Inventory Procurement Manager

NAES•Pittsburgh, PA

2d•Remote

About The Position

NAES Corporation has an immediate opening for an Inventory Procurement Manager to lead procurement and inventory activities across 16 Heritage Project power generation facilities. This position oversees sourcing, purchasing, supplier management, and inventory optimization to support safe, reliable, and cost-effective plant operations. The Inventory Procurement Manager works with plant personnel, suppliers, and corporate teams to develop sourcing strategies, leverage fleet-wide purchasing opportunities, improve inventory accuracy, and strengthen supplier performance. This is a remote position requiring approximately 10% travel, including quarterly site visits for inventory verification and related procurement and inventory activities.

Requirements

Extensive experience in procurement, sourcing, inventory management, and supplier management, preferably supporting multiple facilities or operating locations.
Comprehensive knowledge of strategic sourcing, purchasing, inventory optimization, supplier performance, and contract administration.
Proven ability to develop sourcing strategies, evaluate bids and proposals, negotiate commercial terms, leverage purchasing opportunities, and deliver cost savings.
Demonstrated success managing supplier relationships, contracts, purchase orders, delivery performance, and procurement, quality, or invoice-related issues.
Proficiency with Maximo or a comparable enterprise asset management (EAM) or ERP system, including purchasing, inventory management, vendor and material data, reporting, and analytics.
Strong analytical capabilities to evaluate spending, inventory, market, and supplier data and support informed purchasing and inventory decisions.
Skilled in establishing consistent procurement and inventory practices, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring compliance with Supply Chain policies and procedures across multiple locations.
Effective communication and collaboration skills for working with plant management, plant personnel, suppliers, and corporate teams.
Must possess a valid, unrestricted U.S. driver’s license and ensure it remains in good standing at all times.

Nice To Haves

Associate or bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, or a related field preferred; equivalent procurement, inventory, supply chain, or industry experience may be considered in lieu of education.

Responsibilities

Lead sourcing, procurement, and inventory management activities across 16 Heritage Project facilities, promoting consistent practices and supporting plant operational needs.
Develop procurement strategies using spending, inventory, supplier, and market data to identify cost savings, sourcing opportunities, and purchasing leverage.
Manage supplier selection, negotiations, contracts, and relationships, including pricing, quality, service levels, performance metrics, and continuous improvement.
Partner with plant personnel to define technical, quality, cost, and delivery requirements and ensure critical parts, materials, equipment, and services are available when needed.
Optimize inventory levels and accuracy while reducing shortages, excess and obsolete inventory, and potential operational delays.
Conduct quarterly site visits to verify inventory, identify discrepancies, evaluate warehouse and storeroom practices, and support corrective actions.
Identify opportunities to standardize materials, consolidate suppliers, leverage fleet-wide purchasing volume, and improve procurement and inventory processes.
Monitor procurement, inventory, supplier, and spending performance through established metrics and reporting to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
Oversee resolution of purchase order, delivery, pricing, invoice, material quality, and supplier-related issues.
Ensure procurement, inventory, and warehouse activities comply with company Supply Chain policies, procedures, contractual requirements, and applicable controls.
Utilize Maximo to manage procurement and inventory activities, maintain accurate supplier and material data, monitor transactions, and generate procurement, inventory, and operational reports.
Collaborate with plant leadership and cross-functional teams to improve procurement, inventory, supplier management, Maximo utilization, and Supplier Diversity initiatives.
Perform other duties and support procurement, inventory, and supply chain initiatives as assigned.