Job Description

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

This is a newly created executive role. There is no existing team to inherit, no process playbook to follow, and no shortage of work to do. The Senior Director of Supply Chain will build centralized procurement and inventory functions from the ground up across a 14-branch service network spanning two brands: Naumann Hobbs Material Handling and Transwest Mobile Truck Repair.

The company is centralizing its supply chain function for the first time. That means there is real work to do, including: consolidating vendors, establishing purchasing governance, standardizing inventory controls, and ensuring spend flows through the operating system with clean allocation. This is not a role where the systems are already built and you are just running them.

This is not a strategic advisory role. It is an operator role with executive visibility. You will work directly alongside the CEO and Finance leadership. Your decisions will show up in margin and EBITDA.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Vendor Consolidation & Cost Reduction

• Evaluate the current vendor base across all 14 locations and identify where relationships are duplicated, underperforming, or costing more than they should. Rationalize the vendor list and negotiate national pricing agreements that reflect the company's full purchasing volume.
• Enforce approved vendor usage across all branches. When a location is buying outside the system, you find it, address it, and close the gap.

Procurement Governance

• Establish centralized purchasing policies with clear approval thresholds. Define what gets approved at the branch level, what escalates, and what requires your sign-off.
• Eliminate off-system and unauthorized purchasing. Every buy needs to flow through the operating platform (Fullbay / ERP) with accurate cost coding and allocation.

Inventory Management

• Standardize inventory levels, min/max thresholds, and stocking strategies across all locations.
• Implement consistent inventory audits and cycle counts. Reduce obsolete inventory and improve turns across the network.

Returns & Vendor Recovery

• Build a disciplined returns process to execute at the branch level. Maximize credit recovery for unused, obsolete, or incorrectly shipped parts.
• Hold vendors accountable to their own return policies.

Systems, Reporting & Finance Alignment

• Ensure all purchasing activity flows through the operating system with clean data. Partner with Finance to produce accurate COGS allocation and spend visibility that leadership can act on.
• Identify margin leakage and implement corrective controls. Your work will directly improve the company's EBITDA.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Required

• 10 or more years of supply chain, procurement, or parts operations leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience consolidating vendor bases and negotiating pricing agreements in a multi-location environment.
• Systems fluency: ERP platforms, inventory management tools, and purchasing controls.
• Financial literacy. You understand gross margin, working capital, cash flow impact, and COGS allocation.
• Willingness to enforce process across locations.

Preferred

• Familiarity with Fullbay or similar service-industry operating platforms. Experience in a private equity-backed or owner-operated multi-site business is a plus.
• Background in fleet/trucking, heavy equipment, material handling, or a comparable multi-location industrial or field service operation.

WHY JOIN NAUMANN HOBBS & TRANSWEST

This role has a clear path to supply chain leadership across a growing enterprise. You are building the function, which means your fingerprints are on the structure, the systems, and the outcomes. As the company grows, so does the scope of what you own.

Compensation reflects what this role requires. The $175,000 base is paired with a 25% bonus structure tied to measurable results.

The schedule is consistent: Monday through Friday, standard hours. This role does not require nights, weekends, or travel as a constant.

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k); and three weeks of PTO plus company holidays.

WHO THIS ROLE IS PERFECT FOR

You have spent the better part of your career in supply chain or procurement for a service-based operation — fleet, trucking, heavy equipment, or something close. You know what it looks like when parts buying is decentralized and undisciplined, because you have seen it or cleaned it up before. You are not intimidated by branch managers who think they know better. You are not looking for a role where everyone already agrees. You want the authority to fix things that are clearly broken, with leadership that will back you up.

You are detail-oriented enough to care about whether a purchase is coded correctly, but strategic enough to see how that detail adds up to margin. You do not need a team under you to get started — you are comfortable being the function until the function is built. If the idea of building something from scratch in a company that is ready to invest in it sounds like exactly the right next step, this is the role.

You should be proficient in:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Shipping/Receiving
• Business-to-Business (B2B)
• Inventory Management & Control
• Supply Chain Management
• Sourcing and Procurement Experience