We are seeking a Procurement Operations Manager (Procurement/Expediting) to support hyperscale data center construction projects in a PMC /owner’s representative capacity.

This role focuses on active expediting, vendor engagement, recovery planning, and delivery risk management for critical equipment and procurement packages.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain factory production schedules for all critical long-lead items and monitor vendor progress against those schedules on a regular cadence - not only when a delivery is flagged as at risk.
• Actively expedite at-risk equipment and procurement packages.
• Make direct vendor calls to confirm progress and commitments.
• Conduct factory visits to verify production and delivery status.
• Identify procurement risks before they impact project milestones.
• Develop recovery plans for delayed or at-risk deliveries.
• Escalate delivery risks directly to vendor leadership.
• Present recovery positions and recommendations to the owner.
• Track purchase orders, supplier commitments, and delivery milestones.
• Coordinate with vendors, project teams, GC, and owner stakeholders.
• Maintain expediting logs, recovery trackers, and risk registers.
• Support procurement reporting, lookaheads, and leadership updates.
• Drive closure of open supplier actions and delivery commitments.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related fields.
• 7+ years of procurement, expediting, or supplier management experience.
• Experience actively expediting equipment or material deliveries.
• Experience making direct vendor calls to confirm schedule commitments.
• Experience conducting factory visits or supplier progress reviews.
• Experience developing recovery plans for at-risk deliveries.
• Experience escalating delivery risks to vendor leadership.
• Ability to present delivery recovery positions to owner stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple active purchase orders across packages.
• Experience working on large capital construction or infrastructure programs.
• Strong documentation, follow-up, communication, and issue-resolution skills.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing 40+ active purchase orders simultaneously.
• Experience supporting hyperscale data center or mission-critical projects.
• Experience in a PMC, owner’s representative, developer, or client-side environment.
• Experience with critical electrical, mechanical, or technology equipment packages.
• Familiarity with factory production schedules and supplier reporting.
• Experience with Procore, Oracle Unifier, SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Smartsheet, or Power BI.

POSITION DETAILS

• Location (On-site):
• Corsicana, Texas
• Sweetwater, Texas
• Position: Procurement Operations Manager, Procurement/Expediting
• Position Classification: Salary-based full-time hours
• Current work permit required. This position does not offer sponsorship for employment (e.g., H-1B visa sponsorship or transfer not offered)

PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft 365