Director of Procurement, Center of Excellence

Our client is seeking a Director of Procurement COE - Center of Excellence in Atlanta, GA.

You will be responsible for building and leading a transformational Center of Excellence that underpins world-class procurement and supply chain operations. This includes leading and empowering a focused team within the COE, enabling the latest procurement technology with core processes, systems, and continuous improvement, managing supplier performance, facilitating excellent stakeholder engagement, and developing all necessary foundations to allow procurement and supply chain to bring value and continually evolve towards our transformation agenda.

This role requires in-depth expertise, strategic thinking, advisory skills, and the ability to convert opportunities into outcomes, driving the transformation of the procurement and supply chain function. In this role, you will report to the VP of Procurement & Supply Management.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create best-in-class COE systems, processes, and tools with a top talent team for $1B vendor spend (direct and indirect), over 150 North American branches, and a manufacturing facility
• Drive the strategic transformation of the COE into a "Fit-for-Future" operating model in close cooperation with our manufacturing facility, branches, and corporate business partners
• Enforce the creation and use of agreed templates and standards, and educate the community on process excellence techniques while assisting with problem resolution
• Design and implement supplier performance management and claim management: a KPI-based model that accurately defines, measures, and improves risk and performance using QBRs and Supplier Scorecard
• Increase value creation through the delivery of goods and services in accordance with contracted service levels, performance management, ESG initiatives, innovation, category management, and strategy standards
• Develop and manage organizational Reporting and Analytics capabilities, delivering dashboards on metrics such as Savings, Spend, Productivity, and Key Performance Indicators
• Build a future-forward vision that spans across people, processes, and systems, focused on continuous improvement and automation
• Act as a champion for change who can make decisive decisions while demonstrating agility to support the evolution of business needs
• Strategy, Planning, & Performance: design processes and guide Procurement leaders in the development of vision, strategy, planning, and performance management and monitoring
• Governance: develop policies, procedures, tools, and templates, including the design of controls to monitor and intervene in key compliance risk areas
• Supplier Risk Management: define a framework of key supplier risks, risk owners, and their risk assessment/qualification/monitoring controls
• Procurement Technology: create a procurement technology roadmap to guide the selection, enhancements, and utilization of technology, including SAP, ORACLE, Jaggaer, data analytics tools, etc
• Contract Management: establish requirements within the contracts management process and tool
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM): manage the supplier lifecycle including supplier performance reviews, qualification and risk management requirements, communications, change management, and ESG
  
  
  

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree required. Post-bachelor's degree designation preferred (MBA, CPA, etc.) in Business, Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or related field
• Certifications in supply chain, procurement, inventory management, operations management, or process improvement would be highly beneficial (SCMP/CPSM/Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher, etc.)
• 10+ years of Center of Excellence (COE) Procurement progressive responsibility and transformations
• Best-in-class COE procurement and supply chain experience; governance (policies, procedures, tools, templates, data, performance, KPIs), procurement process redesign, process adherence, and improvement
• Proven track record of successfully developing and implementing strategic initiatives and programs, including but not limited to the execution of major tool/system implementations, automation efforts, end-user training and communication, continuous improvement initiatives, etc
• Excellent planning and organizational skills and business judgment, including the ability to prioritize multiple tasks/projects and anticipate the impact of decisions/initiatives
• Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to drive consensus in cross-regional and cross-functional teams, as a subject matter expert focused on a business solutions approach
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with seasoned experience in project implementations, timelines, deliverables, and change management from internal customers and stakeholders
• Ability to clearly identify what success looks like for deliverables, and articulate messages to relevant stakeholders and executive leadership in a timely manner
• Strong proficiency in procurement systems and organizational interfaces, and structuring of complex projects
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Excel Advanced, PowerPoint, Outlook. PowerBI is a plus
• Comfortable with ambiguity and building support for unprecedented initiatives, this role works with abstract ideas or situations across functional areas of the business and leads the assessment of various options
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and presentation skills, and an ability to synthesize information and make clear, concise recommendations on a course of action
• Passion for finding the next big idea and selling the concept internally, with strong experience in developing and implementing strategies and processes to sustainably optimize a material value chain
• Strong relationship-management skills and the ability to communicate effectively, collaborate with Executives, and tell compelling stories through insights and data