Strategic Procurement Lead - Cost Savings

SBH Community Service Network Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SBH Career in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a hands-on Procurement Manager to lead procurement operations for appliances, systems, and parts nationwide, directing a high-volume team and driving supplier performance. The role blends strategic sourcing with day-to-day leadership, focusing on cost reductions, process improvements, and efficient fulfillment.

An ideal candidate has strong vendor management and analytics capabilities, and can partner across functions to meet service levels and budget

Qualifications

• Proven experience in procurement, purchasing, sourcing, supply chain, vendor management, or a related operational role.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Procurement Department and ensure purchasing activities align with company objectives, service standards, and budget requirements.
• Develop and execute procurement strategies focused on cost savings, supplier performance, fulfillment speed, and operational efficiency.
• Source, evaluate, negotiate with, onboard, and manage suppliers across a national vendor network.
• Negotiate competitive pricing, purchasing terms, service levels, and other favorable supplier arrangements.
• Conduct regular supplier performance reviews.
• Evaluate suppliers based on pricing, reliability, delivery times, returns, order accuracy, and overall service.
• Identify opportunities to reduce purchasing costs and improve supplier terms.
• Expand and diversify the supplier network to strengthen sourcing capabilities.
• Manage escalated supplier, purchasing, and fulfillment issues.
• Oversee daily procurement activity, including purchasing queues, assignments, team workflows, and escalations.
• Ensure orders are processed accurately and efficiently.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement solutions to improve purchasing and fulfillment processes.
• Maintain and improve procurement workflows within proprietary internal systems.
• Improve purchasing accuracy, internal communication, and fulfillment efficiency.
• Anticipate staffing, resource, technology, and operational needs as purchasing volume increases.
• Develop solutions to complex procurement and operational challenges.
• Develop, monitor, and evaluate departmental KPIs and performance metrics.
• Analyze purchasing activity, costs, supplier performance, and fulfillment data.
• Identify trends, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare reports and provide data-driven recommendations to leadership.
• Track cost-saving initiatives and procurement performance.
• Use reporting and operational data to drive purchasing decisions and process improvements.
• Partner with internal technology teams to improve procurement systems and workflows.
• Assist with developing BRDs for system enhancements.
• Participate in testing and implementation of new processes, tools, and functionality.
• Identify opportunities to automate or streamline repetitive procurement processes.
• Collaborate with operations and technical service teams to improve sourcing capabilities and reduce overall service costs.
• Lead, mentor, and develop procurement team members.
• Establish clear expectations and promote accountability and strong performance.
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide ongoing coaching and feedback.
• Support succession planning and professional development initiatives.
• Partner with Learning & Development to create and improve training programs.
• Ensure new and existing team members receive appropriate training on procurement processes and systems.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and results-oriented team environment.

Skills

Procurement

Vendor management

Cost reduction

Negotiation

Leadership

Analytics

Process improvement

Cross-functional

Strategic sourcing

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

ERP systems

BRDs

Proprietary systems

Job description

SBH Career in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a hands-on Procurement Manager to lead procurement operations for appliances, systems, and parts nationwide, directing a high-volume team and driving supplier performance. The role blends strategic sourcing with day-to-day leadership, focusing on cost reductions, process improvements, and efficient fulfillment.

An ideal candidate has strong vendor management and analytics capabilities, and can partner across functions to meet service levels and budget