North American Indirect Procurement Director

North American Indirect Procurement Director

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Position Summary : The North American Indirect Procurement Director develops a winning vision and leads the implementation of comprehensive indirect procurement strategies to improve cost, drive supplier efficiencies, and fully leverage technology for the benefit of all business units within Gordon Food Service. Responsible for leading an impactful array of indirect spend-related activities including sourcing and category management, supplier optimization, and source-to-pay technology deployment. Aligns indirect procurement strategies with business unit objectives to achieve best-in-class, fully landed cost of goods and services solutions. Engages directly with our senior leadership team within Distribution, Stores, Strategic Alliances, and Specialty Companies to develop integrated end-to-end sourcing strategies. Requires the ability to leverage a thorough understanding of the end-to-end source-to-pay process and exemplify excellence in cross-team collaboration. Responsible for an indirect spend profile in excess of $1B.

What You Will Do :

• Creates indirect North American business (inclusive of procurement, finance, and other functions) vision, strategies, process and structure to align with evolving needs.
• Establishes the vision and roadmap for utilization of Source-to-Pay technology and tools in support of the company's AOP, LRP, and ERP value realization objectives.
• Owns company-wide transformation of indirect spend activities. Responsible for driving significant value improvement within $500MM-$1B annual indirect spend via supplier strategies and negotiations.
• Owns indirect category management and negotiation vision and strategies leveraged by Category Managers and Lead Category Buyers across hundreds of negotiations annually.
• Leads and coaches Category Managers and Lead Category Buyers in professional and career development.
• Develops and implements dynamic (changing to support business needs) plans for annual savings commitments and Competitive Market Review (negotiation) calendar.
• Drives annual value improvements for capital, equipment, products, and services.
• Delivers best-in-class expertise across spend categories; integrated into Operations leadership strategies and team.
• Leverages critical thinking ability to lead organizational transformation.
• Build and leverage strong, collaborative relationships with the Canada, Store, Specialty Companies & US Business Units to identify and drive indirect procurement opportunities, implementing best practices and repeatable processes.
• Collaborates across stakeholder groups to ensure savings are incorporated into annual operating and long-range plans.
• Communicates transformation strategies, progress and key impacts to MMSC, Business Unit, and Sr. Leadership.
• Projects strong procurement and business acumen; maintains positive presence in difficult situations.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with Sr.-level leadership of key strategic suppliers.
• Leads indirect procurement process improvement efforts across GFS; developing strategies to drive procurement efficiencies and effectiveness with stakeholders.
• Responsible for Gordon Food Service indirect supplier sourcing strategies to achieve bottom-line business objectives.
• Leads changes and improvements to procurement processes : e.g., Competitive Market Review, capital procurement, procurement technology, etc.
• Interviews, hires, trains, and retains staff. Conducts performance monitoring of staff, initiates follow through with disciplinary action and termination in consultation with Human Resources when appropriate for the department. Mentors, motivates, and develops staff. Serves as a role model.
• Continually evaluates (and evolves) structure, process and technology, to achieve long term business objectives.
• Manages AOP budget.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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Gordon Food Service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Gordon Food Service, Inc. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to talent@gfs.com and use the words "Accommodation Request" in your subject line. All Gordon Food Service locations are tobacco-free. Gordon Food Service is a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment drug tests.