Procurement Manager

SUMMARY: The Procurement Manager is responsible for leading Blue Team’s nationwide procurement function across its restoration, roofing, and construction operations in all markets, ensuring that materials, equipment, and subcontracted services are sourced competitively, committed accurately, and delivered on schedule. This role builds a national network of suppliers, rental vendors, and specialty subcontractors, owns purchasing from requisition through PO close-out, and partners with preconstruction and operations team to reduce costs, deliver competitive estimates, and align buyout with budget and schedule.

The Procurement Manager directly supervises the Purchasing Coordinator and is accountable for the accuracy, cost control, and process discipline of all purchasing activity.

• Develop and maintain a nationwide pricing database and an approved national list of suppliers, rental vendors, and subcontractors with negotiated pricing, accessible to Preconstruction/Estimating Team and Operations
• Provide Preconstruction with reliable, current material, equipment, rental, and site-service pricing for budgeting and estimating.
• Proactively renegotiate agreements when market conditions change.

• Lead Blue Team’s procurement of materials, equipment, rental, and subcontracted services across restoration, roofing, and construction operations.
• Develop and maintain sourcing strategies that balance cost, quality, lead time, and supplier reliability.
• Identify and qualify new vendors and suppliers, and maintain an approved vendor list with current pricing and terms.
• Consolidate spend across projects and divisions to capture volume pricing and standardize commonly purchased items.

• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, delivery schedules, and warranty provisions with vendors and suppliers.
• Establish and manage master supply agreements, blanket purchase orders, and preferred-vendor programs.
• Monitor vendor performance on price, quality, lead time, and responsiveness, and address deficiencies promptly.
• Resolve invoicing, pricing, and delivery discrepancies in coordination with Finance and project teams.

• Own the purchasing process from requisition through purchase order issuance, expediting, and close-out.
• Review purchase requisitions for completeness, budget alignment, and proper approval before committing spend.
• Coordinate buyout with preconstruction and estimating to ensure committed costs align with budgeted scope.
• Track open commitments, expedite critical-path materials, and confirm on-time delivery to project sites.

• Ensure purchasing commitments stay within approved project budgets and flag variances early.
• Track material and equipment cost trends and advise project teams on pricing exposure and timing.
• Support project teams in identifying value-engineering and cost-savings opportunities during buyout.
• Maintain accurate procurement records to support job costing, audits, and reporting.

• Establish and enforce purchasing policies, approval thresholds, and documentation standards.
• Leverage procurement and project management systems to drive accuracy, traceability, and efficiency.
• Apply AI-enabled and digital tools to streamline sourcing, spend analysis, and purchase order processing.
• Ensure procurement activity complies with company policy, contractual requirements, and applicable regulations.

• Directly supervise, train, and develop the Purchasing Coordinator.
• Assign and prioritize purchasing workload to meet project schedules and deadlines.