Director of Procurement

Director, Procurement

Under the direction of the Vice President, Procurement Services, the Director, Procurement leads the execution of daily purchasing operations and strategic sourcing, ensuring excellence for customers in a shared values environment while ensuring alignment with enterprise goals and objectives; planning and execution; and process, talent, and system optimization. This role provides guidance and leadership to all stakeholders and has overall responsibility for maintaining the highest level of quality, controls, transparency, and value throughout the procurement cycle.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

1. Drives performance and operational excellence and inspires the shared values purchasing team by fostering a high-performing culture and tracking improvements in daily purchasing efficiency and strategic sourcing outcomes.

2. Partners with enterprise stakeholders on a wide range and depth of purchasing activities and strategic sourcing initiatives, leveraging best practices and strategies to ensure best value, effective implementation and execution.

3. Leads optimization of the enterprise-wide Procure-to-Pay (P2P) systems and the efficient management of the full life cycle incorporating best practices aligned with business objectives.

4. Establishes, executes, manages, and validates operating policies and processes to meet the needs of business while appropriately mitigating risk. Ensures they are consistently applied across the enterprise. Manages governance to ensure compliance, understanding and remediate gaps.

5. Responsible for the development of enterprise communication, resources, and regular reporting on department Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

6. Performs other duties as assigned to support the efficient operation of the department.

Supervisory Responsibilities :

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning, reviewing and directing work; evaluating and appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Makes hiring decisions and designs individual development plans with succession planning in mind for all key roles.

Education, Experience, and Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Economics, Finance or a related field of discipline required.
• Master's Degree preferred.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in procurement required.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of supervisory experience required.
• Related, relevant, and / or direct experience may be considered in lieu of minimum educational requirements indicated above.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) :

Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations :

Physical Requirements / Working Conditions Environment :

Reasonable accommodation will be made in compliance with all applicable law.

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