Manager, Purchasing

Segra is searching for a qualified and experienced Manager, Purchasing to join us in a full-time capacity.

Location Requirement:

The work arrangement for this role is a hybrid position, requiring a minimum of three (3) days in one of our Segra offices, with flexibility to work remotely two (2) days each week.

Role Overview:

The Manager, Purchasing leads the indirect purchasing team and oversees day-to-day purchasing operations for indirect goods and services. This role manages a team of Indirect Buyers and is responsible for PO and blanket order management, supplier relationships, sourcing support, invoice-discrepancy escalation, and compliance with purchasing policies and audit requirements. The Manager partners with Operations, IT, HR, Finance, Legal, Facilities, Engineering, Project Management, and Supply Chain to deliver timely, cost-effective, and compliant procurement solutions. Success requires strong people leadership, procurement execution, analytical, communication, negotiation, and ERP skills, including experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365).

Qualifications

Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of supply chain experience, preferably in the telecommunications industry
• Supply Chain and purchasing experience, preferably with indirect goods and services
• Hands-on experience with D365 or a similar ERP system
• Prior people leadership, team lead, supervisory, or demonstrated mentoring experience preferred

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, or a related field required, or equivalent combination of education and experience in related field
• Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) or other procurement certification preferred
• MBA or master's degree preferred

Key Competencies:

• Leadership and Team Development: Ability to lead, coach, motivate, and develop a team to meet service, compliance, and performance goals.
• Purchasing Operations: Strong understanding of purchase order management, blanket order lifecycle, invoice discrepancy resolution, audit readiness, and procurement controls.
• Strategic Sourcing and Negotiation: Skilled in supplier evaluation, RFQ/RFP support, pricing analysis, contract term negotiation, and cost/value improvement opportunities.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Ability to build productive supplier relationships and address supplier performance, service, quality, risk, or compliance issues.
• Cross-functional Communication: Able to communicate clearly and professionally with stakeholders at all organizational levels, including senior and executive leaders.
• Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving and data analysis skills to interpret purchasing activity, identify trends, and recommend actions.
• Customer Focus and Responsiveness: Collaborative approach to supporting internal stakeholders with timely, clear, and practical purchasing guidance.
• Process Orientation and Continuous Improvement: Ability to enforce and improve purchasing workflows, policies, reporting, and ERP-enabled processes.
• Adaptability: Comfortable managing changing priorities and operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

About Segra:

Segra owns and operates a wide and dense fiber-optic infrastructure footprint that provides state-of-the-art connectivity, cybersecurity, voice, cloud and colocation solutions, all backed by industry-leading service and reliability. Serving over 30,000 connected customer locations, Segra has been providing customer-focused solutions for over 125 years.

At Segra, we imagine, we engineer and we build a world of opportunities for our customers through fiber-enabled technologies, driven by our customer-first mentality. We invest in the communities we serve by hiring locally, empowering our teams, and continually upgrading our network infrastructure to deliver smarter, stronger technology solutions.

Benefits Overview:

Segra offers a very robust benefits package to our full-time employees, some of which include:

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending/Health Savings Accounts
• Tuition and gym reimbursements
• Vacation/PTO, paid holidays, floating holidays
• Volunteer days, parental leave
• Legal, accidental, hospital indemnity, identify theft, pet insurance

Our Commitment to Equality:

Segra is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination of any kind. Segra does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

Salary Range: $100,000 - $125,000

Beyond competitive health and retirement benefits with immediate 401(k) vesting, Segra also invests in your total well-being through programs supporting physical, mental, financial, and social wellness.