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Senior Procurement Manager Location: Tulsa, OK, United States, 74115 Company: Chart Industries _Ensuring Chartu2019s Successu2026_ We are seeking a strong, hands-on Procurement Manager to lead and integrate material management activities at our Tulsa, OK manufacturing facility. This role represents a step-change in leadership capability and will play a critical role in bringing together multiple business units (including D&S and Cryo), under a common, disciplined materials operating model. This position will serve as a working foreman and people leader, responsible not only for directing the team, but also for actively participating in sourcing, purchase order execution, plant operations support, and logistics coordination. The Procurement Manager will lead a team of approximately 5 direct reports, with the opportunity to expand scope and organizational responsibility over time as the operation continues to mature. Success in this role requires a leader who is comfortable on the shop floor, skilled in stakeholder management, and grounded in warehouse and inventory fundamentals, while also capable of operating at a higher strategic level across business units. _What Will You Do?_ Provide dayu2011tou2011day leadership for materials, purchasing, and logistics activities across the facility, ensuring alignment across all supported business units. u00b7 Act as a handsu2011on leader, directly supporting sourcing activities, supplier engagement, and purchase order creation as needed to ensure continuity of operations. u00b7 Lead and develop a team of materials professionals, providing clear direction, coaching, and accountability while fostering a culture of ownership and continuous improvement. u00b7 Drive effective stakeholder engagement with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Program teams to align material availability with production and customer commitments. u00b7 Manage the endu2011tou2011end procurement process, including supplier selection, negotiation, and performance management to ensure quality, cost, and delivery objectives are met. u00b7 Establish and maintain strong supplier relationships, identifying opportunities for improved commercial terms, lead time reduction, and risk mitigation. u00b7 Oversee inventory planning and control, ensuring material availability while minimizing excess, obsolescence, and working capital exposure. u00b7 Partner closely with production leadership to support realistic production schedules based on material readiness and capacity constraints. u00b7 Coordinate shipping and receiving activities, working with logistics providers to ensure safe, timely, and costu2011effective movement of materials and finished goods. u00b7 Ensure accurate documentation and transactional discipline, including purchase orders, receiving, inventory transactions, and shipping records. u00b7 Support and reinforce standard work, ethical sourcing, and process discipline across materials, logistics, and plant support activities. u00b7 Identify opportunities to standardize and integrate processes across business units while respecting unique operational needs. u00b7 Champion continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory performance. Adhere to Company Standards and Values u00b7 Meet deadlines for assignments u00b7 Interact effectively and professionally with operators, supervisors, managers, engineering, and external partners u00b7 Lead with credibility, accountability, and a bias for action _Your Physical Work Environment Will Requireu2026_ u00b7 Office and Manufacturing Plant Environment u00b7 Lift up to 20 lbs. u00b7 Sitting, standing, stooping, bending, other movement as necessary u00b7 Manufacturing Plant u2013 required PPE when necessary _Your Experience Should Be..._ u00b7 Bacheloru2019s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field preferred, but not required with equivalent experience. u00b7 Prior experience with leading a team, preferably more than 5 years. u00b7 Progressive experience in materials management, purchasing, or supply chain leadership within a manufacturing or industrial environment. u00b7 Demonstrated ability to lead people while remaining handsu2011on in dayu2011tou2011day execution. u00b7 Strong foundational knowledge of warehouse operations, inventory control, and material flow. u00b7 Working knowledge of JDE (JD Edwards) ERP systems, including purchasing, inventory, and material transactions. u00b7 Experience working across multiple internal stakeholders and business units. u00b7 Solid understanding of procurement processes, supplier management, and logistics coordination. u00b7 Proven ability to prioritize, problemu2011solve, and make decisions in a fastu2011paced plant environment. u00b7 APICS, CPIM, CSCP, Lean, or Six Sigma experience desired but not required. u00b7 Experience with ERP/MRP systems in a manufacturing environment is preferred. _Our Benefits Package..._ Chart provides a comprehensive offering of benefits to full-time employees including medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401k with an employer match, disability and life insurance benefits.Chart Industries is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicants because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, military status, marital status, genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non-discriminatory fashion. Chart complies with applicable local, state, and federal statutes governing u201cequal employment opportunityu201d and nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.