Purchasing Manager
On-site · Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Job Summary
Hands-on Purchasing Manager role overseeing daily procurement across nationwide hospitality-focussed sites, driving strategic sourcing, cost-saving initiatives, and process improvements. Responsibilities include supporting day-to-day purchasing across multiple sites, partnering with operations for timely sourcing of facilities, equipment, and supplies, developing strategic sourcing initiatives, leading high-spend category opportunities, negotiating and managing national/regional vendor contracts and preferred supplier programs, analyzing spend data with Finance to establish baselines and savings, improving procurement processes and procedures, building supplier relationships focused on quality and reliability, supporting capital projects and site openings with sourcing/logistics, maintaining contract documentation and ensuring procurement compliance, and partnering with IT to enhance procurement/ERP systems and reporting capabilities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 3–6 years of procurement experience (multi-site hospitality, recreation, or similar preferred)
- Experience with vendor negotiation, contracting, and spend analysis
- Strong financial and analytical skills; proficient in Excel
- Experience with procurement systems/ERP preferred
- Familiarity with AI tools in procurement a plus
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Ability to write clear, practical procedures and guidance
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 3–6 years of procurement experience (multi-site hospitality, recreation, or similar preferred)
- Experience with vendor negotiation, contracting, and spend analysis
- Strong financial and analytical skills; proficient in Excel
- Experience with procurement systems/ERP preferred
- Familiarity with AI tools in procurement a plus
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Ability to write clear, practical procedures and guidance
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