Procurement Manager

Unizontechnology; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Unizontechnology in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Procurement Manager to lead the procurement strategy, department, and team. You will develop and apply procurement policies across product, commodity, and supplier lines, and collaborate with the corporate supply chain team to optimize opportunities and processes.

The role requires maintaining relationships with national contractors, manufacturers, and suppliers to support company operations, with a strong focus on contract oversight, supplier

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 15 years of experience.
• 10+ years in manufacturing and/or construction.
• Experience developing procurement policies, procedures, and practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of procurement department processes, policies and staff.
• Develop bidding strategies for competitive bids and proposals.
• Oversee contract development to meet company standards and ensure compliance.
• Manage supplier evaluations, scorecards, audits, and capacity planning.
• Coordinate purchases and align procurement with broader business strategy.
• Promote cross-functional collaboration with operations and clients.
• Serve as subject matter expert for procurement and process ownership.

Skills

Procurement policy development

Leadership

Negotiation

Supplier management

Stakeholder management

Contract analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Title: Procurement Manager

Location: Huntsville, AL

Pay Rate: $160k-$200k/yr

Job Overview

Lead overall management of the company's procurement strategy, department, team, and activities. Develop and guide application of Procurement policy across product, commodity, and supplier lines; collaborate with the corporate supply chain team on managing business opportunities and processes. Maintain relationships with national contractors, manufacturers, and suppliers to facilitate company operations and outcomes.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Lead development of the procurement department processes, practices, policies, and staff. Promote consistent use of standardized templates for consistency of deliverables across the group.
• Develop and implement bidding strategies for competitive bids and proposals. Manage teams to establish procurement schedules, bid and scope review meetings, negotiations, and award processes for suppliers. Ensure compliance with project or integration specific requirements and budget.
• Develop comprehensive understanding of owner and supplier contracts to ensure compliance with relevant requirements and accuracy in Bid Review Process. Oversee development of contracts to incorporate company standards for policies and practices. Confirm insurance and bonds compliance, and collection of executed Business Partner Code of Conduct forms.
• Manage team to develop general and special conditions, safety requirements, and scope requisitions for each projected strategic commodity buy and/or vendor contracting to support clearly defined scope, schedule, hiring requirements (UBEs), and insurance and bonding requirements for integrators, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and end users.
• Create and maintain Supplier Management Programs. Collaborate with manufacturing site and corporate Strategic Sourcing team to maintain well defined data for up-to-date scorecards (including supplier audits). Set evaluation cadence and supplier quarterly reviews.
• Assess SMP to show status of new and current supplier evaluations, capabilities, capacities and pre-qualification status. Seek stakeholder feedback and publish lessons learned for internal next generation developments. Review market dynamics to evaluate impact on supplier capacity, availability, and delivery demands.
• Lead manufacturing and strategic sourcing processes to coordinate purchases, cross-evaluate suppliers, and align on procedures and broader business strategy.
• Collaborate with internal teams to understand impact of decisions on procurement and identify opportunities to evolve policies and practices. Promote effective communication, collaboration, and alignment with operations and clients.
• Serve as subject matter expert for procurement and Process Owner for on-going development.
• Maintain presence in industry associations and conferences to represent company, present or sit on panels and boards, and gather data to understand marketplace trends and activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 15 years of experience. Will need to have 10+ years in manufacturing and/or construction.
• Extensive experience developing and/or implementing procurement policies, procedures, and practices
• Thorough understanding of contractual language, indemnity, insurance, financial statements and analysis, and company policies
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret contract documents, specifications, scopes of work and project schedule
• Must have strong interpersonal, leadership, teamwork, and able to build professional relationships
• Strong risk analysis, critical thinking, good judgment, and problem-solving skills
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Unbiased decision maker when looking at issues and responsibilities. Work together on resolution
• Experience overseeing remote teams, delegate work, observe performance, and provide feedback
• Working knowledge of Procurement function in SAP
• Regular travel required