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You’re investing in a brighter, more sustainable future together and joining a team that makes a real difference for our customers. Capital Electric offers electrical products and services to contractors. If it helps bring electricity to an office, home, factory or other building - you can find it here. We operate in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and are part of the Sonepar group, the world’s #1 electrical distributor with over 45,000 associates around the globe.\nBeing “Powered by Difference” means we respect and value diverse perspectives. Within Capital Electric, we offer a supportive culture and great benefits, and as part of the larger Sonepar group, we can offer exciting opportunities to grow your career.\nKey Accountabilities\nStrategic Procurement Leadership\nDevelop and execute an enterprise procurement strategy aligned with profitable growth, customer service, margin, inventory, and working capital objectives.\nEstablish annual priorities, operating plans, performance targets, and a clear governance cadence for the procurement organization.\nLead procurement transformation, process standardization, and adoption of enabling systems, analytics, and continuous improvement practices.\nProvide market intelligence and procurement recommendations to executive leadership to support business planning and investment decisions.\nSupplier and Category Management\nOwn the strategic supplier management framework across major product categories and ensure vendor strategies align with company priorities.\nLead high-impact negotiations involving cost, rebates, terms, lead times, stocking programs, service expectations, and other commercial agreements.\nEstablish supplier scorecards, business reviews, escalation paths, and corrective action plans to improve performance and accountability.\nDrive vendor rationalization, product line reviews, sourcing alternatives, and supplier development opportunities.\nInventory and Working Capital\nPartner with Inventory Management, Operations, and Sales to establish inventory investment and replenishment strategies that balance availability, turns, and risk.\nMonitor excess, slow-moving, obsolete, reserve, and non-returnable inventory and sponsor recovery, transfer, return, and disposition plans.\nImprove forecasting inputs, purchasing parameters, stock-and-flow strategies, and network inventory deployment.\nDrive accountability for inventory productivity and the financial impact of procurement decisions.\nProcurement Operations and Governance\nOversee daily purchasing operations and ensure timely, accurate, and consistent execution across the business.\nDevelop and maintain procurement policies, approval standards, supplier requirements, and operating procedures.\nCreate consistent purchasing and category-management practices while preserving appropriate flexibility for regional, customer, and product needs.\nIdentify and mitigate supplier, commodity, market, and supply continuity risks through practical contingency planning.\nTeam Leadership and Talent Development\nLead, coach, and develop procurement managers, category leaders, buyers, specialists, and analysts.\nEstablish clear roles, decision rights, objectives, performance expectations, and development plans.\nBuild succession plans and strengthen technical, commercial, analytical, and leadership capability across the team.\nPromote a culture of ownership, collaboration, responsiveness, professionalism, and continuous improvement.\nCross-Functional Partnership\nPartner with Sales and branch leadership to support customer commitments, strategic opportunities, large projects, and market growth.\nCollaborate with Operations and distribution centers to align purchasing, inventory deployment, logistics, and service priorities.\nWork with Finance to improve visibility to inventory investment, supplier rebates, cost changes, savings, margin impact, and working capital.\nCommunicate priorities, risks, decisions, and results clearly to stakeholders across the organization.\nAnalytics and Performance Management\nDevelop actionable procurement dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting.\nUse spend, sales, margin, inventory, supplier, customer demand, lead-time, and market data to drive decisions.\nEstablish corrective action plans when performance is below target and track execution through completion.\n\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Operations, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.\nMinimum of 10 years of progressive experience in procurement, purchasing, sourcing, category management, inventory management, or supply chain.\nMinimum of 5 years of experience leading managers or professional procurement teams.\nDemonstrated success leading strategic supplier relationships, negotiations, category strategies, and procurement improvement initiatives.\nStrong knowledge of inventory management, working capital, purchasing operations, supplier performance, and commercial decision-making.\nExperience in electrical distribution, wholesale distribution, industrial distribution, manufacturing, or a related industry preferred.\nProficiency with ERP, purchasing, reporting, and business intelligence tools; advanced Microsoft Excel capability preferred.\nWorking Relationships\nThis role works closely with executive leadership, Sales, Operations, Finance, Inventory Management, distribution center leadership, branch leadership, procurement team members, suppliers, and other internal stakeholders to align procurement decisions with business goals, customer commitments, supplier capabilities, inventory priorities, and operational execution.\nMeasures of Success\nProcurement strategy is clearly defined, aligned with company priorities, and consistently executed.\nSupplier programs, commercial terms, service levels, and accountability improve over time.\nInventory availability, turns, reserve exposure, and working capital performance improve.\nPurchasing operations are timely, accurate, standardized, and responsive to the business.\nProcurement decisions support profitable growth, margin protection, customer service, and supply continuity.\nThe procurement team demonstrates clear accountability, strong capability, effective succession, and high-quality cross-functional support.\nPhysical and Other Requirements\nAbility to work in an office, distribution, branch, and supplier environment as business needs require.\nAbility to travel periodically to company locations, supplier meetings, industry events, and business reviews.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and make sound decisions in a fast-paced, evolving environment.\nCompensation: $150,000-$175,000+.base & discretionary bonus\nWhat We Offer You\nWe offer great family-friendly benefits to full-time associates:\n\nHealthcare plans\nDental & vision\nPaid time off\nPaid parental leave\n401(k) retirement savings with company match\nProfessional and personal development programs\n\nOpportunity to become a shareholder\nEmployer-paid short- and long-term disability\nEmployer-paid life insurance for spouse and dependents\nRobust wellness program\nGym reimbursement\nEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)\n\nWe’re proud to be a military-friendly company, and our many employee resource groups (ERGs) help you make connections and feel supported.\nLearn More About Us\nGet to know us on YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram and learn how we’re “Powering Progress for Future Generations.” LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/capitalelectric/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapitalElecSply/\nLearn more at https://www.capitalelectricsupply.com/about\nCapital Electric is part of the Sonepar family of brands: https://www.soneparusa.com/us-en/about-us\nSonepar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other categories protected by federal, state or local law.\nSonepar and our family of brands are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, we will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if a reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please call 843-745-2420 or email .\nEEO is the Law\nApplicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination. To learn more, Click here.\nPay Transparency Non-Discrimination Provision\nSonepar follows Executive Order 11246, including the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision. 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