Global Procurement Director, Indirect

Global Procurement Director, Indirect

The Global Procurement Director, Indirect is responsible for analyzing Davis-Standard's global indirect spend, identifying opportunities, and collaborating with functional groups to execute cost reduction and supplier performance improvement projects. Key areas of accountability include increasing visibility and control over indirect spend, conducting sourcing projects to consolidate vendors and leverage volumes, implementing demand management to review and modify Davis-Standard policies, requirements, and specifications, identifying IT tools to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness, developing a category strategy that addresses all indirect categories and sets savings goals, strategy, and KPIs with category leaders for the suppliers, developing and driving new suppliers into the sourcing mix creating a competitive landscape, and creating strategic sourcing category management team that negotiates in specific operation and SGA/overhead areas of the company.

Responsibilities include leading execution of strategic sourcing programs and undertaking specific cost reduction/supplier performance improvement projects, managing relationships with key indirect suppliers and overseeing integration of new suppliers, regularly reviewing key supplier performance metrics and working collaboratively with suppliers and functional groups to drive improvement, spearheading culturally sensitive cost reduction projects, assessing current procure-to-pay processes and working with IT to implement tools globally, developing standardized savings reporting and auditing processes to ensure compliance with internal and external guidelines, proactively building a network across all parts of Davis-Standard, including Finance, IT, Marketing, HR, Operations, and Legal, negotiating high-value, high-risk contracts on an ad hoc basis, leading various team and/or corporate development initiatives, and other job duties as assigned.

Qualifications include a minimum of 7 years indirect procurement experience in a manufacturing environment, 5+ years project management experience, experience with ERP based purchasing systems, a bachelor's degree in a business-related field including Supply Chain Finance or Engineering disciplines, strong negotiation skills and ability to present to multiple management levels, Microsoft Office skills to include advanced Excel skills required, and ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed, project travel 10%-20% annually.

Travel required: Yes. 10% - 20%.

Required skills include honesty and integrity, leadership skills, Microsoft Office Suite, organizational skills, oral and written communication, professionalism, and self-motivation.