Procurement Director

Job Description

Summary:
The Procurement Director is a senior leadership role that is responsible for developing and implementing the procurement strategy for the company. This individual will oversee the company's procurement function, ensuring the timely and cost-effective acquisition of equipment, goods, and services across both direct and indirect categories. This position combines strategic planning, supplier relationship management, invoice reconciliations, negotiation, data analysis, and process optimization to drive value, efficiency, and compliance throughout the purchasing lifecycle. The Procurement Director collaborates closely with internal stakeholders to align procurement activities with organizational goals and project timelines.

The Procurement function will negotiate and oversee contracts and agreements with the suppliers and vendors. It is responsible for drafting, reviewing, and approving the contracts, and ensuring they meet the legal and ethical requirements. The function will manage the contract lifecycle, from initiation to termination, and manage any disputes or issues that may arise.

Duties and Responsibilities will include the following:

• Identify spend categories and align the procurement schedule/priorities with internal stakeholders
• Develop and implement procurement strategies to optimize cost savings and operational efficiencies across both direct (operations) and indirect (selling, general and administrative)
• Standardizing procurement processes, championing change management initiatives that will increase cost efficiency, vendor compliance and add value to Lazer.
• Partners with functional owners, such as Finance, Operations, and Legal while leading negotiations and RFPs with vendors. Secure favorable terms and conditions
• Ownership of contract and agreement lifecycle
• Monitor, analyze, communicate, and address supplier/servicer performance and adherence to service level agreements. Resolve issues or disputes that may arise.
• Routine forecasting and reporting on operational and financial metrics and KPIs
• Analyze capital plans and rolling forecasts of projected business needs, incorporating them into project plans
• Stay abreast of industry trends, market conditions and regulatory requirements to inform purchasing decisions and maintain best practices
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships, negotiate contracts and agreements to secure favorable terms, discounts, and marketing support
• Analyze procurement data and market trends to identify opportunities for cost reductions, process improvement, and enhanced supplier performance
• Support vendor onboarding and training

#LI-Hybrid Pay Range: - , General Benefits:

Knowledge, Skills & Characteristics:

• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Management and executive level reporting
• Strategic thinking, analytical and decision-making skills
• Contracting experience and vendor management
• Effective time management and organizational skills
• Experience in procurement of both direct and indirect spend categories
• Financial acumen, results driven and driving process improvements
• Flexible and adaptive
• Change management
• Executive presence
• Ability to resolve conflicts and solve problems

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Procurement, Engineering, Business Administration, Management or Finance
• Certification in Procurement or Supply Chain Management
• 7+ years of direct experience in procurement, leadership, project management, category management, strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and vendor management
• Proven history of developing and executing procurement strategies, managing supplier relationships, and leading cross-functional teams
• Hands on experience and proficiency with procurement and ERP systems, rolling out and optimizing digital procurement tools and analytics platforms.
• Driving process improvements through procurement initiatives, budgeting, and financial performance management, and demonstrated experience managing TCO (total cost of ownership) of assets (preferred)
• Experience in contract development, execution, and management
• Skilled building relationships with key stakeholders to gather category requirements, specifications, and category subject matter experts
• Successful project management experience across multiple initiatives and projects
• Build new relationships with key functional leadership

Lazer Logistics is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are excited to work with talented people, period.