Athens Services
Senior Director of Procurement
Position Summary:
The Senior Director of Procurement reports to the Vice President of Supply Chain and Facilities and serves as a critical leader in the Procurement & Supply Chain (P&SC) organization. This role is responsible for the best-practice sourcing, negotiating, contracting, and purchasing of the company’s annual $300M+ in purchased goods and services, to ensure supply and proper pricing are delivered by the company’s 1,000+ suppliers.
Essential Job Functions:
Managing Third-Party Spend
- Exert a sense of ownership over the company’s $300M+ third-party spend cube
- Deploy best-practice strategic sourcing principles to address that spend including building and executing a three-year sourcing plan, running highly-inclusive RFPs, negotiating world’s best pricing, and contracting/purchasing in compliance with agreed-upon terms and conditions
- Drive increasing annualized savings, both in $ and as a % of addressed spend
Optimizing the Source-to-Pay Process and Toolset
- Map, measure, and improve the cycle time of all primary steps in the company’s S2P process
- Bring best-practice knowledge to the process, policies, and toolsets selected and used by the company for S2P efforts
- Ensure S2P processes are fully compliant and support other goals, most notably achieving maximum savings while protecting the company
Leading the Procurement Team
- Build and train a motivated, inspired, and increasingly-capable team of Strategic Sourcing Category Managers and Buyers
- Provide guidance, mentorship, and support to build a strong Procurement team culture
Manage Supplier and Customer Relationships
- Ensure that both incumbent and potential suppliers are engaged properly across the company
- Build ladder relationships with supplier executive leadership and company leadership
- Host regular reviews of supplier performance with the most strategic suppliers
- Collaborate across the enterprise with cross-functional teams
- Increase the satisfaction of internal customers, largely the spending departments, with the Procurement services they are receiving
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent; business, supply chain, or finance concentration preferred
- 10+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain, with a focus on strategic sourcing
- Experience in developing and implementing improvement initiatives for procurement or supply chain
- Strong understanding of best-practice strategic sourcing principles
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proven negotiation and contracting skills
- Well-developed written and verbal communications skills
- Strong project management, time management, and organizational skills in a fast-paced setting.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to address stakeholders at all levels.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.