Procurement Manager

Compensation: TBD. Location: On‑Site – Galleria Area. Travel: up to 10%.

Position Overview

The Procurement Manager will lead the continued development and professionalization of the company's procurement function while supporting significant capital projects, facility expansion, operations, maintenance, and supply‑chain requirements. This is not a traditional corporate purchasing role. The company seeks a technically oriented procurement leader who understands projects, engineering requirements, sourcing strategy, and commercial negotiations and can effectively bridge the needs of engineers, operations leaders, subject‑matter experts, suppliers, and finance. The role will help build a more disciplined and predictable procurement organization, establish appropriate processes and controls, improve supplier terms, develop procurement budgets, and support an expanding portfolio of greenfield and brownfield capital projects. Initially the position will work closely with Finance due to overlap between procurement controls, cash management, budgeting, and SAP. As the organization evolves, the reporting structure and scope may also evolve. The role is expected to ultimately lead the procurement organization, currently about three team members, with potential growth to five or six.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing and procurement activities for capital projects, equipment, maintenance, materials, construction services, and operational requirements.
• Partner closely with engineering, operations, finance, logistics, project management, and other subject‑matter experts to translate technical requirements into effective sourcing strategies.
• Procure technically complex scopes such as mechanical systems, electrical work, transfer equipment, fabrication, welding, pipe fitting, equipment rentals, maintenance services, EPC services, and greenfield or brownfield construction.
• Develop and execute category and sourcing strategies that improve total delivered cost, security of supply, supplier performance, and operational efficiency.
• Negotiate master service agreements, framework agreements, commercial terms, pricing, payment terms, volume discounts, and other supplier concessions.
• Evaluate existing vendor relationships and use purchasing volume to create more favorable commercial arrangements and improve cash flow.
• Identify cost‑saving opportunities through spend analysis, market intelligence, supplier consolidation, competitive sourcing, and contract negotiations.
• Establish stronger procurement controls, processes, policies, and approval procedures within SAP.
• Develop procurement budgets and improve predictability of purchasing and cash requirements.
• Conduct market analysis to identify supplier trends, risks, opportunities, and alternative sourcing strategies.
• Ensure timely delivery of materials, equipment, and services required to meet operational and project schedules.
• Resolve supplier issues involving delivery, quality, contract interpretation, invoices, or performance.
• Support greenfield expansion, new terminal development, property and facility projects, and expansion into new geographic markets.
• Work collaboratively with existing procurement team members, developing their skills and providing technical and commercial guidance.
• Build a scalable procurement organization capable of supporting the company's anticipated growth.
• Partner with leadership to transition procurement from a largely reactive function to a planned, measurable, and predictable business capability.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will combine technical aptitude, project procurement experience, commercial judgment, and hands‑on leadership. The strongest candidate has worked alongside engineering and project teams and can interpret technical requirements even when not a subject‑matter expert.

• Relevant industry backgrounds may include chemicals or petrochemicals, oil and gas, polyethylene or polypropylene, industrial manufacturing, construction or infrastructure, engineering and EPC environments, heavy industrial operations, or materials/processing businesses. Experience with logistics, terminals, or transportation‑intensive operations is a strong plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline; engineering background strongly preferred. MBA or combined engineering and supply‑chain education is preferred.
• Approximately 8+ years of relevant procurement, sourcing, project purchasing, engineering, supply‑chain, or related experience.
• Demonstrated experience sourcing equipment, materials, services, construction, maintenance, or other technically complex scopes and supporting capital projects.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes, sourcing strategy, contracting, supplier management, and commercial negotiations.
• Proficiency with SAP procurement controls and workflows.
• Analytical capability using data to identify savings opportunities and support purchasing decisions.
• Ability to develop budgets and improve forecasting and predictability around procurement spend.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with MS Project, Primavera, or related project‑management tools is beneficial.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, changing environment.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or developing procurement professionals is preferred.

Leadership & Cultural Fit

• Hands‑on and entrepreneurial – comfortable doing the work personally and operating without large‑corporate infrastructure.
• Low‑ego and collaborative – avoids imposing a predetermined corporate playbook.
• Solutions‑oriented – identifies problems and proposes practical solutions.
• Strong listener – seeks to understand the business, people, and existing knowledge before driving change.
• Comfortable with ambiguity – adapts as processes and structures evolve.
• Influential without unnecessary friction – can gain credibility, explain rationale, and bring stakeholders along.
• Developer of people – able to grow existing talent while building the broader function.