Purchasing Manager Jobs in Angleton, TX (NOW HIRING)

POSITION OVERVIEW: The Buyer Manager reports to the Assistant Director of Purchasing and is responsible for all sourcing, procurement, supplier management, and Buyer personnel activities. Major objectives include ensuring timely procurement of materials, supplier performance, cost management, and support of project schedules.

• Provide leadership and direct supervision of Buyers, including goal setting and tracking.
• Monitor and drive performance against procurement goals and KPIs.
• Forecast and implement short and long‑term resources necessary to support service and operations teams.
• Utilize and provide training on program tools and databases to facilitate department goals.
• Oversee RFQ, quotation, and purchase order processes.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Product Management, Planning, Manufacturing, and Project teams to determine priorities and delivery scheduling for the procurement phase of a project.
• Drive procurement process improvements and standardization.
• Support supplier diversification and risk mitigation efforts.
• Facilitate the resolution of supplier contract and commercial issues.
• Work with Accounting to resolve supplier payment issues.
• Support Strategic Sourcing Managers in supplier qualification, sourcing strategy development, contract negotiations, and supplier performance management.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by TAS.

• Strong knowledge and experience with ERP/MRP systems.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Lean concepts and tools.
• Excellent communication skills across all levels of the business.
• PC proficiency including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.
• Ability to build collaborative working relationships.
• Strong decision‑making and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Ability to initiate action and drive accountability.
• Commitment to high work standards, personal accountability and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, and procurement planning.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university. Extensive relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• 5 years’ Purchasing/Procurement experience in a manufacturing environment with at least 2 years’ experience as a Buyer.
• 2 years leadership experience managing procurement or supply chain personnel.
• Experience in engineer-to-order or make-to-order manufacturing environments.

• 5+ years procurement leadership experience with direct people management responsibility.
• Lean practitioner experience.
• ISO-certified manufacturing experience.
• APICS, CPM, or CPSM certification.

Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with computer. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions. Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading. The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do! When you join TAS, you join a Houston-headquartered company that is part of a large Houston-headquartered publicly traded company, Comfort Systems USA, with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus. We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds: a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company. TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems that are engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities and utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications. TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX and has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2m sq. feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways. TAS manages all logistics and transportation facilitating accelerated construction at customer’s facilities. TAS’ fastest growing business is the data center market. By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery. With our tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, entrepreneurial culture as well as a talented and productive workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals. More information is available on the company website at: www.tas.com.

TAS has a tobacco-free workplace policy, under which individuals are not allowed to smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products on the TAS premises, while conducting TAS business off premises or take "smoking" breaks during working hours. “smoking” and “tobacco or nicotine products” includes, but is not limited to, product such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vaping, all forms of smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip) and clove cigarettes.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Applications and resumes will be kept on file for a limited time and the Company is under no duty or obligation to contact applicants if they are not selected for the job applied for or if other jobs become available in the future. Applicants that desire to apply for a job that becomes available at the Company in the future, should submit a new employment application or resume.

TAS Energy Inc. guarantees equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

TAS is a leading modular design, engineering, and manufacturing company, with multiple facilities totaling over 1.5 million sq ft. of manufacturing space. We have completed over 500 projects in 34 countries with industry-leading safety performance. Our projects span a diverse array of customer needs, including data centers, high-tech manufacturing, central utility plants, cooling and compressed air plants, electrical rooms, and gas turbine chilling. Our passion is designing innovative modular products and executing them at a scale for customers. We are a Comfort Systems USA business backed by the resources and financial strength of a multibillion-dollar, publicly traded company.