The Procurement Manager is responsible for leading and developing a team of Procurement Specialists.
This role drives operational discipline, and data integrity, ensuring the team operates with accuracy, consistency, and scalable execution in support of Director and Sr Manager-level performance objectives. The Procurement Manager is accountable for team performance, workload balance, and continuous process improvement.
This is a player/coach role. The Procurement Manager is expected to allocate approximately 70% of time to moving orders through the procurement lifecycle, while dedicating 30% to people leadership, team development, and operational governance responsibilities. Managing their team to give our internal and external clients the best possible experience.
Duties / Responsibilities
- Manage and oversee Procurement support for all of Ahead:
- Validate the accuracy of orders through Salesforce using customer and vendor quotes
- Accurately order equipment from our vendors using many different portals and tools
- Trouble shoot orders being placed via API and with vendors
- Ensure team members are following up on order confirmations and moving opportunities to Vendor Accepted in a timely manner
- Support AHEAD and Vendor/OEM EOM/EOQ/EOY activities to include being available to facilitate late and/or complex orders
- Support Operational Close for AHEAD Month/Quarter/Year ends
- Handle or escalate internal and external customer satisfaction issues as they arise
- Give input on hiring, participate in onboarding, and training Procurement new hires
- Identify areas of improvement of best practices for Procurement function in conjunction with Sr Manager of Procurement and other teams
- Participate in maintaining detailed documentation of all Procurement processes
- *Other job duties as assigned
Education and Experience
- Minimum Required – HS Diploma
- Preferred – AA or above
- 2-5 years of people management experience
- 5+ years IT purchasing/procurement experience preferably in the VAR/Distribution space
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Microsoft Office
- Salesforce and/or Netsuite preferred
- Proven people leadership and coaching capability
- Deep understanding of quote-to-cash lifecycle and booking compliance
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, sales-centric environments
Physical Requirements
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
- Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state, and local standards.
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2.5 - 5.5 Hrs Daily
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5.5 - 8.0 Hrs Daily
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Skills Required
- High school diploma
- Associate degree or higher
- 2-5 years of people management experience
- 5+ years IT purchasing/procurement experience
- Experience in VAR/Distribution space
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Experience with Salesforce and/or NetSuite
- Proven people leadership and coaching capability
- Deep understanding of quote-to-cash lifecycle and booking compliance
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, sales-centric environments
AHEAD Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AHEAD and has not been reviewed or approved by AHEAD.
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Retirement Support — 401(k) contributions are matched dollar-for-dollar on the first $5,000 each year, with matching made each pay period and immediate 100% vesting. This structure signals above-standard employer support for retirement savings.
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Affordable Benefits — Medical options include low employee premiums for PPO and HDHP plans, and the HDHP adds employer HSA funding plus a dollar-for-dollar HSA match up to stated amounts. Dental and vision plans list very low per-paycheck costs, helping keep overall healthcare spend manageable.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — No-cost telemedicine (including virtual mental health when enrolled), free Calm access for the employee and dependents, and an EAP with counseling are included. Company-paid life and disability plus voluntary protections (legal/ID, pet insurance) and other extras round out a comprehensive set of supports.
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