The Warehouse Procurement Manager oversees purchasing, supplier management, material coordination, and warehouse-related procurement activities supporting active construction projects. This position is responsible for ensuring materials, equipment, supplies, and services are sourced competitively and delivered in accordance with project needs and schedules.
The role combines strategic sourcing with hands-on procurement execution. It will identify opportunities to improve purchasing practices, strengthen supplier relationships, control costs, and create greater consistency across procurement activities. The Warehouse Procurement Manager will work closely with field operations, project teams, accounting, and other internal stakeholders to ensure purchasing decisions support both individual projects and broader company objectives.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies for construction materials, equipment, consumable supplies, services, and subcontracted work.
- Manage procurement activities from vendor identification and pricing through purchase, expediting, and delivery to project sites.
- Evaluate existing purchasing practices and implement processes that improve efficiency, consistency, cost control, and visibility.
- Provide oversight of procurement activities across multiple categories of company and project spending.
- Manage the company’s internal equipment rental and allocation program, including project billing, invoicing, and tracking of equipment and consumable supplies.
- Partner with field operations, project teams, and other internal stakeholders to understand purchasing requirements and anticipate upcoming needs.
- Establish and maintain companywide purchasing standards, procedures, and guidelines.
- Negotiate pricing, agreements, and commercial terms with suppliers and service providers.
- Identify, evaluate, and qualify new vendors to expand the company’s supplier network and improve purchasing options.
- Manage supplier performance through regular evaluation of pricing, quality, responsiveness, order accuracy, and delivery performance.
- Establish procurement metrics and reporting related to cost savings, purchasing variance, supplier performance, lead times, and on-time delivery.
- Build productive, long-term relationships with key suppliers while maintaining competitive sourcing practices.
- Monitor market conditions and identify alternative sources for materials, equipment, and supplies when appropriate.
- Anticipate potential supply chain disruptions, material shortages, pricing issues, and delivery constraints and communicate risks to company leadership.
- Continually identify opportunities to reduce procurement costs while maintaining quality, service, and project requirements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
- At least five years of experience within construction, procurement, purchasing, warehouse operations, material management, or a related function.
- Significant experience managing procurement and supply chain activities, with a demonstrated history of increasing responsibility.
- Construction industry experience and familiarity with project-driven purchasing environments strongly preferred.
- Strong negotiation, vendor management, and relationship-building capabilities.
- Experience with inventory management or warehouse management systems preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Ability to manage multiple purchasing priorities and respond effectively to changing project and operational requirements.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across field, project, accounting, and leadership teams.
- High degree of accountability, judgment, discretion, and follow-through.
