Senior Manager of Procurement

On the Heels of Achieving 3X Growth, Virginia Transformer Is Hiring to Do It Again!

We’re strategically building our team for the next 3X growth cycle — a phase that is both intense and incredibly rewarding. We’re highly selective about who joins us, because this journey isn’t for everyone.

If you have the drive, grit, and expertise to perform at a high level — and you want to grow your career 3X alongside the Company’s growth — we’d love to talk.

Virginia Transformer is the largest U.S.

-owned producer of power transformers in North America. For more than 50 years, we have built our reputation by delivering premium-quality transformers with industry-leading lead times.

As a privately held, organically growing manufacturing company, we thrive on speed, innovation, accountability, and operational excellence. Our continued expansion requires procurement leaders who can build scalable supplier strategies, aggressively manage cost and risk, and ensure material availability in a demanding engineer-to-order manufacturing environment.

The Senior Manager of Procurement will provide strategic and operational leadership for procurement activities supporting Virginia Transformer’s manufacturing operations. Based onsite in Roanoke, Virginia
, this position will lead supplier strategy, sourcing, negotiations, cost reduction, supplier performance, risk management, and material availability for critical direct and indirect spend categories.

This is a highly visible, hands‑on leadership position requiring a strong manufacturing procurement background and the ability to operate effectively in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment.

The Senior Manager will partner closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Planning, and executive leadership to build a high‑performing procurement organization capable of supporting aggressive growth while improving cost, quality, delivery, and working capital performance.

• Lead procurement strategy and execution for assigned manufacturing operations, commodities, and spend categories.
• Develop sourcing strategies aligned with production requirements, growth plans, cost objectives, and customer commitments.
• Translate business forecasts and manufacturing demand into actionable supplier and procurement strategies.
• Establish procurement KPIs and operating rhythms focused on cost, quality, delivery, inventory, and supplier performance.
• Drive accountability throughout the procurement organization and supplier base.

• Identify, evaluate, qualify, and develop suppliers capable of supporting Virginia Transformer’s quality, cost, capacity, and delivery requirements.
• Lead complex supplier negotiations involving pricing, payment terms, lead times, capacity commitments, warranties, and commercial agreements.
• Develop dual-source and alternate-source strategies for critical materials and components.
• Build long-term strategic relationships with key suppliers while maintaining strong commercial discipline.
• Conduct supplier business reviews and establish corrective action plans for underperforming suppliers.

• Develop and execute aggressive year-over-year material cost reduction strategies.
• Lead should-cost analysis, competitive bidding, value engineering, supplier negotiations, and commercial optimization initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate spend and leverage purchasing volume across manufacturing locations.
• Track commodity markets and supplier cost drivers to anticipate pricing risks and negotiation opportunities.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations to identify design, specification, and sourcing changes that…