Procurement Manager, Electrical Project Materials & Logistics

Brite Electric; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Brite Electric in Norfolk, VA, seeks a Procurement Manager to oversee day-to-day purchasing and material tracking for commercial electrical projects. You will obtain vendor quotations, issue POs with PM coordination, and manage material status in Remarcable from order to delivery to jobsite.

You will support invoice reconciliation for AP and collaborate with Operations to ensure correct material arrives when needed, driving cost efficiency and schedule reliability.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of procurement, purchasing, material management, project coordination, or related experience in commercial construction.

Responsibilities

• Review project drawings, specifications, scopes, bills of material, release schedules, and project requirements with project management and operations personnel.
• Solicit quotations from approved electrical material vendors and specialty suppliers; confirm pricing, lead times, freight, delivery terms, taxes, availability, and quote validity.
• Prepare clear bid comparisons and recommend purchasing options based on total cost, schedule, quality, availability, and project requirements.
• Issue purchase orders in coordination with the responsible Project Manager and in accordance with approved budgets, cost codes, commitments, and company authorization procedures.
• Maintain accurate purchase order documentation, including scope, quantities, pricing, delivery location, required-on-site dates, project and cost-code assignment, exclusions, and applicable supporting records.
• Process approved purchase order revisions, releases, cancellations, returns, credits, and back charges, maintaining a complete audit trail.
• Use Remarcable material management software as the primary system for tracking material status from request and purchase order through vendor fulfillment, shipment, receipt, warehouse staging, and delivery to the project.
• Maintain current and accurate material data in Remarcable, including vendor acknowledgments, expected ship dates, delivery dates, quantities, shortages, substitutions, partial shipments, backorders, and receiving status.
• Expedite critical and long-lead material; identify schedule risks early and communicate recovery options to project management and operations.
• Coordinate delivery timing and routing with vendors, the warehouse and prefabrication team, project managers, superintendents, and other field leaders.
• Help resolve damaged, missing, incorrect, rejected, or nonconforming shipments and coordinate replacements, returns, credits, or other corrective action.
• Assist Accounting and Accounts Payable with three-way matching of purchase orders, receiving records, and vendor invoices.
• Research and resolve discrepancies involving quantities, pricing, freight, taxes, delivery charges, credits, duplicate invoices, or unauthorized purchases before payment.
• Provide project managers with timely information on committed material costs, purchasing variances, exposure, and anticipated cost or schedule impacts.
• Develop productive working relationships with vendors and maintain current information on contacts, product availability, lead times, delivery performance, and service capabilities.
• Negotiate pricing, delivery terms, stocking arrangements, and project-specific purchasing terms within delegated authority; elevate contractual or commercial exceptions for approval.
• Coordinate with Estimating and project management to support the handoff of quoted material, approved vendors, alternates, allowances, and buyout assumptions.
• Maintain organized electronic records and follow company purchasing controls, approval requirements, document-retention practices, and ethical standards.
• Prepare recurring procurement reports and key performance information, including open commitments, long-lead items, late deliveries, pending releases, invoice exceptions, vendor performance, and cost savings or avoidance.
• Perform other duties related to procurement, material management, and project support as assigned by the Director of Project Management.

Skills

Vendor management

Negotiation

Excel

Data analysis

Project coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Supply chain/construction management degree

Tools

Remarcable

Job description

Brite Electric in Norfolk, VA, seeks a Procurement Manager to oversee day-to-day purchasing and material tracking for commercial electrical projects. You will obtain vendor quotations, issue POs with PM coordination, and manage material status in Remarcable from order to delivery to jobsite.

You will support invoice reconciliation for AP and collaborate with Operations to ensure correct material arrives when needed, driving cost efficiency and schedule reliability.