Director of Procurement

Kleinfelder • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

Kleinfelder's Corporate Services team is seeking a Director of Procurement to build and lead an enterprise-wide procurement function. This role will focus on corporate vendors, suppliers, and enterprise spend categories, with support for operational procurement activities. The Director will report to the CFO and be responsible for delivering cost savings, improving supplier performance, enhancing risk management, and increasing spend discipline. This is a value-creation role for a proven procurement leader who can translate sourcing activities into financial results and scalable procurement capabilities.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive procurement or sourcing leadership experience, preferably within AEC or similar multi-location service organizations.
• Demonstrated success building or transforming procurement functions required.
• Proven record of delivering measurable, realized cost savings in decentralized organizations required.
• Strong commercial, negotiation, and contract structuring skills.
• Experience partnering closely with Finance and corporate functional leaders.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or relevant certifications a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale the procurement operating model, governance, policies, and delegation framework.
• Establish procurement as a strategic, finance-aligned function with clear accountability and performance metrics.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing procurement organization.
• Own sourcing strategy, contracting standards, and supplier programs for corporate and enterprise-wide vendors, including professional services, IT/SaaS, facilities, fleet, travel, and other indirect spend categories.
• Establish preferred supplier programs, pricing frameworks, and governance models to optimize cost, service levels, and risk.
• Support operational procurement needs as required, ensuring alignment with enterprise policies and commercial discipline.
• Develop and execute category strategies across corporate spend categories.
• Drive supplier consolidation, contract renegotiation, and demand management initiatives that deliver hard-dollar savings.
• Leverage enterprise scale through national and regional sourcing strategies.
• Establish and manage a corporate travel program, including preferred supplier agreements and travel policy governance.
• Develop and optimize a corporate credit card program, including provider selection, controls, rebate optimization, and spend visibility.
• Partner with Finance to ensure alignment with expense systems, reporting, and audit requirements.
• Implement supplier performance management, scorecards, and governance processes.
• Improve procure-to-pay processes, PO compliance, data quality, and cycle times in partnership with Finance and IT.
• Standardize contract templates, SOWs, and commercial terms in collaboration with Legal and Risk.
• Establish a CFO-aligned savings framework with clear baselines, approval, and realization tracking.
• Ensure savings are reflected in budgets and financial reporting—not just negotiated pricing.
• Provide regular executive and board-level reporting on savings, compliance, and supplier performance.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• paid holidays

What This Job Offers

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