Procurement Planning Team - Manager

About GLOVIS America Inc.

GLOVIS America, Inc. is a third‑party logistics provider headquartered in Irvine, CA. Since our inception in 2002, we are committed to delivering our customer's products via truck, rail, or ocean vessel throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Glovis America makes every effort to exceed standards by providing quality service to our customers and vendors of the automotive, freight forwarding, parts distribution, used car, and fuel industries.

We cater logistics strategies and processes to our customers' needs by utilizing the latest information systems and advanced technologies.

The Procurement Planning Manager is responsible for leading and optimizing logistics procurement processes across the Americas region subsidiaries, ensuring the timely, cost‑effective, and high‑quality acquisition of logistics products and services in alignment with organizational objectives. This role owns the development and execution of regional procurement strategies, leveraging market intelligence, analytics, and cross‑functional collaboration to drive cost efficiency, supplier competitiveness, and operational excellence.

The Manager oversees procurement governance, supports supplier performance, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure scalable, compliant, and value‑driven procurement operations.

$110,000 - $125,000 yearly salary range. (Subject to Compensation Study Upon Candidate Selection)

• Lead the development and execution of regional logistics procurement strategies to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.
• Establish and continuously refine sourcing strategies to support both existing operations and new business growth across the Americas region.
• Design, implement, and standardize analytical tools and frameworks for supplier quotation evaluation, cost modeling, and benchmarking.
• Develop and maintain a robust and competitive supplier pipeline by identifying, qualifying, and onboarding strategic logistics service providers.
• Own and govern the supplier evaluation framework, including the design of customized evaluation criteria aligned with specific logistics business requirements.
• Oversee supplier performance evaluation outcomes, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and drive decision‑making related to supplier selection, optimization, and consolidation.
• Continuously enhance supplier evaluation methodologies, leveraging data insights and market trends to improve accuracy, transparency, and strategic alignment.
• Lead the administration, optimization, and continuous improvement of the GPMS (Glovis Procurement Management System) to enhance procurement visibility, control, and efficiency.
• Proactively identify procurement risks, inefficiencies, and opportunities, and implement strategic solutions to address complex logistics sourcing challenges.

• Own and drive end‑to‑end RFx processes (RFI, RFP, RFQ), including sourcing strategy, supplier engagement, evaluation oversight, and award recommendations with full accountability for outcomes.
• Lead contract negotiations and ensure favorable commercial terms and risk mitigation.
• Standardize procurement processes and contract frameworks across subsidiaries.
• Ensure transparency, competitiveness, and compliance in sourcing activities.

• Develop and execute a detailed cost analysis, able to build a cost simulation/bidding tool to model competitive rates and rate scenarios.
• Drive cost reduction initiatives through strategic sourcing, negotiations, and process improvements.
• Monitor procurement spend and identify cost‑saving opportunities across subsidiaries.
• Ensure unit price competitiveness and alignment with market trends.

• Lead market research and benchmarking to support sourcing strategies and decision‑making.
• Analyze supplier capabilities, pricing trends, and industry best practices.
• Develop and manage procurement reporting dashboards and performance metrics to provide strategic insights to senior leadership based on data analysis.
• Travel domestically and…