Director of Procurement, Strategic Sourcing

Responsibilities

• Lead the Strategic Sourcing team in the development of sourcing strategies, negotiation, contracting, and successful execution of these strategies.
• Maintain or improve quality and vendor service levels, and risk mitigation.
• Interact efficiently, professionally, and responsively with all levels of associates, stakeholders, and suppliers.
• Develop sourcing strategies to meet the needs of 530+ communities, ensuring synergy in process and savings.
• Lead sourcing activities such as the request for proposal process, negotiate with suppliers, vendor selection, contract creation, baseline and cost savings analysis, strategy approval.
• Leverage sourcing category expertise to provide market, supplier, and financial insights that drive best practices and optimize the overall sourcing strategy.
• Build and prioritize the annual sourcing pipeline plan based on contract expirations, business needs, and emerging opportunities, while developing project plans to ensure all project milestones are met on time.
• Collaborate with Procurement Category Management and business stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies that meet business needs.
• Lead, coach, and manage the performance of direct and indirect Sourcing associates, serving as a key liaison to senior leadership to ensure team alignment and success.
• Negotiate and implement national and regional contracts, related service level agreements (SLAs), and risk mitigation for a variety of categories.
• Partner on ad-hoc business initiatives routed to the Sourcing team, establishing new supplier contracts to support evolving organizational needs.
• Conduct annual spend analysis to evaluate opportunities for additional value creation for the business.
• Ensure the sourcing process maintains proper compliance with Procurement team procedures, as well as, Brookdale policies, systems, and controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university and a minimum of 5-10 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• CPSM preferred.
• Significant knowledge of an advanced discipline with a working knowledge of related fields.
• Significant knowledge of the organization, work environment, and process.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Proven success sourcing food categories for a national, multi-location organization including managing RFPs, vendor relationships, contract compliance, etc.
• Strong analytical background - proficient in Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word.
• Strong communication and project management skills.
• Research and data analysis - cost structure analysis.
• Willingness to make tough decisions and challenge conventional thinking.