Director, Global Indirect Procurement
About the role
This position is based on-site and requires four days per week in the Brea office to support collaboration and business needs.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and execute multi-year global category strategies and sourcing roadmaps that deliver measurable cost savings, risk reduction, and service-level improvement across assigned indirect spend categories.
Identify and capture cross-OpCo and cross-region synergies while balancing local business needs and operational requirements.
Translate enterprise and functional priorities into actionable category plans and sourcing initiatives.
Monitor market trends, supplier landscapes, and pricing benchmarks to inform category strategies and sourcing decisions.
Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives, including spend analysis, market assessment, supplier qualification, RFx execution, evaluation, and award recommendations.
Serve as the senior negotiation lead for assigned categories, leveraging market intelligence, supplier insights, should-cost analysis, and value-creation levers to optimize total cost of ownership.
Ensure sourcing decisions align with approved budgets, category strategies, and procurement policies.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior business and functional leaders; influence demand, challenge specifications, and promote early procurement engagement.
Drive adoption of category strategies through strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and change management.
Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to align sourcing activities with financial plans, budgets, and business priorities.
Support OpCo onboarding to category strategies, preferred suppliers, and procurement tools to drive adoption and compliance.
Negotiate and approve global and regional agreements with strong commercial terms, including pricing, payment terms, service levels, flexibility, data protection, risk allocation, and termination rights.
Ensure third-party risk considerations are embedded within category sourcing and contracting activities in alignment with enterprise standards and policies.
Establish and maintain supplier performance management frameworks for assigned categories, including KPIs, SLAs, and regular performance reviews.
Serve as the primary escalation point for supplier performance, commercial, and risk-related issues within assigned categories.
Drive standardization through preferred suppliers, master agreements, and compliant buying channels to reduce maverick spend and supplier fragmentation.
Ensure procurement activities comply with internal policies, controls, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Support audits and reviews related to sourcing, contracting, and supplier management as needed.
Serve as the business lead for procurement systems supporting indirect categories, partnering with IT and Finance to ensure tools effectively enable category strategies, compliance, and spend visibility.
Contribute to the prioritization of procurement system enhancements that improve sourcing efficiency, contract compliance, supplier performance management, and reporting.
Drive adoption of procurement systems and standard workflows across supported OpCos and categories through training, user engagement, and change management.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives across indirect procurement using EBS principles, Lean methodologies, and Kaizen practices to improve efficiency, quality, and scalability.
Identify and eliminate waste, reduce cycle times, and standardize category and sourcing processes through structured problem solving and data-driven analysis.
Apply EBS tools such as standard work, visual management, root cause analysis, and PDCA to improve sourcing execution, supplier performance, and internal stakeholder experience.
Support procurement digitization efforts by aligning category processes with approved tools, data standards, and reporting practices.
Support supplier diversity, sustainability, and responsible sourcing objectives within assigned categories, in alignment with enterprise programs and policies.
Lead, mentor, and develop category management talent, building strong sourcing, negotiation, and business partnership capabilities.
Contribute to broader procurement transformation initiatives and enterprise priorities as needed.
Job Requirements
Bachelor’s degree required (supply chain, business, or related field preferred).
7+ years of progressive experience in indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, or category management, including global or enterprise-scale responsibility.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Office tools (e.g., pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, scenario analysis).
Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (approximately 5–10%).
Ability to work onsite during core business hours at least four days per week.
Preferred: Proven experience leading global negotiations and enterprise initiatives, including OpCo onboarding, supplier transitions, and new service implementations.
Strong command of strategic sourcing methodologies and category strategy development.
Experience applying Lean, Kaizen, or continuous improvement methodologies in a procurement, supply chain, or shared services environment.
Demonstrated ability to embed a continuous improvement mindset within teams and day-to-day operations.
Executive-level communication skills with the ability to clearly present insights, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across functions and geographies.