Procurement Team Manager

About the role

The Procurement Team Manager leads a team of buyers and oversees procurement operations to ensure the effective, compliant, and efficient execution of procure-to-pay activities for goods and services across ACS. This role provides leadership in staffing, training, coaching, and developing the procurement team; assigning and balancing work; monitoring performance; and driving accountability for service, quality and results. The Manager partners cross-functionally to optimize procurement processes, improve transactional and operational efficiency, reduce costs, and support the adoption of policies, systems, and ways of working. In addition, this role plays a key part in translating organization priorities into procurement practices by implementing organizational strategy across procurement activities, ensuring alignment, consistency, and execution that support enterprise goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of buyers to ensure high-quality execution of procurement activities, balanced workloads, and strong service delivery across the organization.
• Oversee procurement operations and tactical execution of source-to-pay activities while implementing organizational strategy across procurement processes, priorities, and ways of working.
• Partner cross-functionally with business stakeholders and Supply Chain team to maintain strong relationships, align expectations, and provide clear communication on procurement requests, order status, and project support.
• Drive continuous improvement across procurement operations, contract management, and supplier practices to enhance efficiency, service quality, and overall value.
• Ensure compliance and risk management across procurement activities by reinforcing policies, controls, and standard practices that support sound purchasing decisions.
• Provide performance reporting and operational insights to leadership on procurement results, strategic initiative progress, process improvement opportunities, and policy alignment.
• Influence stakeholders and suppliers to adopt new tools, processes, and standard practices that strengthen procurement effectiveness and consistency.
• Build a high-performance, accountable team culture focused on achieving key operational metrics, including cycle time, service levels, efficiency, and cost savings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain operations, procurement, or a related field preferred
• 7+ years of progressive experience in supply chain or procurement operations
• 3+ years of experience leading, coaching, and developing staff in an operational or procurement-focused environment is required
• Demonstrated success working in a highly customer- and stakeholder-focused environment with strong service expectations

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members with varying levels of experience and expertise
• Strong knowledge of sourcing, procurement operations, catalog management, contract negotiation, and source-to-pay processes
• Strong ability to organize resources, set priorities, and implement organizational strategy through procurement activities
• Sound judgment and strong problem-solving skills in operational, administrative, and procedural decision-making
• Experience managing procurement activities with national, regional, and local suppliers
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Strong work ethic, attention to detail, and commitment to quality, accountability, and teamwork
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
• Experience using source-to-pay systems, with Coupa preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

Pay

$82,000 to $100,000 annual

Schedule

Full-time