Procurement Manager

State Industrial Solutions Corp; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

State Industrial Solutions Corp is seeking a Procurement Manager – Technology in Livermore, CA. You will lead strategic sourcing initiatives, manage a team, and develop supplier relationships to optimize costs and delivery.

The role requires 5+ years in sourcing/purchasing, strong technical knowledge, and advanced Excel/Power BI skills. Expect cross-functional collaboration, travel for meetings, and a focus on inventory optimization and margin improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of professional sourcing and/or purchasing experience.
• Strong technical acumen and industrial components supply base knowledge.
• Proven leadership experience and direct report oversight.
• Excellent Excel and Power BI skills with complex formulas and pivot tables.
• Effective communication with peers and service center personnel.

Responsibilities

• Ensure procurement alignment to the vertical sourcing strategy and supplier selection decisions.
• Collaborate with demand planning and analytics to optimize inventory and fulfillment levels.
• Evaluate inventory investments to support new business implementations.
• Meet or exceed inventory targets and provide quarterly forecasts.
• Coordinate with Service Center Manager to align sales projections and gross margin targets.
• Oversee new business implementations and supplier price agreements.
• Manage procurement workload and delegate tasks to maintain metrics.
• Monitor procurement performance to key metrics (Fill Rate, Days of Inventory, OTD).
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs and improve margins through negotiations.
• Dispostion of obsolete inventory and internal transformations.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Team management

Escalation handling

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Problem solving

Time management

Communication

Travel readiness

Supply chain analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Job description

Full Time Livermore, CA, Livermore, CA, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 2209

Salary Range: $85,000.00 To $100,000.00 Annually

Job Description – Procurement Manager – Technology

Requirements:

• Ability to think strategically and implement solutions that improve buyer efficiency, reduce costs, and accelerate sales within the vertical
• Proven ability to delegate tasks effectively and manage performance of a team
• Ability to handle escalations and problem solve
• Ability to analyze the supply chain needs of the vertical and develop key supplier relationships to satisfy the requirements
• Ability to work cross functionally with all service center personnel and supplier representatives to manage the incoming supply chain and stocking levels
• Ability to negotiate lowest possible material acquisition cost and lead times which meet customer demand schedules
• Excellent problem solving, multi-tasking and time management skills
• Ability to prioritize and organize
• Willingness to travel to support customer/supplier meetings, audits and other assessments

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• 5+ Years of professional sourcing and/or purchasing experience
• Strong technical acumen and industrial components supply base knowledge
• Proven leadership experience and direct report oversight
• Excellent computer skills, specifically Microsoft Excel and Power BI. Proven ability to create complex formulas (x-lookup, if/then statements) and build pivot tables.
• Effective communication skills with peers and service center personnel.

Summary of Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure procurement alignment to the vertical sourcing strategy by participating in supplier selection decisions, strategic supplier growth plans, cost reduction and supplier development initiatives.
• Collaborate with demand planning team and supply chain analytics team to analyze customer forecast data and historical consumption. Participate and provide recommendations in demand planning meetings to ensure inventory optimization and target fulfillment levels.
• Proactively evaluate inventory investments required to support new business implementations or program scope expansions. Ensure investments align with trade working capital initiatives.
• Meet or exceed average days of inventory targets monthly. Assist in establishing the annual budget and provide quarterly inventory forecasts monthly.
• Cooperate with Service Center Manager and Program Management team to maintain alignment with sales projections and gross margin improvement targets.
• Oversee new business implementations, establishing stocking methodologies, allocating resources for implementation purchases, and aligning key supplier price agreements.
• Evaluate procurement workload for the service center and delegate/assume tasks to ensure performance to key sourcing and procurement metrics.
• Manage overall service center performance to key procurement metrics –Fill Rate, Days of Inventory Performance, Supplier OTD, and Purchase Price Variance, NCMR/IBD Resolution.
• Ensure minimal Supplier Contract pricing leakage through daily review of acquisition costs versus contract pricing and previous costs.
• Identify opportunities for gross margin improvement through cost reduction negotiations, leveraging volume to meet price breaks, and near/off-shoring opportunities. Track and publish results consistently.
• Assist in disposition of obsolete inventory by looking for opportunities to return to vendor or transform to an active part through rework or secondary processing.
• Coordinate all HR/personnel issues for direct reports within the Consumer & Industrial vertical including Annual Performance Reviews, Compensation, Benefits/payroll issues, Promotions/Merit increases/Bonus allocations, and Training and Development.
• Perform ongoing training and development with buyers, junior buyers, and expeditors. Create and manage training matrix for continual evolvement of critical skills and negotiation tactics. Provide regular feedback on performance metrics.
• Champion the onboarding and change management required for adoption of the supplier portal and all functionalities.