Company Summary:
A growing leader within Food & Beverage production, focused on organic and plant-based solutions, is looking for a new Director of Procurement to oversee their direct and indirect strategic sourcing initiatives and development. This company has experiences phenomenal growth and is not slowing down any time soon! This role will be leading a team of sourcing professionals and responsible for vendor relations and supplier selection, strategic negotiations, establishing KPIs, and overall continuous improvement within procurement. This role reports directly into the VP of Operations and will require light travel across North America facilities.
The Director of Procurement will be responsible for:
- Creating and executing fully integrated long-term sourcing strategies around direct materials (raw materials, ingredients, chemicals, flavors) and indirect services (including packaging) for enterprise-wide needs
- Identifying and driving strategic cost savings and partnerships through long-term strategy developing and implementation
- Analyzing market trends (cost drivers) to identify financial and supply risks and opportunities
- Being a change agent and influencing across all levels off communication with executive visibility
- Implement and maintain strong KPIs to support the fast-paced growth objectives
- Collaborating with key stakeholders to proactively identify value-driven activities that deliver savings and build strategic partnerships internally and externally
- Long term strategy implementation and continuous improvement, as well as day to day support to procurement team members across all business units
The Director of Procurement should have the following qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in related field, Masters degree preferred
- 8+ years of Procurement/ Strategic Sourcing experience
- Demonstrated leadership in a successfully driven global organization
- Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
- Expert in contracting and negotiations
- Industry preference: Food & Bev, Consumer Goods, Chemicals, Packaging
Benefits:
- This role is eligible for a competitive base and bonus structure
- Ability to drive change in a fast-paced, high growth organization with high visibility and autonomy
- High visibility leadership position with unlimited opportunity to drive long-lasting impacts
- Leading a team of Strategic Sourcing Professionals
If you are interested in the Director of Procurement role, then please do not hesitate to apply today!
