Vice President of Procurement

The Vice President of Procurement is a key executive responsible for leading all sourcing supplier management and procurement strategy. This role ensures supply continuity cost competitiveness and strong supplier partnerships across a highly cyclical price-sensitive and supply-constrained industry.

The VP of Procurement will play a critical role in protecting gross margin improving inventory turns and strengthening supply resilience across core product categories such as HVAC and related building materials.

Enterprise Procurement Strategy

• Develop and execute a category-based procurement strategy aligned with revenue growth and margin expansion goals
• Build sourcing strategies that account for commodity volatility and industry demand cycles
• Align procurement priorities with branch operations sales forecasts and customer demand patterns

Supplier & Vendor Management

• Manage relationships with domestic and international suppliers across key building product categories
• Negotiate pricing agreements rebates and volume incentives
• Establish and maintain preferred supplier programs and strategic partnerships
• Diversify the supply base to reduce dependency on single-source or constrained suppliers
• Conduct regular supplier business reviews and performance evaluations

Cost Management & Margin Optimization

• Drive gross margin improvement through disciplined buying and price management
• Monitor product markets and adjust sourcing strategies accordingly
• Lead annual cost-down initiatives and rebate optimization programs
• Partner with Finance and Sales to ensure pricing alignment and margin discipline across branches

Inventory & Supply Chain Coordination

• Work closely with Operations to balance service levels with inventory investment
• Reduce stockouts backorders and excess inventory through improved supplier reliability and forecasting alignment
• Improve inventory turns while maintaining high service levels
• Support the branch network with allocation strategies during constrained supply periods

Risk Management & Supply Continuity

• Develop contingency sourcing strategies for high-demand or constrained materials
• Monitor global supply chain disruptions impacting building materials availability and pricing
• Implement supplier risk assessments and mitigation plans
• Ensure continuity of supply during peak construction seasons and market shortages

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead and develop a procurement team by establishing clear KPIs
• Build a high-performance data-driven procurement organization
• Foster collaboration between Procurement Sales Operations and branch leadership

Systems & Process Improvement

• Optimize procurement systems including ERP platforms pricing tools and supplier portals
• Improve purchase order workflows approval processes and spend visibility
• Leverage analytics to improve demand forecasting and supplier performance tracking
• Drive automation and standardization across procurement processes

Experience

• 1015 years of experience in procurement sourcing or supply chain leadership
• 5 years of experience in a senior leadership role preferably at the Director or VP level
• Strong experience in building products construction materials industrial distribution or a similar sector required
• Proven success managing supplier-heavy commodity-influenced categories
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-level procurement or sourcing teams

Skills & Competencies

• Strong negotiation and supplier management expertise with the ability to advance sourcing priorities confidently in commodity-driven markets
• Strong decision-making ability in fast-moving commercially sensitive environments
• Deep understanding of building materials supply chain dynamics market conditions and supplier performance
• Ability to manage margin pressure pricing fluctuations supply disruptions and changing business needs
• Strong financial and analytical acumen including pricing margin rebates inventory economics purchase price variance and supplier performance
• Comfortable operating independently while coordinating across multiple business functions
• Able to shift direction quickly in response to market conditions supply disruptions and changing business needs
• Strong communication skills with executives branch leaders and suppliers regarding priorities tradeoffs and performance expectations
• Ability to work within structured systems and standards while improving process effectiveness
• Experience with ERP platforms such as P21 SAP Oracle Infor NetSuite or similar systems

Education

• Bachelors degree in Business Supply Chain Finance or a related field required
• MBA or other advanced degree preferred

Success in this role will be measured through key performance indicators including:

• Gross margin improvement at both the category and enterprise level
• Purchase price variance compared with market benchmarks
• Supplier fill rate and on-time delivery performance
• Inventory turns and stockout reduction
• Annual cost savings and rebate capture
• Working capital efficiency through inventory optimization

Blevins Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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