Director of Facilities Maintenance & Purchasing

Arhaus; Boston Heights (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Arhaus is seeking a senior leader to oversee facilities maintenance, procurement, and vendor management across multiple distribution centers and corporate facilities. You will own safety standards, maintenance compliance, OSHA readiness, and the contract lifecycle, delivering reliable operations and cost control.

Reporting to the VP of Distribution, you will build budgets, drive standardization, and lead cross-functional teams to optimize maintenance, capacity planning, and supplier performance,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in facilities maintenance, procurement, supply chain, distribution, industrial operations, or related fields.
• 5+ years leading managers.
• Proven experience managing vendor contracts, purchasing programs, budgets, and multi-site operations.
• Strong financial discipline, negotiation skills, safety mindset, and ability to drive standardization across complex facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance strategies, preventative maintenance programs, build system readiness, equipment uptime, repair planning, and facility reliability across three distribution centers and corporate facilities.
• Oversee all purchasing activities, procurement governance, supplier selection, contract negotiations, vendor performance, service agreements, and cost-control initiatives.
• Own the vendor contract lifecycle, including bid processes, pricing reviews, service-level expectations, renewal timing, compliance, and escalation management.
• Partner with DC operations leaders to prioritize maintenance needs, capital projects, safety improvements, capacity planning, and operational risk mitigation.
• Partner closely with Safety/EHS leadership to ensure facilities-related safety standards, maintenance compliance, contractor safety requirements, OSHA readiness, and corrective action plans are executed consistently across the DC network.
• Develop annual budgets, forecast maintenance and procurement spending, identify savings opportunities, and P&L variance analysis on actuals vs. Budget and prior year.
• Standardize policies, purchasing controls, maintenance procedures, supplier scorecards, and best practices across the distribution network.
• Build and lead high-performing teams through clear accountability, coaching, succession planning, and performance management.

Skills

Leadership

Vendor contracts

Budget management

Negotiation

Safety mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Arhaus is seeking a senior leader to oversee facilities maintenance, procurement, and vendor management across multiple distribution centers and corporate facilities. You will own safety standards, maintenance compliance, OSHA readiness, and the contract lifecycle, delivering reliable operations and cost control.

Reporting to the VP of Distribution, you will build budgets, drive standardization, and lead cross-functional teams to optimize maintenance, capacity planning, and supplier performance,