Director of Information Technology Procurement

Quovis, Inc. • Pleasant Prairie, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Our client is a privately held, family-owned distributor of business, industrial, and operational supplies, known across its industry for the speed, breadth, and reliability of its fulfillment operations. It is a multibillion-dollar organization with a large, geographically distributed workforce and a long-standing reputation as one of the most stable and respected employers in its region. The organization's technology team is substantial and largely in-house, building and supporting custom systems that run the business end-to-end — from warehouse management to e-commerce. As that technology footprint has grown, so has the complexity and scale of its vendor relationships and technology spend, creating the need for a dedicated procurement leader who can bring structure, strategy, and rigor to how the organization buys and manages hardware, software, SaaS, and cloud services. This is a newly created role reporting to a senior IT finance leader, with a dotted line to the CFO. The Director of IT Procurement will take ownership of vendor management — everything from six-figure agreements up to multi-million-dollar annual commitments — and will partner closely with technology and business leaders to negotiate favorable terms, manage risk, and ensure the organization is getting real, demonstrable value from its technology investments.

Requirements

• Experience in IT procurement
• Experience in vendor management
• Experience negotiating six-figure agreements up to multi-million-dollar annual commitments
• Experience partnering with Legal, Finance, and Security teams
• Experience providing executive-level insights on technology spend, market trends, and vendor negotiations
• Experience managing critical, high-spend relationships
• Experience refining procurement processes and best practices
• Experience guiding and developing a team
• Ability to translate complex vendor and technology spend decisions into clear, business-friendly terms

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise procurement strategy and vendor performance across hardware, software, SaaS, and cloud services
• Oversee contract lifecycles, partnering with Legal, Finance, and Security teams to ensure coverage and protections
• Provide executive-level insights on technology spend, market trends, and vendor negotiations to inform strategic decisions
• Own vendor management for critical, high-spend relationships, negotiating favorable long-term terms and mitigating risk
• Partner proactively with business and technology leaders to get ahead of contract renewals and align vendor relationships with evolving organizational needs
• Continuously refine procurement processes and best practices, identifying improvements that support business goals
• Guide and develop the IT procurement team, building a positive, high-performance culture
• Translate complex vendor and technology spend decisions into clear, business-friendly terms for executive and non-technical stakeholders

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed