Manager - Inland Procurement

Glovis America - 18191 Von Karman Ave, 18191 Von Karman Ave, Irvine, California, United States of America

Posted Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM | Expires Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 9:59 AM

GLOVIS America, Inc. is a third-party logistics provider headquartered in Irvine, CA. Since our inception in 2002, we are committed to delivering our customers products via truck, rail, or ocean vessel throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Glovis America makes every effort to exceed standards by providing quality service to our customers and vendors of the automotive, freight forwarding, parts distribution, used car, and fuel industries.

We cater logistics strategies and processes to our customers' needs by utilizing the latest information systems and advanced technologies.

The Manager - Inland Procurement position is responsible for developing procurement strategies and managing projects related to Inland/Domestic transportation and international freight forwarding. This position will lead daily operations support in developing strategic sources and distribution of goods and services. They will also implement and support department objectives, drive cost savings, lead interdepartmental projects. Duties include but not limited to; facilitating and developing cross-functional vendor management processes, analyzing cost data, develop negotiation opportunities, assisting in refinement and establishing performance goals and KPIs to measure savings and enable continuous improvement.

$101,000 - $113,000 per year (Subject to Compensation Study Upon Candidate Selection)

• Manage current supply base and develop/mature future supply base to support in all domestics transportation and W&D (Warehousing and Distribution)
• Develop and implement strategies for procuring and distributing of goods or services
• Implement changes and develop processes with strategies to improve procurement of goods and services, increase cost efficiencies, set policies, and align guidelines across all departments
• Negotiation with vendors/suppliers to secure advantageous terms, finalize contract terms, budget forecast, and cost
  • Identify areas to reduce cost and opportunities to achieve financial goals and business' budget
• Manage projects related to cost optimization and goal to optimize margins for volume discounts, competitive pressure for procurement activities, i.e., prepare and analyze bids and RFx for procurement of all goods and services. Draft documents related to services/sales agreements
• Responsible for gathering and preparing documents like quotes, proposals and purchase terms and conditions from suppliers
• Ensure alignment between strategic procurement initiatives for all GUS operations team and identify areas of improvements to continually drive performance and business results
• Continuously assess and improve procurement processes to drive efficiency, streamline operations, and reduce costs
• Perform risk management and evaluations for all suppliers, ensure compliance with company policies, industry standards, and regulatory requirements
• Provide regular procurement reports and updates
• Ensure compliance and policies, ethics, and goals in engagement of vendors
• Responsible for maximizing the use of all the different tools in the ERP system to analyze trends to maintain a stead flow of the supply chain
• Responsible for negotiating vendor contracts and understand price points and be able to negotiate effectively and create constructive relationships with vendors
• Provide controls, oversight, and audit functions over supplier performance
• Liaise with the leadership with current supply base needs, provide initial escalation point for contractual issues with supply base
• Develop key relationships with business stakeholders and strategic supply partners to improve business
• Manage performance and workload of staff
• Train staff and skills needed to enhance current skills for future growth

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Basic Life and AD&D as well as Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Paid Vacation,…