Global Procurement Manager- Electrical

GTI Fabrication • Tempe, AZ

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About The Position

GTI is a contract manufacturing partner supporting customers in renewable energy, power generation, infrastructure, and industrial systems. It fabricates custom-designed enclosures and skids and performs mechanical and electrical integration in-house, supporting work from engineering and prototype builds through full production.

The Global Procurement Manager, Electrical reports to the Director of Global Sourcing & Procurement and owns the electrical category from strategy development through purchasing execution, ensuring uninterrupted material flow to production. The category includes switchgear, breakers, transformers, cable and wire, busway, power distribution, UPS, controls, and components. The manager leads sourcing initiatives and RFx processes, negotiates pricing and contracts, and manages supplier relationships, performance, and risk. The role partners with Planning, Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Finance to align procurement with production schedules, working capital targets, and business growth.

GTI describes its values as Safety, Quality, Customer Obsession, Speed, and Agility. The position involves travel to plants and suppliers as needed, typically 10–20%.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6–10+ years of purchasing, procurement, or category management experience in manufacturing, industrial, or engineered-to-order environments.
• 3+ years owning an electrical, power distribution, or electronics category or commodity.
• Working knowledge of electrical equipment and components, including switchgear, breakers, transformers, cable and wire, busway, PDUs, UPS, and controls; ability to read specifications and single-line drawings.
• Strong negotiation and contract skills, including master agreements, terms, price indexing, and claims.
• Experience with should-cost analysis, total cost of ownership, and spend analytics.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Strong ERP/MRP experience with NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or similar.
• Ability to travel to plants and suppliers as needed, typically 10–20%.

Nice To Haves

• Multi-site purchasing experience.
• Experience supporting modular manufacturing, fabrication, electrical integration, data center infrastructure, or power systems.
• CPSM, C.P.M., APICS CPIM, or Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Power BI experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the global electrical category strategy across plants, including spend analysis, supplier segmentation, consolidation, and sub-category sourcing plans.
• Set distributor-versus-direct-OEM strategies and develop make-versus-buy recommendations for assemblies such as panels and busway with Engineering and Operations.
• Monitor market conditions, technology roadmaps, lead times, and commodity pricing, and adjust sourcing strategy as needed.
• Build should-cost models and total-cost-of-ownership analyses to guide sourcing and negotiations.
• Deliver annual cost savings, cost avoidance, and productivity targets in coordination with Finance.
• Lead multi-site RFI, RFP, and RFQ events, evaluating suppliers on total cost, lead time, capacity, quality, and risk.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, lead-time commitments, and annual cost improvements with key suppliers.
• Establish master purchase agreements, NDAs, and frame agreements before business begins, including copper price indexing where appropriate.
• Lead commercial issue resolution, supplier claims, and recoveries, escalating within delegated authority.
• Lead daily electrical-category purchasing operations across plants and set priorities aligned with production demand and customer commitments.
• Manage long-lead and allocated items through forward buys, primary and secondary sources, and supplier capacity commitments.
• Prevent shortages affecting production schedules, launches, and customer deliveries, and run shortage escalations with Planning and Operations.
• Use ERP/MRP signals to drive replenishment timing and manage category purchasing parameters, including lead times, order quantities, and safety stock.
• Provide functional direction to buyers and purchasing coordinators working on the electrical category.
• Manage supplier performance for cost, quality, delivery, responsiveness, and lead-time adherence; maintain scorecards and conduct quarterly business reviews with Supplier Quality.
• Develop alternate sources, dual-source strategies, and supplier recovery plans, and maintain a risk map for critical electrical items.
• Monitor tariff, trade-compliance, and logistics risks, and flow down DFARS, ITAR, and customer requirements where applicable.
• Support supplier qualification for listed assemblies and components, including applicable UL, NEC, and IEC requirements, with Supplier Quality and Engineering.
• Balance electrical-material inventory turns, availability, and working-capital objectives with Planning and Operations.
• Improve supplier on-time delivery, shortage counts, aged and excess inventory, and purchase price variance; own the category KPI dashboard.
• Develop supply models such as VMI, consignment, kanban, and safety stock with suppliers and plants.
• Coordinate with the reverse supply chain program on returns and excess or obsolete electrical material.
• Partner with Engineering on technical sourcing, standardization, approved alternates, and value engineering.
• Ensure supplier readiness for new product introductions and launches, including capacity, lead time, PPAP or first article, and target cost.
• Provide supplier and market insight for design reviews and bills of material.
• Work with Finance on accruals, savings tracking, payment issues, and inventory valuation impacts.
• Coordinate with Warehouse and Receiving on inbound flow, packaging, and supplier execution issues.
• Support leadership with escalations, supply constraints, and strategic sourcing initiatives, and present category performance to executives.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match, where applicable
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Paid holidays
• Company-paid life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Career advancement opportunities
• Exposure to advanced manufacturing, modular infrastructure, and large-scale industrial projects
• Collaborative, fast-paced work environment with operational and engineering leadership
• Employee-focused culture centered on safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager