Job Description

Our San Francisco client has a position for a Procurement Operations Excellence Professional with a consultant background. Initially position will be REMOTE but will be Hybrid 3 days in East Bay office. Must be living in commutable distance from the office. Salary is $175K- $225K plus 15% Bonus, Paid Pension and Matching 401K. NOT looking for Supply Chain Managers.

Position Summary

The Director of Procurement Strategic Initiatives PMO will lead and oversee Procurement Excellence PMO. In this role, you will drive 2025 and long-term transformation initiatives to elevate the procurement function to best-in-class standards by implementing standardized processes, tools, frameworks, systems, and governance.

This leader will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align Procurement Excellence strategies with broader company objectives, provide strategic guidance to senior leadership, and drive continuous improvement across the procurement lifecycle. The ideal candidate will bring a combination of strategic vision, operational expertise, and strong leadership skills to influence stakeholders; while building organizational capabilities, motivate a team of highly effective leaders, and deliver measurable value through Procurement initiatives. Will supervise Program Managers.

Reporting Relationship

The Director will report to the Senior Director

Job Responsibilities

• Oversees strategic planning, learning strategy, communications, and industry benchmarking and workforce strategy and development.
• Collaborates with leaders and Corporate Communications resources to develop and implement internal and external marketing communications, related to brand promotion.
• Leads the development of the 5-Year Strategic Plan for the LOB.
• Incorporates market and industry trends into strategic planning and development of Five-Year Strategic Plan. Provides oversight of status reports to senior leaders, conveying key strategic industry information.
• Partners with senior leaders of Workforce Planning and Human Resources regarding talent implications of long-term strategic plan. Delivers workforce strategy for LOB, considering labor trends, talent acquisition strategy, and implications for other departments.
• Partners with Directors/Senior Directors across the LOB to review operational and financial information and to execute on workforce strategy and development.
• Delivers Board of Directors’ presentations.
• Fosters and sustains relationships with external peers for benchmarking, analyzing trends/developments and proactively planning for challenges and risks.
• Serves as lead for internal, external and branding communications; single point-of-contact for advertising, media, and all internal communications development including quarterly newsletters, employee messages and conference presentations.
• Leads and influences staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and rewards and recognition.
• Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.
• Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.
• Building teams with a strong identity that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.
• Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, economics, business administration or comparable quantitative field.
• 8+ years of relevant consultant experience with steady progression of responsibilities leading to Procurement Excellence Transformation with an organization of a Large Annual Spend.
• 4 years of supervisory experience.
• Competency in strategic business planning theories, concepts, practices, methods and techniques.
• Creative and strategic data analysis, benchmarking, monitoring and business/financial analysis skills including knowledge of varied analytical methods.
• Utilization of SAP and Power Bi

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