Procurement Manager

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in business related discipline or equivalent experience
• Prior Procurement Management experience; construction and/or lighting industry experience preferred
• Must exhibit a high attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Provide excellent customer service

Position Responsibilities:

• Establish and manage best practices in support of material procurement accuracy between project management and vendor
• Place purchase orders with appropriate suppliers based on evaluation of supplier price, quality, availability, and reliability
• Track all inbound material in support of project managers to meet or exceed scheduled project starts
• Work with vendors to identify alternative solutions based on availability as needed
• Keep inventory visibly accurate
• Support quarterly inventory reviews including vendor returns and donations
• Assist in the full life cycle of department staff including hiring, training, supervising, evaluating, terminating
• Vendor management including the overall management of OEM, rep agency and distribution channels
• Sourcing and vetting new products and relationships that could benefit our customers and business
• Negotiation of key terms, pricing, payment terms, warranty, returns policy, inventory availability and logistics
• Support Data Team with regular vendor pricing updates
• Provide forecasting to supply chain and oversee bulk purchasing opportunities
• Develop requests for information (RFI/RFP) with potential vendors