Vice President, Procurement
Role Overview
Leads the organization's global procurement function, procurement transformation, and Corporate Real Estate function.
Reports to the CFO and partners with executive leadership and Finance, Operations, IT, Legal, HR, and business stakeholders.
The role spans supplier value, risk, procurement processes, property strategy, and enterprise growth.
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Role overview
Leads the organization's global procurement function, procurement transformation, and Corporate Real Estate function.
Reports to the CFO and partners with executive leadership and Finance, Operations, IT, Legal, HR, and business stakeholders.
The role spans supplier value, risk, procurement processes, property strategy, and enterprise growth.
Procurement strategy and sourcing
- Develop a data-driven global procurement strategy aligned with enterprise financial, operational, and growth objectives.
- Lead sourcing across direct and indirect categories, including transportation, logistics, technology, professional services, facilities, fleet, and corporate services.
- Drive supplier consolidation, strategic sourcing, total cost of ownership analysis, and category management.
- Establish supplier relationship management focused on performance, innovation, service, and partnership.
- Negotiate high-value contracts, commercial agreements, vendor partnerships, and real estate transactions.
Governance, risk, and leadership
- Develop procurement policies, controls, and governance frameworks; set metrics and dashboards for savings, performance, compliance, and service.
- Mitigate supplier, operational, financial, geopolitical, cybersecurity, real estate, and compliance risks.
- Partner on regulatory requirements, internal controls, customer commitments, mergers, acquisitions, and integrations.
- Champion sustainability, supplier diversity, ethical sourcing, and responsible stewardship.
- Lead and develop the procurement and corporate real estate organization; advise executive leadership.
Corporate real estate
- Lead leasing, property acquisitions and dispositions, facility portfolio optimization, property management relationships, and long-term real estate planning.
- Develop real estate strategy aligned with growth, operational requirements, workforce needs, and financial targets.
- Negotiate leases, renewals, acquisitions, dispositions, easements, and related agreements.
- Oversee facility spending, occupancy costs, capital improvements, and real estate operating expenses.
Education
- The available excerpt begins an education qualification for a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, or a related field; the source text is truncated.
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