Senior Procurement Leader - Manufacturing & Supply Chain

PowerSecure, Inc.; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

PowerSecure, Inc. in Durham, NC is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to lead the procurement strategy, operating model, and supplier governance for manufacturing and service organizations.

You will drive performance across Durham and Ball Ground facilities, ensuring material availability, cost control, and supplier risk management. You will partner with senior leaders across functions to align procurement with production schedules, BOM releases, and engineering changes, while building a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, operations, engineering, finance, or related technical discipline required; master’s degree, CPSM, CSCP, CPM, or comparable advanced supply chain/procurement certification strongly preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive procurement, sourcing, purchasing, materials, or supply chain leadership experience, preferably in complex manufacturing, engineered products, energy, electrical equipment, or project-based production environments.
• 7+ years of leadership experience building, leading, and developing procurement or supply chain teams, including leaders and individual contributors.
• Demonstrated ability to define procurement strategy, operating rhythms, supplier governance, KPI systems, escalation models, and execution standards across a multi-site manufacturing or service organization.
• Strong executive business acumen with proven ability to align procurement decisions with production continuity, customer commitments, cost objectives, margin protection, working capital, supplier risk, and enterprise priorities.
• Deep manufacturing experience supporting BOM-driven demand, assembly sequencing, engineering changes, supplier recovery, material constraints, production schedules, and shop-floor execution.
• Advanced ERP/MRP leadership capability with experience governing procurement data integrity, purchase order discipline, supplier commitments, planning signals, shortage visibility, inventory exposure, and production-driven demand planning; IFS experience preferred.
• Proven ability to lead supplier strategy, negotiation, cost control, contract terms, supplier escalation, supplier risk management, alternate sourcing, purchasing controls, and Delegation of Authority compliance.
• Strong financial, analytical, and operational leadership skills with experience using scorecards, dashboards, KPIs, corrective actions, and business reviews to drive measurable procurement and supplier performance.
• Executive presence and communication capability with the credibility to influence suppliers, direct reports, peers, senior leaders, and executive stakeholders through clear facts, risk framing, options, recommendations, and results.

Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction for procurement operations, supplier performance, purchasing controls, and material availability across assigned PowerSecure manufacturing and service organizations.
• Establish the procurement operating model, governance structure, management cadence, KPI framework, escalation process, and accountability standards required to support production continuity and business growth.
• Lead procurement execution and supplier performance across the DI campus, EPC team, PowerSecure Service, supplier diversity program, and Company Store.
• Build and lead a high-performing procurement organization with clear roles, leadership expectations, standard work, talent development, succession planning, performance management, and cross-functional accountability.
• Develop supplier strategies that improve cost competitiveness, on-time delivery, quality performance, service levels, responsiveness, resiliency, working capital, and long-term supply continuity.
• Align procurement strategy with business plans, production schedules, BOM requirements, engineering changes, assembly start dates, material lead times, inventory objectives, customer commitments, and financial targets.
• Govern purchase order accuracy, supplier follow-up, delivery confirmation, quantity control, policy compliance, Delegation of Authority adherence, and purchasing discipline across the procurement function.
• Ensure purchased parts and services are available to support planned assembly start dates, production schedules, service commitments, project milestones, and customer delivery requirements.
• Lead executive-level supplier governance, business reviews, escalation actions, recovery plans, and corrective action processes for suppliers that impact delivery, cost, quality, capacity, responsiveness, or business continuity.
• Challenge supplier pricing actions, validate cost drivers, document financial and operational impact, and ensure alignment with sourcing, estimating, engineering, operations, finance, and executive leadership before acceptance.
• Lead negotiation strategy for purchase price, quality, delivery, payment, warranty, service terms, and supplier commitments that support engineering requirements, customer obligations, margin targets, and business objectives.
• Use ERP/MRP data, supplier scorecards, open order reviews, shortage reports, financial analysis, risk dashboards, and KPIs to drive visibility, prioritization, accountability, and leadership decision-making.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders to align procurement execution with manufacturing plans, inventory strategy, quality requirements, engineering releases, service demand, estimating assumptions, sales commitments, and finance objectives.
• Identify supplier, commodity, market, capacity, logistics, lead-time, and financial risks; develop mitigation, alternate sourcing, recovery, and escalation plans to protect business continuity and customer commitments.
• Drive working capital strategy by aligning purchase commitments with demand, production timing, supplier constraints, inventory targets, lead times, and slow-moving inventory reduction objectives.
• Communicate procurement performance, supplier risk, material constraints, financial exposure, recovery plans, and recommended executive actions with clarity, urgency, and business impact.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Supplier governance

ERP/MRP leadership

Cost management

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Working capital management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, operations, engineering, or related discipline

Master’s degree or CPSM/CSCP/CPM certification preferred

Tools

IFS ERP

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

PowerSecure, Inc. in Durham, NC is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to lead the procurement strategy, operating model, and supplier governance for manufacturing and service organizations.

You will drive performance across Durham and Ball Ground facilities, ensuring material availability, cost control, and supplier risk management. You will partner with senior leaders across functions to align procurement with production schedules, BOM releases, and engineering changes, while building a