Procurement Director, Excellerate

About the role

The position is responsible for leading and executing the overall procurement operations and sourcing requirements for Excellerate Engineer to Order (ETO) Business.

Responsibilities

• Defines and communicates a comprehensive vision for Excellerate ETO Procurement and Sourcing as it relates to organizational structures, processes, and procurement technology systems.
• Acts as coach and developer of managerial talent; as well as skillfully selects and trains those individuals.
• Evaluates candidates' and managers' willingness to lead, communication and planning competencies, and ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Sets up team and project-leadership assignments to assess skill/ability.
• Spend ample time evaluating people in 'test' managerial roles.
• Holds managers who report to him/her accountable for managerial work.
• Develops and implements the specific initiatives which will move the organization along the road map with particular emphasis on the direct spend categories that support project and manufacturing requirements.
• Establishes key metrics for the organization’s effectiveness.
• Leverages indirect, MRO and capex category teams and strategies to ensure Excellerate ETO sites have what is needed to support facility and production requirements to ensure operational efficiencies.
• Collaborates closely with Preconstruction and Project Management leaders to understand material requirements and assist with the development of project procurement strategies and resources.
• Heavy focus on teams role within the Excellerate ETO supply chain to assure material delivery from suppliers to drive overall productivity & effectiveness.
• Collaborates closely with Excellerate ETO Leadership and Finance to establish and execute continuous improvement strategies related to safety, quality, delivery & cost.
• Collaborates across Procurement’s leadership to achieve business process, value delivery, system optimization, and organizational goals & metrics in various projects that include but not limited to: Supplier Relationship Management, Supplier Code of Conduct, Strategic Supplier Negotiation & comprehensive contract implementation, Supplier Quality Management & overall business continuity.
• Continues development of Procurement’s role in end-to-end (E2E) strategy inclusive of Procure to Pay (P2P) in concert with other departments & stakeholders.
• Develops operational metrics to effectively track business efficiencies.
• Applies 80/20 principles to business unit operations.
• Effectively delegates tasks to appropriate parties; clearly communicates needs and expectations.
• Makes sure individual direct reports and/or collective team/taskforce team(s) are sure about their goals.
• Provides frequent and clear feedback to direct reports, offers clear direction, and ensures direct reports are sure about their goals.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree
• Experience: 8-12 years of experience in sourcing & purchasing in the manufacturing and construction industry.

Qualifications

• Travel: 35-50%
• Work Schedule: This position works between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM, Monday- Friday. However, work may be performed at any time on any day of the week to meet business needs.

Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Leadership
• Project management
• Supplier relationship management
• Procurement and sourcing
• Continuous improvement

Benefits

• Industry-leading benefits
• Competitive, merit-based compensation
• Career path development
• A flexible and robust benefits package

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This position works between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM, Monday- Friday. However, work may be performed at any time on any day of the week to meet business needs.