Senior Director, Sustainable Procurement and Process Excellence

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as an embedded strategic partner within Procurement to influence sustainable purchasing decisions at scale across priority categories, suppliers, and regions
• Integrate environmental and social risk considerations alongside cost, business risk, and strategic fit into category strategies, sourcing decisions, and award recommendations
• Lead RFP/RFI sustainability evaluations, award recommendations, and final contract negotiations within assigned categories, ensuring alignment across sustainability, commercial, legal, and quality requirements
• Act as the primary point of contact for sustainable procurement inquiries from external stakeholders, including customers, auditors, rating agencies, and partners
• Partner with Finance and Sustainability teams to track major future expenditures, quantify carbon implications, and identify procurement levers that advance decarbonization goals and inform budgeting and capital planning
• Facilitate regular global ESG and sustainable procurement forums to ensure alignment on targets, initiatives, timelines, and performance expectations
• Develop and deploy global procurement policies, toolkits, governance frameworks, and training programs to embed ESG principles and risk management into sourcing strategies and supplier lifecycle management

Scope 3 Emissions Management

• Lead the global measurement, management, and reporting of Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable global regulatory requirements and reporting frameworks
• Streamline and enhance Scope 3 data collection by expanding the use of primary activity data and supplier-specific emissions data, improving transparency, data quality, coverage, and automation
• Collaborate with Finance to enhance data visibility, purchasing documentation, and controls to support accurate Scope 3 accounting and audit readiness
• Support life cycle assessments, sustainable materials selection, and packaging optimization initiatives, ensuring compliance with emerging regulatory requirements including EU and California packaging regulations

Supplier Engagement & Risk Management

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with priority suppliers to drive value-added collaboration, aligning supplier capabilities with sustainability goals, customer expectations, and the evolving global regulatory landscape
• Audit supplier sustainability performance and analyze trends to identify risks and opportunities, developing targeted processes, workshops, training, and resource hubs to improve supplier performance and reduce supply chain risk
• Manage priority suppliers through external sustainability and risk platforms including EcoVadis, CDP, SBTi, Supplier.io, and similar tools
• Conduct ESG-focused supplier assessments to proactively identify risks related to environmental performance, human rights, ethics, and due diligence requirements, and drive remediation and continuous improvement plans
• Collect, consolidate, and validate procurement-related sustainability data for annual reports, customer requests, ratings, questionnaires, and external assessments

Process Excellence & Governance

• Establish and own the procurement process framework - KPIs, SOPs, sourcing playbooks, and templates - that set the standard for how the organization sources across all categories and regions
• Lead structured rollout of new processes and standards through change management and training, ensuring sustainable adoption and an audit-ready posture for internal, customer, and regulatory reviews
• Serve as the process owner and SME for procurement policy and sourcing methodology, advising category managers and business partners on proper channels, escalation paths, and compliance requirements
• Maintain procurement tool catalogue, training and utilization matrix on behalf of organization

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Deep understanding of sustainable procurement, supply chain sustainability, and Scope 3 emissions management
• Strong knowledge of global ESG reporting standards, regulatory requirements, and emerging compliance expectations
• Demonstrated ability to influence sourcing decisions and supplier behavior in complex, matrixed global organizations
• Excellent analytical, data management, and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to engage effectively with senior leadership, customers, and external stakeholders
• Prowess in ERP systems required; JD Edwards (JDE) preferred

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Supply Chain, Business, Sustainability, Engineering, Finance, or related field
• Master's degree or relevant professional certification (sustainability, supply chain, ESG) preferred
• 12+ years of progressive experience in procurement, sustainability, supply chain, or related roles, including leadership responsibility
• Demonstrated experience leading supplier engagement, ESG, or decarbonization initiatives in a global environment
• Strong familiarity with Scope 3 emissions accounting methodologies and supplier data platforms
• Experience in heavily regulated industries managing external audits, customer inquiries, and ratings
• Commitment to the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct