About Camco Manufacturing

Camco Manufacturing, founded in 1966 and headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of products for the RV, marine, camping, and broader outdoor recreation markets. With more than 1,000 employees, over 140 patents, thousands of products, and an extensive manufacturing and distribution footprint, Camco combines innovation, operational scale, and a commitment to delivering high-quality products and services to customers.

Position Summary

The Procurement Manager owns Camco’s supplier relationships and leads six tactical buyers responsible for day-to-day purchasing across direct and indirect spend, including resins, raw materials, finished goods, packaging, and MRO. As the primary commercial owner for assigned suppliers, this role drives competitive cost, supply continuity, quality, service, favorable terms, and effective risk management throughout the supplier lifecycle. The Procurement Manager sets clear priorities and KPIs, removes execution barriers, develops team capability, and aligns purchasing activities with production, inventory, working-capital, and customer-service objectives. Success requires strong people leadership, commercial judgment, supplier-management discipline, and hands-on execution in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

Supplier Relationship Ownership

• Own the commercial relationship with assigned domestic and international suppliers and serve as Camco’s primary point of accountability.

• Lead supplier negotiations, business reviews, corrective actions, and escalations across pricing, payment terms, lead times, minimum-order quantities, service levels, and other commercial requirements.

• Track supplier performance against lead-time, on-time delivery, and in-full fulfillment targets, enforcing commitments while fostering professional relationships that support continuity and long-term value.
• Develop and maintain supplier scorecards that measure quality, cost, delivery, and partnership performance.
• Identify supply, capacity, financial, geopolitical, and single-source risks; develop mitigation and contingency plans in cooperation with key internal stakeholders.
• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Product Management, Product Implementation, Operations, and Finance to resolve supplier issues and improve supplier performance.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of tactical buyers responsible for purchase order execution, acknowledgments, expediting, exception management, and supplier follow-up.
• Develop the team’s commercial, analytical, ERP, negotiation, and supplier-management capabilities through structured training.
• Establish clear roles, priorities, service expectations, and performance measures for the team. Provide regular feedback and hold team members accountable for results.
• Balance workload, maintain appropriate category and supplier coverage, and ensure backup coverage for each position.
• Monitor open purchase orders, past-due commitments, shortages, lead-time changes, pricing discrepancies, and other exceptions; direct timely resolution and escalation.
• Promote a culture of ownership, urgency, disciplined follow-through, continuous improvement, and constructive cross-functional partnership.

Procurement Performance and Governance

• Translate demand, inventory, and production requirements into actionable purchasing priorities that support material availability and working-capital objectives.
• Partner closely with Strategic Sourcing and Logistics to manage and optimize total landed cost, including purchase price, freight, duties, tariffs, inventory carrying costs, and other supply-chain expenses.
• Support new product development, strategic sourcing, cost-reduction, cost-avoidance, value-engineering, and supplier-consolidation initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with Camco procurement policies, delegated approval limits, supplier onboarding standards, purchase order terms, and documentation requirements.
• Maintain accurate procurement data, supplier records, trade agreements, pricing, lead times, and purchasing parameters in Microsoft D365.
• Prepare concise updates for leadership on supplier performance, material risks, purchasing execution, savings, and required decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement across procurement processes, systems, controls, and cross-functional handoffs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain management, finance, or a related field.
• Minimum of five years of experience leading procurement teams, including direct responsibility for coaching, performance management, work allocation, and team results.
• Demonstrated experience owning supplier relationships and resolving complex commercial, delivery, quality, and service issues.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, organization, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong knowledge of tactical purchasing, material planning interfaces, purchase order management, supplier performance management, sourcing, and contract negotiation.
• Experience using ERP or MRP systems and advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to lead effectively in a fast-paced environment, navigate ambiguity, adapt to changing priorities, and manage competing demands with limited day-to-day supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Procurement leadership experience in manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, or another complex operating environment.
• Experience with Microsoft D365 ERP.
• Professional certification such as CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, or a comparable procurement or supply-chain credential.

Camco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law and are committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.