Procurement Director (Indirect)
About The Position
The Procurement Director (Indirect) owns indirect procurement categories end to end, including MRO, travel, utilities, and packaging. The role leads a small team and works across business lines to convert the company’s scale into savings, service, and supply resilience. The Director sets multi-year category strategies; leads sourcing, negotiations, and contract strategies; directs utility procurement and travel program management; and manages tail spend, specifications, and demand. The role owns supplier relationships, establishes company-wide supply chain standards and governance, leads adoption of procurement tools and systems, and supports the Source-to-Pay rollout in partnership with IT. The role also leads cross-functional Center of Excellence (CoE) and PMO programs, tracks results and shares insights with senior stakeholders, develops a team of three, and contributes to ESG supply chain initiatives and M&A diligence and integration.
Requirements
- 10+ years in strategic sourcing or category management, including 5+ years in indirect categories such as MRO, utilities, travel, packaging, or facilities-related spend.
- Experience managing $75M+ in category spend and leading a team.
- Proven negotiation skills and experience with distributor or integrated supply models.
- Experience with Source-to-Pay systems, spend analytics, and supplier scorecarding.
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to influence senior leaders across multiple sites and business lines.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or supply chain certification (CPSM, CSCP).
- Manufacturing or building products background.
- Experience in energy procurement, travel program management, packaging sourcing, or procurement CoE or PMO leadership.
- Experience with M&A integration and ESG supply chain programs.
Responsibilities
- Set multi-year category strategies across MRO, travel, utilities, and packaging, balancing cost, service levels, compliance, and continuity of supply.
- Lead sourcing events, negotiations, and contract strategy, including MRO distributor consolidation, vendor-managed inventory and integrated supply programs, and packaging supply agreements.
- Drive utility procurement strategy, including energy contracts, rate optimization, and risk management, in partnership with Finance and Operations.
- Standardize travel policy, programs, and supplier management with HR and Finance.
- Manage tail spend, specification standardization, and demand management across business lines, including packaging specifications and material consolidation.
- Own supplier relationship management, using scorecards and executive business reviews covering service, delivery, quality, pricing, and innovation.
- Drive supplier development, consolidation, and risk mitigation.
- Develop and implement company-wide supply chain standards, policies, and governance.
- Lead adoption of procurement tools and systems, including catalogs, punch-out, and spend analytics; support the Source-to-Pay rollout with IT.
- Run cross-functional CoE and PMO programs, track metrics against targets, and share data-driven insights with senior stakeholders.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of three; build skills in partnership with HR, align business lines, and champion continuous improvement.
- Contribute to ESG supply chain requirements, including energy efficiency, renewable sourcing, recyclable packaging, and supplier disclosures.
- Contribute to M&A diligence and integration.
Benefits
- Industry-competitive benefits at the lowest cost to the employee.
- PTO and holidays, including floating holidays employees can choose.
- Potential for annual raises and bonuses through a pay-for-performance culture.
- Training to equip employees with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
