Procurement Manager

Sales Xceleration Recruiting

Position Title: Procurement Manager

Location: Huntington Beach, CA

Compensation: $100,000-$140,000 Base Salary

Travel: Minimal to Occasional Travel as Needed

Industry: Clean Energy | Industrial Manufacturing | Cryogenics | Client Infrastructure

Why This Role Stands Out

• High-visibility leadership role with direct impact on operational execution and customer satisfaction.
• Opportunity to shape procurement strategy supporting critical industrial and clean energy infrastructure projects.
• Partner closely with engineering, field service, operations, finance, and executive leadership teams.
• Influence supplier partnerships, sourcing strategy, inventory optimization, and long-term operational scalability.
• Join a globally recognized organization supporting safer, greener, and more sustainable industrial operations worldwide.
• Opportunity to lead continuous improvement initiatives within a highly technical industrial environment.
• Collaborative culture focused on innovation, operational excellence, and long-term growth.

About the Company

This global industrial technology organization supports critical infrastructure across Client, industrial gas, cryogenics, aftermarket repair services, and clean energy markets. Their products and services help customers maintain highly specialized industrial equipment used in mission-critical operations around the world.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Procurement Leadership

• Develop and execute procurement strategies aligned with operational, financial, and service delivery goals.
• Lead, mentor, and support procurement and purchasing personnel while driving accountability and performance.
• Establish scalable procurement processes, policies, and best practices.
• Serve as a key escalation point for supply chain issues impacting repairs, overhauls, and customer commitments.

Sourcing & Supplier Management

• Oversee sourcing and purchasing activities for industrial and mechanical components.
• Build and maintain strong supplier partnerships focused on quality, responsiveness, delivery performance, and long-term value.
• Lead supplier negotiations involving pricing, contracts, service agreements, and delivery schedules.
• Evaluate supplier performance metrics and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.

Operational & Cross-Functional Support

• Collaborate closely with engineering, repair operations, planners, warehouse teams, and field service leadership.
• Support technical sourcing decisions, BOM accuracy, and procurement alignment with operational schedules.
• Ensure material availability supports repair execution and field service commitments across North America.
• Partner with finance on forecasting, budgeting, invoice resolution, and cost-control initiatives.

Inventory & Process Optimization

• Drive inventory planning and materials management strategies balancing operational responsiveness with cost efficiency.
• Support inventory accuracy, replenishment strategies, cycle counts, and root cause analysis activities.
• Analyze spend data, procurement trends, and supplier performance to identify cost savings and process improvements.
• Maintain accurate procurement documentation and ERP system integrity.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive procurement, sourcing, or supply chain experience within industrial, manufacturing, mechanical, or technical service environments.
• Leadership experience managing or mentoring procurement or supply chain personnel.
• Strong understanding of industrial mechanical components and technical purchasing environments.
• Experience supporting industrial repair operations, aftermarket services, or field service organizations preferred.
• Proven supplier negotiation experience with demonstrated success improving supplier performance and driving cost savings.
• Experience utilizing ERP/MRP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Epicor, Infor, NetSuite, or similar platforms.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, BOMs, and mechanical specifications.
• Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Huntington Beach, California.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within Client, cryogenic, industrial gas, energy, rotating equipment, or heavy industrial industries.
• Background supporting highly technical aftermarket repair or service operations.
• Experience driving procurement transformation or process optimization initiatives.
• Strong inventory management and materials planning expertise.
• Exposure to global supplier management and strategic sourcing initiatives.

Compensation & Benefits

Base Salary: $100,000-$140,000

On-Target Earnings (OTE) / Bonus Structure: Performance-based bonus potential

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), PTO, and additional company-sponsored benefits

Additional Perks:

• Opportunity to directly impact critical clean energy and industrial infrastructure operations
• High-visibility leadership role with executive collaboration
• Long-term career growth within a global industrial technology organization
• Collaborative and innovation-driven culture focused on operational excellence
• Opportunity to influence procurement strategy, supplier partnerships, and scalable operational growth

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or veteran's status.

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