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Description

Position Mission: 

The Procurement Manager will lead and optimize procurement, vendor management, inventory control, and purchasing strategy across a multi-location, high-growth home services organization. This role is responsible for building scalable procurement systems, strengthening vendor partnerships, supporting field operations, and driving cost control, consistency, and operational excellence across the business. 

Overview: 

Intermountain Home Services is seeking an experienced Procurement Manager to oversee enterprise purchasing, vendor programs, inventory management, and procurement strategy across our family of home services brands. This role will manage more than $35 million in annual purchasing activity and will play a critical role in ensuring our field teams have the tools, materials, equipment, and vendor support needed to serve customers effectively.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on procurement leader with experience in the trades, construction, home services, or another distributed field service environment. This person should be comfortable leading purchasing strategy, managing vendor relationships, improving inventory controls, supporting multiple locations, and partnering closely with operations and finance to improve efficiency, reduce cost, and support business growth. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead centralized procurement activities across multiple brands and locations, including vendor sourcing, negotiation, purchasing processes, and purchase order management.
•  Manage strategic vendor, distributor, and manufacturer relationships to ensure competitive pricing, service consistency, product availability, rebate optimization, and long-term value.
• Oversee inventory control processes, including branch inventory standards, cycle counts, purchasing controls, replenishment practices, and vendor-managed inventory programs.
•  Develop and execute purchasing strategies for field tools, equipment, fleet-related needs, materials, supplies, and capital expenditures.
• Partner with operations leaders to ensure branches have the materials, equipment, and vendor support needed to meet operational demands.
• Collaborate with finance to manage purchasing budgets, track procurement spend, monitor cost savings, and improve purchasing visibility.
• Establish, monitor, and report on procurement KPIs, including spend management, inventory accuracy, vendor performance, rebate capture, purchase order compliance, and cost savings.
• Support the improvement and digitization of procurement, inventory, and purchasing processes through better systems, reporting, controls, and workflows.
• Evaluate and implement scalable purchasing practices, including demand-based purchasing, just-in-time inventory models, and standardized purchasing procedures.
• Ensure procurement activities comply with company policies, approval processes, vendor agreements, regulatory requirements, and internal financial controls.
• Lead, coach, and support procurement or inventory team members, including employees supporting multiple locations or remote operations.
•  Identify opportunities to reduce waste, improve purchasing discipline, standardize vendor programs, and improve field support..

Qualifications: 

• Minimum of 5-8 years of procurement, purchasing, supply chain, inventory management, or vendor management experience.
• At least 3-5 years of leadership experience in procurement, purchasing, inventory, operations, or supply chain management.
• Proven experience managing large-scale purchasing programs, preferably exceeding $30 million annually.
•  Experience in home services, construction, trades, distribution, field services, facilities, or a related operational environment strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of vendor agreements, rebate programs, buy-back programs, volume pricing, purchasing controls, and supplier performance management.
• Experience supporting multiple physical locations, branches, or distributed field operations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, influence cross-functional partners, and work effectively with operations, finance, and executive leadership.
• Strong proficiency with procurement platforms, inventory management systems, reporting tools, and Microsoft Excel.
• Experience improving purchasing processes, inventory controls, vendor-managed inventory, and demand-based purchasing programs.
• Familiarity with LEAN, JIT, Kaizen, Total Quality Management, Electronic Data Interchange, or continuous improvement practices preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations Management, Finance, or a related field preferred.
• Professional certifications such as APICS, CPSM, CPP, CPM, CPIM, or related procurement/supply chain certifications are a plus.
• Must successfully complete required background check and drug screening requirements in accordance with company policy. 

The successful candidate will be a practical, business-minded procurement leader who understands the connection between purchasing, inventory, field execution, cost control, and customer service. This person will be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, building structure where needed, holding vendors accountable, and partnering with field leaders to solve operational challenges.

The ideal candidate will bring strong negotiation skills, sound judgment, process discipline, and the ability to balance strategic procurement planning with hands-on operational support.

One Team. Relentless Standards. Results That Matter.

At Intermountain Home Services and our family of brands, we do more than fix pipes, service HVAC systems, and support customers. We are building a platform where people can grow, lead, and thrive.

Our company is scaling with intention, strong values, and a commitment to serving our employees, customers, and communities with excellence. Every team member plays an important role in helping us improve systems, strengthen operations, develop talent, and raise the standard for what home services can be.

We believe in accountability, ownership, teamwork, and operational discipline. Employees who join Intermountain Home Services become part of a growing organization that values strong performance, practical problem-solving, and people who want to make a meaningful impact.

Intermountain Home Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.