors or suppliers and actively participate in finding new competitive vendors.
• Negotiate vendor contracts and monitor supplier performance.
• Forecast demand and material price trends to aid in decision-making to minimize purchasing costs.
• Coordinate with Warehouse Department any specific storage or special instructions for Warehouse Department to properly receive and store ordered components.
• Coordinate closely with QAQC to ensure all procured materials and fabricated components meet project-specific quality standards and industry codes. Provide any required vendor documentation to QAQC as required and implement QAQC initiatives within the procurement process as required.
• Coordinate with the Manufacturing Department to ensure materials and outsourced fabrication availability is meeting operational timelines based on the schedule.
• Responsible for generating job costing reports for materials, services, and consumables per each job and/or workorder.
• For outsourced orders requiring QAQC inspections, coordinate with vendors and QAQC Department to arrange inspections and communicate with appropriate individuals to answer any issues or questions that may arise.
• Filling out T&M tickets when procurement is required for external T&M projects and coordinating with clients for signature(s) of T&M tickets.

Scheduling Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and manage the Microsoft Projects production schedule for all MPS projects to ensure timely production and service delivery.
• Coordinate closely with project managers, department managers, fabrication supervisors, and vendors to align material availability with schedule and ensure that Microsoft Projects production schedule is accurate to the actual shop schedule.
• Track actual project schedule against Microsoft Projects schedule and report status to internal key stakeholders.
• Adjust schedules proactively in response to material delays, labor availability or design changes.
• Identify and resolve scheduling conflicts to minimize downtime and ensure efficient resource allocation.
• Identify and implement approved improvements to the scheduling process.
• Establish routine scheduling meetings with QAQC, Manufacturing, and Warehouse to address potential issues before they affect the schedule.

Secondary Responsibilities – When time permits

• Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for all departments and establish a process for tracking, updating, and reporting KPIs to department supervisors/managers.
• Evaluate and collaborate on supply chain procedures, including inventory management, warehousing, vendor management, and overflow vendor fabrication facilities.
• Evaluate current processes and identify improvements that maximize efficiency and reduce waste.
• Aid with document control for the manufacturing shop.
• Create the current layout of our shop in Mineola, TX and aid with the design/configuration of the future layout as the shop grows.
• Follow and enforce safety policies.
• Assist with Engineering, Plant/Field Operations, and development as needed.

Future Responsibilities:

• As MPS grows and this department grows, the Purchasing & Scheduling Manager will be responsible for hiring and managing employees within the department.

General Expectations

• Safety – Follow and encourage safe work practices.
• Do what’s right. If something does not seem right, bring it up and/or ask.
• All responsibilities above and responsibilities requested by supervisor are executed in a timely manner.
• The expectation is to come to work with a great attitude every day. A bad attitude affects co-workers and work operations will not be tolerated.
• As other departments need help, we provide help whenever possible and if time permits.