Procurement Director: Strategy & Supply Chain Leadership

Hiring Steps Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Dynamic Electric is seeking a hands-on Procurement Director to build and lead the procurement function, owning supplier strategy, vendor negotiations, purchasing controls, inventory discipline, material availability, and procurement reporting. The role targets reducing total material cost while protecting cash flow and ensuring field teams receive right materials on time.

You will establish scalable systems in Simpro, develop KPIs, partner with Operations, Accounting and Field leadership, and

Qualifications

• Proven procurement, purchasing, strategic sourcing, or supply-chain leadership experience in a materials-intensive environment.
• Demonstrated experience negotiating vendor pricing and agreements to achieve target metrics.
• Experience building or significantly redesigning a purchasing or inventory system, not only operating an existing process.
• Working knowledge of electrical materials and lead times, including EMT, wire, devices, and gear.
• Strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to connect purchasing decisions to job cost, margin, working capital, and cash flow.
• Ability to establish KPIs, analyze spend and pricing data, and communicate results clearly to executive leadership.
• Strong negotiation, vendor-management, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication skills.
• High integrity, sound judgment, accountability, and alignment with Dynamic Electric POWER values.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an annual procurement strategy aligned with company growth, project schedules, margin goals, and cash-flow priorities.
• Lead supplier sourcing, annual pricing negotiations, commercial terms, volume agreements, and strategic vendor relationships.
• Leverage purchasing volume by material category to improve pricing, payment terms, service levels, rebates, and delivery commitments.
• Own material cost savings against budget and report realized savings in coordination with Accounting.
• Oversee the purchase-order process, including PO creation standards, approvals, receiving, reconciliation, and timely closure.
• Ensure materials are available when needed by the field while minimizing emergency purchases and project delays.
• Maintain inventory on hand below $200,000 while protecting operational readiness.
• Establish controls for jobsite and warehouse inventory, transfers, returns, excess stock, waste, and loss.
• Analyze purchasing data to identify price variance, overbuying, supplier issues, savings opportunities, and gaps.
• Build procurement dashboards, scorecards, and reporting for leadership on savings, inventory, pricing trends, and delays.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Vendor negotiations

Strategic sourcing

Inventory management

Financial acumen

KPI development

Cross-functional leadership

Negotiation

Tools

Simpro

Job description

Dynamic Electric is seeking a hands-on Procurement Director to build and lead the procurement function, owning supplier strategy, vendor negotiations, purchasing controls, inventory discipline, material availability, and procurement reporting. The role targets reducing total material cost while protecting cash flow and ensuring field teams receive right materials on time.

You will establish scalable systems in Simpro, develop KPIs, partner with Operations, Accounting and Field leadership, and