About This Role
This Procurement Manager role oversees the procurement, quoting, and sale of mats across the organization. The position builds and manages the company's mill and broker network, supports every region with customer quotes, and works closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure mats are bought at the right cost and are available where needed. The ideal candidate combines strong procurement and negotiation skills with sharp ERP and analytical ability and a commercial mindset.
Responsibilities
- Source, vet, and onboard sawmills, mat manufacturers, and brokers, building a reliable and competitive supply base that serves every region
- Negotiate pricing, volume commitments, lead times, and payment terms with mills and brokers
- Track supplier performance on quality, on-time delivery, and price, and maintain supply agreements with core suppliers
- Assist with mat purchasing from requirement through purchase order, production follow-up, and receipt
- Forecast purchases ahead of project demand, coordinating with regions and project teams to balance cost, availability, and lead time
- Verify that incoming mats meet quality and specification standards
- Assist all regions with customer quotes, providing mat pricing, availability, and lead times to support bids
- Build and maintain a standardized mat pricing and quoting process applied consistently across every region
- Serve as the regions
- Monitor mat depreciation, age, and condition to identify mats approaching end of life
- Sell mats before they reach end of life, identifying buyers and negotiating sale prices to maximize recovered value
- Coordinate with finance on depreciation schedules, book value, and the disposal of sold or retired mats
- Design, document, and own a robust end-to-end process that optimizes the life cycle of mats, from purchase through deployment, repair, resale, and retirement
- Define clear decision points for when mats are repaired, redeployed, sold, or retired, based on condition, utilization, and book value
- Use the ERP (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central) to maintain accurate mat records across yards, projects, and suppliers
- Deliver regular reporting on mat inventory, utilization, depreciation, purchases, and sales to leadership and operations
- Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, including regional leaders, operations, project teams, finance, and leadership
- Build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders, including mills, brokers, mat buyers, and customers
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in procurement, purchasing, or sourcing, preferably within timber products, access matting, construction, or equipment rental
