Purchasing Director

Own the supply chain behind mission critical builds. Out of our Bolingbrook, IL facility, you'll report to the Project Executive of the Mission Critical Group and lead commodity purchasing, vendor strategy, material release, and supply‑chain coordination, joining 1,000+ employees who deliver precision on every project.

As a Mission Critical Procurement Manager at AMS, you're the strategic force behind every material decision. You will own the full commodity purchasing process, from vendor strategy and material release through inventory visibility, project transfers, and supply‑chain coordination.

You’ll lead procurement for pipe, valves, fittings, specialties, and related materials across 4‑6 concurrent mission critical projects, balancing project schedules, fabrication timelines, lead times, and supply‑chain risk to keep materials moving and projects on track. Working across project, fabrication, warehouse, receiving, shipping, and accounting teams, you’ll serve as both strategic purchasing leader and hands‑on buyer, building the processes, vendor relationships, and reporting systems that keep AMS’s supply chain ahead of every project’s needs.

As an employee‑owned company, the supply chain you build is one you share in, with Quality, Integrity, Reliability built into every purchase order.

• Lead, plan, and execute commodity purchasing for mission critical projects, including pipe, valves, fittings, specialties, and related materials.
• Manage material release and procurement from estimate and PM approval through purchase, shipment, allocation, transfer, and replenishment.
• Support 4‑6 concurrent projects by prioritizing material around project schedules, fabrication schedules, lead times, vendor availability, market conditions, and supply‑chain risk.
• Coordinate with the Director of Piping Fabrication and project staff for shipment, drop shipment, and staging of materials to fabrication facilities and project locations.
• Develop and maintain AMS commodity purchasing and material‑management processes using Spectrum ERP, Excel estimates, and P6 schedules, writing and executing purchase orders, managing material returns and tax‑exempt tracking, and developing warehousing and inventory‑tracking systems.
• Manage project inventory visibility and cross‑project transfers, procuring by project while enabling transfers to protect schedules and managing refill, surplus, and transfer tracking.
• Own vendor master strategy and preferred vendor selection while maintaining diversified supplier channels to avoid over‑consolidation.
• Manage vendors and upstream manufacturers, monitoring commodity markets, shifting lead times, availability constraints, and manufacturer capacity.
• Coordinate with project, fabrication, warehouse, receiving, shipping, and accounting teams to ensure in‑time material availability and elevate shortages, backorders, delivery issues, and supply‑chain risks.
• Develop reporting focused on material availability, inventory accuracy, and vendor performance.
• Support estimating, preconstruction, and project planning with commodity pricing, lead‑time, escalation risk, vendor capacity, and procurement strategy input.

• 5 to 10+ years of progressive, hands‑on experience in purchasing, procurement, or inventory management.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing purchasing and material handling for multiple concurrent projects with executive‑level responsibility for cost control, schedule, and quality.
• Strong understanding of commercial construction logistics, labor planning, material procurement, and field operations.
• Previous ownership of vendor strategy and vendor selection process.
• Proficiency in Enterprise Resource Planning systems, ideally Spectrum.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to travel as needed to project sites, customer locations, and industry events.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Construction Management, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.

As a 100% employee‑owned company, your success is literally shared. We back our standard of excellence by investing in the people who deliver it.

• Health, Dental & Vision Comprehensive family coverage
• Continuing Education Tuition & training incentives
• Life & Disability AD&D and short‑term coverage
• Profit Sharing – you win when we win
• No Black Holes