Indirect Procurement Director

About the role

This role serves as a senior strategic leader responsible for shaping and executing enterprise-wide sourcing strategies across the Procure-to-Pay lifecycle. It partners closely with executive stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into well thought out, detailed sourcing strategies, driving the selection and management of best-in-class vendors for non-production goods and services.

Responsibilities

• Excellent Communicator – demonstrates excellent written communication skills across all levels of the organization. Ability to present to the Head of Procurement and senior management ideas, issues and recommendations spearheading business change.
• Expert in contract redlining and commercial negotiations, working in close alignment with Legal to shape contract positions and leading discussions directly with vendor counsel and sales counterparts.
• Applies advanced critical thinking and assertive negotiation skills to structure contracts with measurable, flexible, and controllable fee models that drive cost containment, volume-based efficiencies, and downside protection in changing market conditions, including price escalation caps.
• Delivers enterprise-grade cost and savings analytics, delivering executive-ready insights on spend trends, value realization, and procurement impact to inform strategic and financial decisions.
• Owns and Leads cross-functional initiatives to streamline the supplier base, influence stakeholder decision-making, and deliver quantifiable savings and operational efficiencies.
• Lead Indirect Procurement sourcing activities including RFP initiatives including initiation, creation, launch, tracking and analysis, competitive bid negotiation, drafting and redlining, to final contract execution.
• Audit and collaborate with business owner’s category specific inventories ensuring proper requirements are identified and adequate licensing/consumption is gained, and cost control measures are implemented.
• Lead meetings across multiple departments in driving change and consolidation of suppliers for cost savings and vendor optimization.
• Closely work with the Accounts Payable team in ensuring Purchase Orders are entered and Contracts are matched with invoices for timely and accurate invoice payment process.

Requirements

• Innovative and technically proficient in P2P systems (i.e. Oracle NetSuite)
• 10+ years’ Procurement experience in Indirect Sourcing
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, intermediate level for excel and PowerPoint
• Master’s/Bachelor’s degree
• Certification in Procurement (i.e. CPM, CTPE, CPP, SPSM, CIPS) preferred

Pay

Edelman Financial Engines takes a market-based approach to pay. The expected base salary range for this role nationally is $150,000 - $174,400. However, final base pay will be carefully determined based on several factors, including responsibilities, job-related skills, relevant experience, geographic location, and market conditions.

Schedule

Not specified