Procurement Operations Manager
On-siteGramercy, Louisiana, United States
Job Summary
Manage the daily execution of procurement activities, oversee warehouse and materials operations, and lead the Procurement Operations team through workload allocation and performance management. Serve as the primary escalation point for supplier disputes, delivery failures, and invoice issues while driving process discipline, expediting critical deliveries, and optimizing inventory levels. Own the end-to-end sourcing process for materials, equipment, and capital projects, ensuring compliance with internal controls and reporting performance metrics to leadership. Support plant reliability, maintenance turnarounds, and capital projects in a fast-paced, continuous-operation environment.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 7 years of procurement, purchasing, materials management, supply chain, or procurement operations experience
- Minimum 5 years of people leadership experience, including experience managing a team of buyers or materials personnel
- Demonstrated experience negotiating and administering purchase orders, service agreements, and supplier contracts
- Experience leading inventory management and material planning activities
- Experience managing warehouse, storeroom, or materials handling operations, including oversight of a warehouse supervisor or lead
- Experience with SAP, Ariba or other ERP systems
- Experience with AI, eSourcing, RFQ, supplier management, and contract management tools
- Strong contract interpretation and negotiation capabilities
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and commercial decision-making skills
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and team leadership abilities
- Working knowledge of commercial contract terms and conditions, including indemnification, limitation of liability, warranty provisions, insurance requirements, confidentiality, and risk allocation clauses, with the ability to negotiate commercial agreements in partnership with ATALCO Legal to achieve business objectives while appropriately managing risk
- Must successfully complete Atalco G
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, Engineering, Technology, or related field preferred
- Equivalent combination of education and relevant procurement experience will be considered
- Experience supporting oil & gas, maintenance, manufacturing, industrial, mining, metals, refining, chemical, or other heavy industrial operations preferred
- Experience leading procurement support for maintenance turnarounds and capital projects
- Knowledge of inventory optimization and warehouse operations
- Experience with warehouse management systems and barcode or RFID material tracking
- Experience working within a unionized manufacturing environment
- Experience developing procurement procedures, controls, and standard work
- Experience leading through a subordinate supervisor preferred
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