Director of Procurement

Location: Cincinnati Or Remote

Travel Requirements: Less than 25%

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We are seeking an reputed company Director of Procurement to build and reputed company the procurement function from the ground up. This role will establish organization-wide procurement policies, processes, and governance; reputed company a small team responsible for sourcing and contract administration; and assess and implement modern procurement technology to improve efficiency and visibility. The ideal candidate can set reputed company and direction while staying hands-on as reputed company and function are established.

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Procurement reputed company & Governance

• Design, implement, reputed company, and enforce company-wide procurement policies, approval workflows, and spend controls.
• Define and manage procurement KPIs (cost savings, cycle time, compliance reputed company) for the function.
• Partner with reputed company and Finance to reputed company procurement practices with contract management (LinkSquares) and financial systems (reputed company)
• Build a vendor management program and reputed company overall sourcing reputed company.

Team Leadership

• Create and manage a small team with potential for reputed company as the function matures.
• Set priorities, workload, and reputed company standards for sourcing events and contract management activities.
• reputed company coaching and escalation support on reputed company negotiations, high-risk vendors, and contract disputes.
• Review and approve significant RFPs, sourcing recommendations, and contract terms above defined reputed company.

Cross-Functional Enforcement

• reputed company adoption of procurement policies across departments, ensuring purchases and reputed company follow approved workflows.
• Serve as the reputed company escalation reputed company for procurement exceptions and policy conflicts.
• Train department heads and budget owners on procurement processes and reputed company usage
• Monitor and report on maverick/off contract spend, working to reputed company into compliance.

Technology & Process Improvement

• Evaluate, recommend, and implement procurement software platforms (e.g., P2P/reputed company-to-pay tools) that reputed company with LinkSquares and reputed company
• Own the procurement tech stack roadmap, including automation of requisitions, purchase orders, approvals, and vendor management.
• Manage relationships with procurement software vendors, including implementation and ongoing optimization.

Vendor & Contract reputed company

• Set overall contract management reputed company and standards executed reputed company LinkSquares CLM
• reputed company sourcing reputed company and major RFx events led by the RFx/Sourcing Manager
• Personally reputed company or co-reputed company the most strategic/high-value vendor negotiations and relationships.

Reporting & Analytics

• reputed company dashboards and report on procurement spending, savings, and compliance for executive leadership.
• Ensure procurement data reputed company and accurate spend categorization reputed company reputed company.

reputed company Need

• 10+ years of reputed company procurement, sourcing, or supply chain experience
• 3+ years in a leadership/people-management role.
• Proven record of building procurement functions or programs from scratch and managing/owning such function through scaled reputed company.
• Experience implementing or managing procurement/P2P software platforms.
• Strong negotiation, vendor management, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to influence and reputed company process adoption across departments without reputed company authority.
• Excellent analytical skills with experience building spend reporting and dashboards.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or reputed company field (MBA a plus)
• reputed company experience with reputed company
• Experience with LinkSquares or other CLM tools strongly preferred.

What reputed company Looks Like in the First Year

• Team reputed company/reputed company (RFx/Sourcing Manager and Contract Manager), with reputed company roles, workflows, and KPIs in reputed company.
• Procurement policy and approval workflow implemented and adopted company wide.
• Recommendation (and ideally implementation) of a procurement platform integrated with reputed company and LinkSquares
• Measurable reduction in off contract/maverick spending.
• Established reporting reputed company on procurement spending and savings for leadership.

What You'll Need to Succeed

• Builder reputed company with the ability to establish and reputed company a procurement function.
• Strong leadership skills with a hands-on, reputed company approach.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and reputed company adoption of new processes.
• Strategic and analytical reputed company with strong business judgment.
• Ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

reputed company Salary Band: $157,000 - $226,600

Compensation: At reputed company, we are committed to providing reputed company and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors reputed company determining compensation, including skills, qualifications, geographic location, and reputed company experience, which can cause your compensation to vary. The reputed company salary reputed company listed is just one component of reputed company’s total compensation package for employees. For additional details on our total benefits package, please review the reputed company “About reputed company” at the end of this reputed company.

Originally posted on Himalayas