Procurement Manager

The Procurement Manager is responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies for rail transportation services across North America, while ensuring cost efficiency, service reliability, and long-term supplier performance. This role leads procurement initiatives, vendor negotiations, contract management, and performance monitoring for a critical transportation category that supports the company's inland logistics network.

• Develop and execute regional procurement strategies for intermodal rail services, aligning sourcing activities with operational goals, budget targets, and long-term business objectives.

• Lead all strategic sourcing initiatives, including RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, contract negotiations, renewals, and supplier selection processes to secure competitive pricing, service quality, and capacity commitments.

• Manage category financial performance, including budget development, forecasting, spend analysis, cost optimization initiatives, and reporting on transportation volumes, supplier incentives, and procurement savings

• Analyze transportation, supplier, market, and operational data to identify trends, risks, cost efficiencies, and opportunities for network optimization and business growth.

• Establish, monitor, and report on supplier performance metrics, KPIs, SLAs, and contractual obligations, ensuring providers consistently meet service, quality, and commercial expectations.

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with rail carriers, intermodal providers, vessel-sharing partners, and other transportation stakeholders to support operational excellence and business continuity.

• Lead supplier governance activities, including business reviews, performance evaluations, risk assessments, compliance audits, corrective action plans, and escalation management for service failures or disruptions.

• Oversee procurement projects and assign category-specific initiatives to team members while ensuring effective execution, stakeholder alignment, and achievement of business objectives.

  
  Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Transportation, Business Administration, Maritime Studies, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, transportation, supply chain, or logistics, with preference for experience within rail, intermodal, maritime, container shipping, or transportation environments.

• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience managing professional-level employees, including coaching, performance management, talent development, and team building.

• Proven success leading strategic sourcing initiatives, negotiating complex transportation contracts, and managing enterprise-level supplier relationships and transportation spend portfolios.

• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions across multiple functions and organizational levels.

• Proficiency with procurement systems, data analysis tools, and Microsoft Office applications; professional certifications such as CPSM, CSCP, APICS, or equivalent are preferred.

  TRC Talent Solutions is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. At TRC, we take pride in fulfilling our opportunity to add value to our client's business as their staffing partner, while working tirelessly to connect thousands of individuals each year with work opportunities where they can meet the needs of their families and have the potential to build their careers.