1629 - Director, Home-Grown Buy Lead

LogicSource • Raleigh, NC

3d • $125,000 - $185,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

LogicSource is an innovative leader in sourcing and procurement services, helping companies increase profits through better buying. Operated by a 500-person collective of procurement professionals, we are deeply rooted in data and insight-driven strategic sourcing, category management, operational excellence, and value delivery. Partnering with Fortune 500 companies, we build and nurture strategic relationships while delivering strong execution that drives measurable bottom-line impact and the development of best-in-class procurement capabilities.

This position will be responsible for leading a local supplier development and economic mobility procurement program for a major client. The role will stand up and operate the sourcing engine that connects client demand to qualified local, regional, and in-state suppliers. Core responsibilities include building and maintaining a rolling 6-to-12-month opportunity forecast, leading supplier access and supplier leadership sessions, developing a client-ready local supplier pathway, launching marketplace-style mini-bids, coordinating sourcing activity through the LogicSource Center of Excellence, and reporting local spend conversion through OneMarket technology.

This is not a traditional category-only role. It is a hands-on program leadership and execution position designed to translate the client’s local economic impact commitment into a repeatable procurement operating model. The client will retain strategy, stakeholder ownership, compliance oversight, supplier approval, and final award authority; this role will provide the market intelligence, sourcing execution, project governance, community supplier enablement, and reporting infrastructure required to make the program operational and measurable.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree is strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in category management, strategic sourcing, procurement consulting, or outsourced procurement services.
• Proven experience owning category strategy and delivering results in a client-facing or advisory environment.
• Experience supporting supplier diversity, local supplier development, economic mobility, or community impact procurement programming.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior-level stakeholders in complex, matrixed environments.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and supporting high-value contract negotiations.
• Highly skilled in diplomacy, consensus-building, and cross-functional leadership.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong commitment to client service and value creation.
• Polished communicator and presenter, both formally and informally.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel-based financial analysis and PowerPoint presentations.
• Proven experience driving operational transformation and organizational change management.
• Strong problem-solving, judgment, and leadership capabilities.
• Ability to operate strategically while maintaining comfort overseeing execution details.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day execution of the client’s local supplier development and economic mobility procurement program, translating economic mobility goals into a practical supply chain operating model.
• Maintain the program roadmap, workstreams, governance cadence, and leadership reporting structure.
• Partner with client supply chain, shared services, stakeholders, and LogicSource resources to drive measurable outcomes.
• Build and maintain a local supplier intelligence database for suppliers in the client’s defined local, regional, and in-state markets.
• Segment suppliers into Client Ready Now, Client Ready with Support, and Future Ready categories.
• Help suppliers understand and complete readiness requirements, including onboarding, documentation, compliance, insurance, pricing, and scale planning.
• Identify and manage a transparent pipeline of local sourcing opportunities from discovery through implementation and realized spend.
• Review client spend categories, renewals, large agreements, and buying channels for opportunities to redirect, unbundle, pilot, or competitively source work locally.
• Partner with category leaders and sourcing teams to convert qualified opportunities into sourcing events, pilots, mini-bids, subcontracting plans, or channel enablement.
• Evaluate large supplier agreements for local subcontracting, local fulfillment, local labor, distributor, or service partner opportunities.
• Recommend where scopes can be decoupled or structured into local-biddable work packages without compromising quality, service, risk, or value.
• Track and report Tier-2 local participation through prime suppliers where direct local awards are not feasible.
• Plan and support quarterly supplier access sessions, “How to Do Business with the Client” workshops, supplier forums, and office hours.
• Coordinate with chambers of commerce and other community partners to expand supplier outreach and participation.
• Support the rolling 6-to-12-month opportunity forecast so local suppliers can prepare for upcoming sourcing opportunities.
• Use OneMarket and LogicSource-enabled tools to manage supplier profiles, opportunity status, sourcing activity, spend conversion, and program dashboards.
• Report progress by approved local, regional, and in-state reporting tiers, including supplier count, pipeline value, awards, implementation status, and realized spend.
• Prepare recurring leadership reports and an annual impact summary covering spend, supplier development, sourcing activity, community engagement, and program barriers.
• Prepare governance materials for pipeline reviews, prioritization, decision-making, barrier removal, and leadership updates.
• Work with client stakeholders across supply chain, legal, finance, risk, compliance, cybersecurity, insurance, accounts payable, and other functional areas to move opportunities through approved processes.
• Ensure the program creates access and opportunity while preserving client procurement standards, award authority, compliance requirements, and financial stewardship.

Benefits

• A collaborative, supportive culture where your contributions are valued, and your work makes a meaningful impact.
• A workplace committed to professional growth with paths to development and advancement.
• Dedicated to creating an environment for employee success by providing support for long-term career growth.
• Committed to work-life balance by offering flexible PTO.
• A robust benefits package that includes extensive health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.
• Employer‑funded HRA, a 401(k) match, Healthcare and Dependent Care FSAs, short- and long-term disability coverage, AD&D, life insurance, fertility assistance, and more.
• Supplemental benefits such as unexpected large expenses related to Accidents, Hospitalization, or Critical Care.
• Support for Maternity/Paternity, FMLA, and Military leave.
• Offer behavioral health services within the medical support insurance plan and everyday support tools to help with mental health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director