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This role works across the organization to align purchasing activities with business needs, strengthen supplier relationships, and secure favourable commercial terms. The position also drives cost savings and procurement efficiencies while establishing consistent standards, controls, and reporting to support informed decision-making.\nPosition Details:\nFull time, permanent position. \n40 hours/week, Monday-Friday\nIn office position, office location in Galleria, Houston Texas\nResponsibilities\nDevelop and execute enterprise-wide procurement strategies and sourcing initiatives that align with organizational objectives. Ensure sourcing activities balance cost effectiveness, quality, service levels, and long-term supplier viability.\nLead end-to-end commercial negotiations with suppliers covering master service agreements, pricing structures, statements of work, and contract terms. Collaborate closely with legal, finance, and operational teams to safeguard organizational interests.\nIdentify, evaluate, and implement continuous cost-reduction initiatives and procurement efficiencies across business units. Streamline purchasing workflows to eliminate redundancies and enhance overall organizational agility.\nManage supplier performance through formal reviews, service-level monitoring, and performance metrics. Address performance deficiencies, resolve escalations proactively, and build collaborative supplier relationships.\nAssess and mitigate supplier risk, supply chain vulnerabilities, and regulatory compliance exposures across the enterprise. Establish preventative controls and business continuity mechanisms to maintain supply security.\nPartner cross-functionally with senior business leaders to understand strategic plans and forecast purchasing demands. Integrate procurement roadmaps into broader business budgeting and operational planning cycles.\nEstablish and govern enterprise procurement policies, internal controls, compliance procedures, and auditing frameworks. Build standardized reporting dashboards and analytics to provide transparent visibility into organizational spend and realized savings.\nOther work duties as assigned.\nRequirements\nKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:\nDeep knowledge of strategic sourcing methodologies, category management principles, and end-to-end procurement lifecycles.\nThorough understanding of commercial contracting practices, standard legal protections, and total cost of ownership models.\nComprehensive knowledge of supplier risk assessment, market intelligence tools, compliance frameworks, and procurement governance controls.\nAdvanced contract negotiation and dispute resolution skills with a proven track record of securing favourable pricing and commercial terms.\nStrong financial modeling and quantitative analysis skills to evaluate complex supplier proposals and interpret organizational spend data.\nExceptional interpersonal and stakeholder communication skills to influence senior leadership, cross-functional partners, and external vendors.\nDemonstrated ability to translate organizational priorities into actionable purchasing forecasts and strategic sourcing roadmaps.\nProven ability to design and implement enterprise procurement policies, operational controls, and reporting metrics across diverse departments.\nAbility to drive operational change, resolve vendor escalations, and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced corporate environment.\nEDUCATION:\nBachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business administration, finance, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.\nMinimum 8 years of progressive experience leading enterprise procurement functions, strategic sourcing operations, and high-value contract negotiations. This background should include proven success managing vendor relationships and realizing measurable cost savings\nDemonstrated experience collaborating directly with senior business leaders to forecast organizational purchasing needs and implement governance frameworks.\nWorking Conditions\nWork is primarily performed in an office or remote-office setting, with regular use of a computer and participation in meetings with internal stakeholders and suppliers.\nProlonged periods of sitting or stationary standing at a desk or designated workstation. The role requires remaining focused and productive during extended desk-based working sessions.\nContinuous and extensive use of computer hardware, software applications, and peripherals such as monitors, keyboards, and mice. Frequent fine-motor dexterity is required for typing, data analysis, contract drafting, and general digital communication.\nFrequent verbal and auditory interaction during telephone calls, virtual video meetings, and in-person discussions. Must be able to clearly communicate complex procurement information, lead commercial negotiations, and present to executive stakeholders.\nClose visual acuity necessary to inspect, review, and analyze dense spreadsheets, detailed legal contracts, financial proposals, and performance dashboards. Sustained visual focus on digital display screens is required throughout the workday.\nOccasional movement throughout office buildings to attend meetings, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and access shared workplace facilities. May involve occasional light physical effort, such as lifting, carrying, or moving laptops, binders, or presentation materials weighing up to 20 pounds.\nCompany Overview and Benefits\nAcuren is a trusted, single source provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructures. Committed to delivering a Higher Level of Reliability, Acuren provides an unrivaled spectrum of capabilities including inspection, traditional and advanced NDE/NDT, failure analysis, rope access, materials engineering, field engineering, reliability engineering, drones, robotics, V-Deck and condition-based monitoring services.\nOur work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, pulp & paper, mining, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Acuren employs over 4,000 dedicated professionals supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments.\nAcuren is a market leader. Our formula for success is straightforward: be capable locally, with certified and well-equipped personnel supported by trained, experienced leaders. Continuing to build on a strong heritage of safety, quality and professionalism, Acuren strives to maintain incident free work environments, pursues advanced technical developments, and supports reliability programs that are valued by clients and employees.\nBenefits\nCompetitive Salary\nMedical, dental, and supplemental insurance\n401K Plan\nPaid Holidays\nPaid Time Off\nEmployee Assistance Program\nCompany paid Life & AD&D\nEmployee stock purchase plan","description_format":"text","description_chars":7128,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":8,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Supply Chain","Science & Engineering","Testing, Inspection & Certification"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-09T03:57:09Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":36,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/tic-solutions-sr-manager-procurement","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/tic-solutions-sr-manager-procurement.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T00:16:40Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":569,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4474031},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4474031"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ftic-solutions-sr-manager-procurement"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ftic-solutions-sr-manager-procurement"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ftic-solutions-sr-manager-procurement"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/tic-solutions-sr-manager-procurement\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftic-solutions-sr-manager-procurement"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3951404}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"ticsolutions.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3951404},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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