Director of Procurement

Czarnowski • Austell, GA

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About The Position

Czarnowski is seeking a Director of Procurement to help execute the Company’s procurement strategy and manage purchasing operations across its sites. In conjunction with the Chief Operating Officer, this role oversees category plans, supplier relationships, procurement systems, and the purchasing team. The position reports to the Chief Operating Officer or another executive designated by the Company, with a dotted-line relationship to the Chief Financial Officer for spend reporting, savings validation, and policy compliance. It supports both Production and Commercial operations and is responsible for following standard operating procedures, supporting adherence across other functions, and escalating exceptions to the COO.

The Director develops and manages category plans and supplier economics, reviews specifications and total cost, and builds cost visibility and forecasting practices. The role manages procure-to-pay processes, purchasing policy and approval compliance, supplier onboarding and risk, procurement technology within the ERP environment, spend reporting, and supplier performance. It supervises and develops the purchasing team across sites.

The role requires regular travel to fabrication sites and key supplier locations, approximately 20%.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in procurement or strategic sourcing, including supervisory experience.
• Experience implementing process, technology, and category management improvements.
• Strong services and subcontract sourcing background, such as general contracting, logistics, technology, or technical services.
• Experience in a multi-site, project-based, or make-to-order environment where delivery dates do not move.
• Hands-on experience with procurement modules within a major ERP.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Willingness to travel regularly to fabrication sites and key supplier locations, approximately 20%.
• Ability to build a spend taxonomy, classify spend, and defend the classification to Finance and the business.
• Ability to uphold control standards with senior stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations experience.
• MBA or CPSM/CPM certification.
• Experience in a private equity-backed or value-creation environment.
• Multi-entity or post-acquisition integration experience.
• Experience bringing procurement upstream into estimating, design, or product decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and manage COO-approved category plans across major spend areas, including exhibit materials and fabrication, technology, logistics, and corporate services.
• Negotiate multi-year agreements covering pricing, service levels, delivery performance, and commercial terms within Delegation of Authority limits.
• Prepare and manage contract administration and renewals in conjunction with Legal.
• Build a tiered supplier base with regional depth and surge capacity suited to the show schedule.
• Establish supplier scorecards covering price, quality, on-time delivery, capacity, and responsiveness.
• Establish a savings baseline with Finance and report realized savings in a format Finance can validate, separating price, demand, and mix effects.
• Review specifications, substitutions, standardization, and whether purchases are needed before negotiating costs.
• Build a cost and parameter library to provide Sales, Design, and Operations with cost visibility early in the planning cycle.
• Prepare forecasts, recommend bulk purchasing when justified by volume and seasonality, and consolidate shipping and receiving where appropriate.
• Work with Field Services and Project Management to align buying with the Spend Management Policy and purchasing processes.
• Ensure stock materials are purchased to inventory rather than to projects, and establish allocation expectations with Project Management and Production.
• Manage procure-to-pay processes and compliance with purchasing policy and approval authority set by the COO and CFO.
• Administer and enforce the Spend Management Policy, including competitive sourcing minimums, segregation of duties, supplier onboarding, and risk tiering.
• Lead procurement technology functionally within the ERP environment, partnering with IT and the implementation partner.
• Manage supplier onboarding, qualification, and master data; assess supplier risk, qualification, and business continuity across the supply base.
• Partner with Finance on project cost performance and identify drivers behind variance.
• Improve commercial terms and working capital performance in partnership with Finance.
• Deliver consistent reporting on spend, savings, and supplier performance to the COO and Finance.
• Supervise the purchasing team across sites and maintain consistent purchasing standards across locations.
• Train the purchasing team on policy, systems, and sourcing fundamentals, and support their professional development.
• Operate within Czarnowski’s standard operating procedures, support other functions in following them, and escalate exceptions to the COO.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective within 30 days or less of start date.
• 401(k) matching with no vesting period; fully vested from day one.
• Generous paid time off (PTO).
• Paid holidays.
• Collaborative work environment.
• Flexible work environment.

What This Job Offers

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