Position Overview
The Procurement Manager plays a lead role in a highly collaborative environment, partnering with project management, finance, sales, and supply chain leadership to ensure the overall success of United Material Handling’s (UMH) domestic and international sourcing operation. The role is responsible for managing a broad scope of project services, materials, and direct/indirect spending categories. This is a critical, high-visibility position within UMH’s supply chain organization and is considered a strong position for upward mobility with a growing organization.

Responsibilities

• Manages $15M-$20M annual spendings across a wide array of project and/or operation related categories. Key areas of spending include, but not limited to:

o Project & Installation Services: Sourcing and managing vendors for installation, permitting, engineering, inspection, and related job site services.
o Logistics & Transportation: Securing trucking, custom clearing, storage, 3PL, and logistics partners to ensure timely movement of materials.
o Materials & Equipment: Developing relationships and negotiating with material suppliers, equipment rental providers, and vendors for tools and hardware.
o Indirect & Operational Procurement: Managing vendors for software services, marketing, packaging, office supplies, and other services for operational needs.
o Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management: Point of contact with all domestic suppliers, and partially responsible for internationals vendor management. Availability during evening hours may be required on a scheduled basis depending on the vendor’s time zones.

o Performance & Reporting: Provides comprehensive reports and recommendations to the Director of Procurement on supplier performance, costs, capacities, and budget impacts.

• Develops and executes flexible sourcing strategies to meet forecasted volumes, service levels, and quality requirements while maintaining costs and flexibility.
• Identifies, fosters, and develops contract-based strategic relationships with domestic suppliers.
• Leads Request for Information (RFI), Request for Quotation (RFQ), and Request for Proposal (RFP) processes.
• Manages the full supplier lifecycle, from initial onboarding to performance evaluation and risk management.
• Negotiates contract terms and pricing of services on a detailed, itemized basis.
• Develops KPIs, regularly monitors supplier performance using analytical tools, and communicates directly with suppliers to proactively rectify issues.
• Works cross-functionally with external and internal stakeholders (both Domestic & International) to manage service and quality-related issues through rapid problem solving.
• Maintains relevant data in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, such as supplier master records, lead times, and costs.
• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of UMH end-to-end operations, from sales quote process through product delivery and project installation
• Demonstrates the ability to coach, mentor, and guide cross-functional colleagues to drive for optimum outcomes.
• Analytically minded with proven ability to analyze spendings, measure key performance indicators, and make data-driven decisions, have flexibility with business necessities
• Ability to travel to domestic and international suppliers for relationship building, vendor evaluations, and problem solving.
• Duties may change due to business needs

Qualifications

• Four-year accredited college diploma (bachelor’s or global equivalent), preferably in supply chain management, business administration, or related fields.
• Minimum 5-10 years of experience in a supply chain, sourcing, and/or procurement-based role within a project management, engineering, construction, or equivalent service environment.
• Excellent attention to detail, problem-solving ability, and analytical thinking, use best practices
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work well in a team-oriented environment.
• Project management skills and ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced setting.
• Demonstrated responsibility for managing a minimum of $15M to $20M in category spendings.
• Professional certifications such as CSCP, CPM, or Lean/Six Sigma are beneficial.
• Mutilingual (Manderin Preffered)
• Software Knowledge:

o Deep competence in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Power BI).
o Functional knowledge of ERP and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) systems.
o Proficiency with collaboration and process mapping tools such as (SharePoint, SmartSheet, Lucidchart, Visio).
o Experienced with document management and electronic signature software (Adobe Pro, eSign).
Qualifications Required
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• Manages $15M-$20M annual spendings across a wide array of project and/or operation related categories. Key areas of spending include, but not limited to