Description

Director of Procurement

JOB SUMMARY

The Director of Procurement is responsible for the development and implementation of strategic initiatives for a portfolio of direct and indirect sourcing categories to enable the Company to meet objectives for both external and internal customers.  Procurement activities include direct materials for customer needs, consulting services, marketing services, IT systems & services, office supplies, IT & office equipment, and other direct & indirect categories of goods and services.  The Director of Procurement works closely with all departments involved in the supply chain.  This is a hands-on position that requires the successful candidate to be comfortable rolling up their sleeves and working alongside the team to maintain compliance and accomplish goals & objectives. 

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Direct Procurement

• Plans and directs procurement, production, inventory control, logistics, and distribution for the Enabling Technologies business unit, which sells and installs Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) equipment for its clients.
• Implements and uses MRP (materials requirement planning) and ERP system (NetSuite).
• Manages contract vendor relationships, including monitoring supplier performance in responsiveness, cost, flexibility, and other relevant factors such as financial condition to ensure ability to fulfill contract requirements.
• Identifies and explains to suppliers the client’s purchasing needs, e-sourcing, proprietary sourcing, and supply chain technology. 
• Implements inventory management strategies to ensure continuity of supply to clients.
• Creates, updates, and approves purchase orders as needed.  Researches the planning of all “out of stocks” or lead time planning.
• Leads forecast and inventory planning meetings, reviews recommended sales forecasts and inventory goals; manages inventory targets; works with Finance to develop and execute inventory policies & procedures to ensure adequate controls.
• Facilitates best practices and consensus between functional experts across business in demand planning.
• All other duties and projects as assigned.

Indirect Procurement

• Collaborate with business units and group functions to identify opportunities to develop and implement strategic initiatives that result in optimum services and cost reduction, when possible.
• Analyze spend data across the business units to identify sourcing opportunities which could benefit internal customers.
• Fully understand the business units’ requirements to effectively negotiate appropriate contract terms, conditions, and pricing.
• Develops and applies sourcing best practices, policies and procedures and ensures consistency with the overall procurement strategy.
• Establish long-term agreements where feasible to reduce transactional work and obtain optimal quality, service, price, and other terms.
• Partner with all business leaders to drive procurement through a robust streamlined approval process flow and eliminate unmanaged spend.
• Negotiate long-term and blanket contracts for all products & services.
• Negotiates with vendors to obtain product and service information, such as price, availability & delivery schedule.
• Highly involved with sourcing and procuring capital purchases.
• Develop methodology and metrics tools to track cost savings effectiveness.
• Communicate and offer global strategy, oversight, and support.
• Collaborate with Legal Department to ensure contracts have appropriate and optimal terms & conditions.
• Ensures optimal design of corporate procurement policy, and compliance with same.
• Ensures compliance with federal subcontracting plan.
• All other duties and special projects as assigned.

Facilities

• Working closely with the Facilities Coordinator, oversee daily site operations in PGH to ensure all facility needs are met.
• Coordinate procurement for office supplies and equipment.
• Establish and maintain relationships with vendors for all facility needs, including office supplies, equipment, and contractors for building renovations.

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree in Operations and/or Supply Chain Management, or related field required. 
• MBA (preferred).
• Experience working in health care and/or technology company (preferred).
• 7-10 years of experience in supply chain/procurement (required).
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a management/supervisory role (required).
• Procurement experience with federal government agencies (preferred). 

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Expertise in supply chain management.
• Expertise in sourcing policy, procedures, and processes.
• Knowledge of e-sourcing and e-procurement tools.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams.
• ERP experience required (NetSuite preferred). 

COMPETENCIES

• Collaboration across multiple business units.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal/written)
• Customer-focus mentality
• Possesses high level of integrity & trust
• Continuous improvement management
• Accountability/drive for results
• Team Leadership
• Strong organizational & planning skills
• Creative and strategic thinker
• Global business & technology acumen
• Organizationally savvy
• Change management
• Contract review
• Negotiation skills

WHO ARE WE
For over 30 years, TeleTracking has been operating with a simple mission, to ensure that no one waits for the care they need. Our state-of-the-art technology, combined with actionable best practices and a strong advisory services team, means that we provide the critical operational components required to build a responsive, resilient healthcare system. One of those key components is the centralization of hospital operations…the ability to see in real-time everything from the number of available beds to receive and treat patients to the number of pieces of available medical equipment. TeleTracking values people with an entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and building strong relationships with our employees.  We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for everyone. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The term "qualified individual with a disability" means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the position. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate professionally in person, over the telephone, through email and other electronic means, move about the office, handle various types of media and equipment, and visually or otherwise identify observe and assess.  The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 10 pounds unless otherwise specified in the job description.

TeleTracking has a COVID-19 vaccination policy which mandates vaccination or an approved exemption due to religious or medical reasons.  We require all newly hired U.S.-based employees, regardless of full-time, part-time, temporary, intern, exempt, non-exempt, or any other status or classification and regardless of work or remote work location to be fully vaccinated and any offer from TeleTracking is contingent on being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to starting your employment.  Any accommodation request will be objectively considered in accordance with the Federal, State, and Local laws on a case-by-case basis. 

TeleTracking is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of the employment relationship, without discrimination because of race, age, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability or status as a Vietnam era or special disabled veteran or any other unlawful basis, as defined by applicable law, and fostering a workplace free of unlawful discrimination and retaliation. This policy affects decisions including, but not limited to, hiring, compensation, benefits, terms and conditions of employment, opportunities for promotion, transfer, layoffs, return from a layoff, training and development, and other privileges of employment.

An integral part of TeleTracking’s commitment is to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws concerning equal employment and affirmative action.