Manager, Purchasing
SegraSegra is searching for a qualified and experienced Manager, Purchasing to join us in a full-time capacity.
Location Requirement:
The work arrangement for this role is a hybrid position, requiring a minimum of three (3) days in one of our Segra offices, with flexibility to work remotely two (2) days each week.
Role Overview:
The Manager, Purchasing leads the indirect purchasing team and oversee
...
s day-to-day purchasing operations for indirect goods and services. This role manages a team of Indirect Buyers and is responsible for PO and blanket order management, supplier relationships, sourcing support, invoice-discrepancy escalation, and compliance with purchasing policies and audit requirements. The Manager partners with Operations, IT, HR, Finance, Legal, Facilities, Engineering, Project Management, and Supply Chain to deliver timely, cost-effective, and compliant procurement solutions. Success requires strong people leadership, procurement execution, analytical, communication, negotiation, and ERP skills, including experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365).
Qualifications
Experience:
• Minimum 7 years of supply chain experience, preferably in the telecommunications industry
• Supply Chain and purchasing experience, preferably with indirect goods and services
• Hands-on experience with D365 or a similar ERP system
• Prior people leadership, team lead, supervisory, or demonstrated mentoring experience preferred
Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, or a related field required, or equivalent combination of education and experience in related field
• Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) or other procurement certification preferred
• MBA or master’s degree preferred
Key Competencies:
• Leadership and Team Development: Ability to lead, coach, motivate, and develop a team to meet service, compliance, and performance goals.
• Purchasing Operations: Strong understanding of purchase order management, blanket order lifecycle, invoice discrepancy resolution, audit readiness, and procurement controls.
• Strategic Sourcing and Negotiation: Skilled in supplier evaluation, RFQ/RFP support, pricing analysis, contract term negotiation, and cost/value improvement opportunities.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Ability to build productive supplier relationships and address supplier performance, service, quality, risk, or compliance issues.
• Cross-functional Communication: Able to communicate clearly and professionally with stakeholders at all organizational levels, including senior and executive leaders.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving and data analysis skills to interpret purchasing activity, identify trends, and recommend actions.
• Customer Focus and Responsiveness: Collaborative approach to supporting internal stakeholders with timely, clear, and practical purchasing guidance.
• Process Orientation and Continuous Improvement: Ability to enforce and improve purchasing workflows, policies, reporting, and ERP-enabled processes.
• Adaptability: Comfortable managing changing priorities and operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
About Segra:
Segra owns and operates a wide and dense fiber-optic infrastructure footprint that provides state-of-the-art connectivity, cybersecurity, voice, cloud and colocation solutions, all backed by industry-leading service and reliability. Serving over 30,000 connected customer locations, Segra has been providing customer-focused solutions for over 125 years.
At Segra, we imagine, we engineer and we build a world of opportunities for our customers through fiber-enabled technologies, driven by our customer-first mentality. We invest in the communities we serve by hiring locally, empowering our teams, and continually upgrading our network infrastructure to deliver smarter, stronger technology solutions.
Benefits Overview:
Segra offers a very robust benefits package to our full-time employees, some of which include:
• Medical, de