# Purchasing Manager

THE POSITION IN A NUTSHELL Sciens Building Solutions is seeking a Purchasing Manager to lead purchasing functions across project and service operations, partnering with Sales, Operations, Accounting, Finance, and warehouse teams to support a reliable, cost-conscious supply of materials, equipment, subcontracted work, and services. The ideal candidate is a practical, collaborative leader with sound commercial judgment and a continuous-improvement mindset. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING (and doing well!) Lead and develop the purchasing and warehouse teams through clear priorities, coaching, training, and performance support. Set purchasing strategies, procedures, and supplier plans that balance cost, quality, availability, and risk. Oversee the purchasing lifecycle for project and service needs, from approved demand and requisitions through purchase order issuance and closeout. Monitor requisition and purchase order queues, prioritize urgent or aging orders, and ensure changes are handled accurately and in accordance with policy. Source and manage suppliers and subcontractors; negotiate pricing, contracts, and delivery terms, and address supplier performance issues. Confirm order receipt

- **Id**: 4290251
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/sciens-building-solutions-purchasing-manager>
- **Role**: Operations
- **Role family**: Operations
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Plymouth Meeting, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T23:06:58Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T14:15:42Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3920
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Life insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Construction, Access Control & Alarm Systems

## Company

- **Id**: 3832649
- **Name**: Sciens Building Solutions
- **Domain**: sciensusa.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/sciensusa>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 62
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.887
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 37
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Office** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: high_school
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T23:06:58Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 60
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.602
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 37
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

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