Resin Sourcing Manager Location: Leominster, MA or Atlanta, GA, based on the selected candidate Reports To: TBD Employment Type: Full Time/Exempt Remote/Hybrid/On-Site: Hybrid Direct Reports: TBD Travel: TBD
Who We Are We are thrilled that you are considering joining CREO Group, where people thrive, partners grow and innovation takes shape. CREO Group designs and manufactures consumer storage and horticultural container solutions. While others make plastic, we build relationships. We offer national and private-label products while delivering the flexibility, quality, and innovation our partners expect. At CREO, work is more than a job - it is a journey. Our mission is to be the market-leading provider of innovative container solutions that enhance everyday living. We partner with our customers to deliver best-in-class, high-quality, and environmentally responsible products through disciplined operational execution. Powered by an engaged, high-performing team, we create enduring value for our employees, partners, and the communities we serve. Being part of CREO means joining a community that celebrates collaboration and thrives on the diverse strengths of our people. You’ll work alongside colleagues who bring unique experiences, perspectives, and skills to the table, and together, we’ll achieve more than we could alone. www.creogroup.com CREO offers eligible full-time employees’ competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, paid time off and holidays. Many health and welfare benefits are available after 90 days of continuous employment. Our 401K offers a generous match, with vesting and eligibility beginning after 90 days of continuous employment. Position Overview The Resin Sourcing Manager leads resin commodity strategies and procurement across CREO’s manufacturing operations. This role improves cost competitiveness, purchasing leverage, supplier performance, and supply security through market expertise, disciplined sourcing, and strong commercial negotiations. The successful candidate must bring direct professional experience purchasing resins for manufacturing. Working with technical, commercial, and operational teams, the manager translates market intelligence and production needs into sourcing decisions that protect manufacturing continuity and deliver measurable financial value.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute resin commodity strategies that improve cost competitiveness, purchasing leverage, supply security, and supplier performance.
- Monitor resin markets, pricing movements, feedstock and other cost drivers, capacity constraints, availability, lead times, and supply-chain risks. Use market intelligence, supplier information, internal forecasts, and manufacturing requirements to guide purchasing decisions.
- Identify, assess, qualify, select, and manage resin and raw-material suppliers. Lead requests for information, quotations, and proposals as part of competitive sourcing processes.
- Negotiate resin pricing and pricing mechanisms, payment terms, lead times, service levels, volume commitments, supply agreements, and other commercial conditions within delegated authority.
- Evaluate sourcing alternatives using total cost of ownership, quality, capacity, technical capabilities, service, regulatory compliance, and supply risk.
- Identify alternate suppliers, materials, and sourcing strategies that reduce dependency and protect continuity of supply. Coordinate technical qualification and approvals before material substitutions.
- Develop productive, long-term supplier relationships. Conduct supplier visits, audits, business reviews, and formal evaluations; measure quality, delivery, pricing, service, responsiveness, and corrective-action performance.
- Lead resin cost-reduction initiatives, value-analysis activities, supplier negotiations, and cost-improvement workshops. Partner with Finance to validate savings baselines, realized benefits, cost avoidance, and working-capital improvements.
- Contribute to annual material budgets, purchasing forecasts, cost projections, and procurement performance objectives. Prepare cost analyses, supplier comparisons, forecasts, reports, and management presentations.
- Monitor resin inventory, days on hand, replenishment parameters, and open purchase orders with plant and Supply Chain teams. Balance production requirements, lead times, storage capacity, and inventory investment.
- Report material cost versus budget and forecast, purchase price variance, savings, supplier performance, and inventory health. Identify red or green status against agreed targets and track recovery actions, owners, and deadlines.
- Work cross-functionally to resolve shortages, supply disruptions, material concerns, quality issues, and procurement risks. Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Quality, Sales, Technical Services, Engineering, Operations, and Finance.
- Maintain accurate purchasing records, contracts, specifications, quotation histories, pricing information, vendor data, and supplier-performance documentation in approved systems.
- Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies, contractual obligations, applicable regulations, and ethical purchasing standards.
Experience and Education Mandatory Resin Procurement Experience
- Direct professional experience purchasing resins for a manufacturing organization is required. Applicants without direct resin-purchasing experience will not be considered.
- At least five years of progressive experience in procurement, purchasing, strategic sourcing, commodity management, or supply management.
- Direct responsibility for sourcing resin suppliers and negotiating resin pricing, terms, availability, lead times, and supply arrangements.
- Understanding of resin markets, suppliers, pricing mechanisms, cost drivers, capacity, availability, and continuity-of-supply risks.
- Procurement experience in plastics manufacturing, resin-dependent manufacturing, chemicals, polymers, compounds, or another directly relevant manufacturing sector.
- Resin experience must involve direct purchasing or strategic sourcing responsibility. Exposure through production, sales, engineering, logistics, or general chemical purchasing does not replace the required resin-procurement experience.
Additional Experience Valued
- Supporting multiple manufacturing facilities or business operations; managing suppliers serving operations in the United States and overseas.
- Developing commodity or category strategies, leading competitive quotation processes and major negotiations, and negotiating purchasing contracts and supplier agreements.
- Conducting supplier business reviews, managing corrective-action programs, and leading cost-reduction, value-analysis, or supply-risk mitigation initiatives.
Technical and Analytical Capabilities
- Strong knowledge of resin and plastics supply markets and the ability to recognize market trends, cost drivers, pricing risks, supply constraints, and commercial opportunities.
- Strong analytical, numerical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; understanding of total cost of ownership and supplier-risk assessment.
- Working knowledge of contract law and commercial purchasing principles, with appropriate coordination with legal counsel.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; ability to develop clear cost comparisons, supplier analyses, forecasts, reports, and management presentations.
- Experience with Power BI and ERP systems strongly preferred.
Personal Qualifications
- Confident negotiator with sound commercial judgment who proactively identifies resin supply risks, market changes, and cost-saving opportunities.
- Comfortable working with suppliers, technical specialists, operating leaders, and senior management; an effective cross-functional collaborator.
- Highly organized, accurate, and attentive to detail, with the ability to manage multiple sourcing projects and competing priorities independently.
- Clear and persuasive written and verbal communication skills; comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Logistics, Chemistry, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.
- Equivalent combinations of education and directly relevant resin-procurement experience will be considered. Education does not replace the mandatory resin-purchasing experience.
Certifications Preferred
- A professional purchasing or supply-chain designation, such as CPSM, CSCP, or CPIM, is an asset.
Relevant Career Backgrounds Qualified candidates may currently hold titles such as Resin Buyer, Senior Resin Buyer, Resin Commodity Buyer, Senior Commodity Buyer, Raw Materials Buyer, Plastics and Resin Buyer, Polymer Buyer, Strategic Buyer, Senior Procurement Specialist, Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Category Manager, Commodity Manager, or Purchasing Manager. Regardless of current title, direct resin-purchasing experience is required. Why Consider This Opportunity
This role offers an accomplished resin-procurement professional a strategic mandate with a visible impact on CREO’s suppliers, material costs, manufacturing performance, and continuity of supply. You will influence commodity strategies, lead significant negotiations, strengthen supplier relationships, improve purchasing leverage, and deliver measurable value while working closely with technical, commercial, and operational decision-makers. Performance Expectations and Core Competencies
Role-specific competencies include:
- Strategic Sourcing: Builds a competitive supplier portfolio and aligns sourcing decisions with business requirements and market conditions.
- Technical Material Judgment: Understands resin performance and involves qualified technical teams in material qualification and change decisions.
- Inventory and Supply Discipline: Balances service, inventory, lead times, and working capital while anticipating disruptions.
- Financial Acumen: Evaluates total delivered cost and translates procurement activity into validated savings and margin improvement.
- Negotiation and Partnership: Secures favorable commercial outcomes and builds accountable, productive supplier relationships.
- Ownership and Communication: Escalates risks early, provides clear recommendations, and follows commitments through completion.
- Continuous Improvement: Uses data to improve purchasing processes, material utilization, and supplier performance.
All CREO Group employees are expected to:
- Demonstrate the CREO Core Values of Collaboration, Respect, Empowerment, and Opportunity in all interactions.
- Support the Company's Value Creation Plan through Commercial Innovation, End Market Expansion, Operational Execution, and Nurture Our Team.
- Promote a culture where people thrive, partners grow, and innovation takes shape.
- Perform work safely, ethically, efficiently, and with a commitment to continuous improvement.
- Contribute positively to the success of One CREO by working collaboratively across all functions and locations.
CREO Core Value
Core Competency
Collaboration
Teamwork, Communication, Customer Focus
Respect
Integrity, Inclusion, Professionalism
Empowerment
Accountability, Results Orientation, Decision Making
Opportunity
Innovation, Learning Agility, Adaptability, Continuous Improvement
Physical Requirements/Work Environment Office and Manufacturing Site Environment The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to remain in a stationary position (sitting or standing) for extended periods while performing office-related tasks.
- Frequently operate a computer, keyboard, mouse, telephone, and other standard office equipment.
- Frequently communicate and exchange accurate information with employees, suppliers, and business partners in person, by telephone, and electronically.
- Occasionally move throughout the office to attend meetings, access files, and interact with coworkers.
- Occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull office materials or equipment weighing up to 15 pounds.
- Occasionally bend, stoop, reach, or kneel to retrieve files or office supplies.
- Ability to read documents, computer screens, and printed materials with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Travel to manufacturing facilities and supplier locations as business needs require.
Employees regularly work in an office or non-manufacturing environment that may include:
- Work is primarily performed in a professional office environment.
- The noise level is generally moderate.
- The position may require occasional work outside normal business hours to meet business needs.
- Employees may occasionally be required to attend meetings or training at other company locations.
Visits to manufacturing and supplier facilities may involve walking through production and warehouse areas with moving equipment, noise, dust, and varying temperatures. Follow site safety rules and wear required personal protective equipment. CREO Group reserves the right to revise or update this job description as needed to better comply with the actual essential function of the job requirements as business needs dictate.
CREO Group is an E-Verify and Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. The Company provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Individuals who require accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job or to participate in the application process should notify Human Resources.
Compensation:
Salary Range/Pay Rate: $120,000 - $140,000 / Bonus: 10% annual potential
