Onsite Procurement Manager- Gray Space

NorthMark Strategies • Spartanburg, SC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Onsite Procurement Manager – Gray Space is NorthMark’s procurement presence at the project site — the buyer the superintendents, foremen, and site engineers walk up to when something has to be sourced, priced, and moving within the shift. This is a senior individual contributor role, fully onsite in the active construction environment. It combines two modes of work: reactive field buying — ad-hoc requests from boots on the ground for MEP components, tools, expedited replacement parts, and unplanned needs — and programmatic ownership of the recurring site categories that keep the job running: rental equipment, consumables, small equipment, and site services. Success looks like a construction team that never loses a shift waiting on procurement, controlled site-level spend, and a local supply base that can turn on demand.

Requirements

• 10+ years of procurement, materials management, or site buying experience, including significant time in field / onsite roles on active construction projects.
• Direct experience buying MEP components, industrial supplies, rentals, and consumables in a construction environment.
• Working knowledge of MEP scope sufficient to evaluate requests from trades and identify miss-buys, spec issues, or scope creep before a PO issues.
• Demonstrated ability to work at pace: multiple concurrent requests, same-day turnaround expectations, and high transaction volume without losing control of the book.
• Rental equipment category experience: rate structures, on/off-rent management, and rental billing.
• Ability to operate independently in an active construction site: comfortable with safety requirements, PPE, and physical site mobility across an active jobsite.
• Working command of ERP-based purchasing.
• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, construction management, engineering, or business — or equivalent experience.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Data center, mission-critical facility, semiconductor, or other heavy industrial construction site experience.
• Familiarity with OFCI/CFCI delivery models and working alongside EPC or GC partners on active builds.
• Trade background (electrical, mechanical, or pipefitting) transitioned into procurement.
• Established relationships with national and regional industrial distributors and rental houses.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365, Coupa, Procore, or comparable platforms.
• OSHA 30 (construction).
• APICS/ASCM (CPIM, CSCP) or ISM (CPSM) certification.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the onsite procurement point of contact for construction leadership, trade foremen, and site engineering; triage and execute ad-hoc buying requests through same-day or next-day fulfillment.
• Source and expedite MEP components, replacement parts, and specialty items when planned deliveries slip, equipment fails, or unforeseen needs arise.
• Apply commercial judgment in the field: assess urgency, screen requests, challenge scope where warranted, and route non-urgent items back into planned buying channels.
• Manage the site-level PO book: emergency/expedited POs, small-dollar buys, and blanket order releases with high transaction volume.
• Own the site rental equipment program end to end: cranes, aerial lifts, forklifts and telehandlers, generators, temporary power distribution, temporary HVAC, light towers, compressors, and site services.
• Manage rental supplier relationships, rate agreements, on/off-rent tracking, damage/loss claims, and monthly billing accuracy.
• Forecast rental demand with the construction team; drive rate-lock and consolidation opportunities across long-duration rentals.
• Own the consumables program covering MEP installation materials, fasteners, PPE, safety supplies, and general construction consumables.
• Manage vendor-managed inventory programs, jobsite trailers, and blanket agreements with local distributors.
• Own the small equipment program: hand tools, power tools, testing and measurement equipment, and small MEP components.
• Track site-level consumable spend and identify recurring cost leakage before it compounds.
• Build and maintain a local supplier base capable of same-day/next-day response for MEP, industrial, and construction categories.
• Vet local vendors for capacity, credit, insurance, safety, and quality before onboarding.
• Manage delivery coordination and receiving discipline in partnership with the EPC and site logistics.
• Coordinate daily with the third-party EPC, trade partners, and site logistics on delivery sequencing, laydown, and receiving.
• Escalate slippage or supply risk to Grey Space category leads and construction leadership early, with fact-based recovery options.
• Support the EPC/Infrastructure Manager on commercial matters where site-level activity intersects EPC scope.

Benefits

• Company-Paid Lunch Stipend
• 100% Employer-Paid Medical in our High Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and Vision benefits for employees and their families
• 16 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life insurance
• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) Company match 100% of your contributions up to 6%
• Health Savings Accounts (with Company Contribution!)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Wellhub
• 25 days of Paid Time Off
• 12 company holidays

What This Job Offers

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