Director of Procurement

About The Role…

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 an operational role that requires the successful candidate to be comfortable with actively negotiating with suppliers and with working alongside the team to maintain compliance and accomplish goals & objectives.

What You’ll Do…

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.

What We Look For…

• Experience working in health care and/or technology company (preferred).
• 7-10 years of experience in supply chain/procurement. Minimum 2 years of experience in a management/supervisory role (required).
• Procurement experience with federal government agencies (preferred). 
• Expertise in supply chain management.
• Expertise in sourcing policy, procedures, and processes.
• Knowledge of e-sourcing and e-procurement tools.
• ERP experience required (NetSuite preferred). 
• Customer-focus mentality
• Possesses high level of integrity & trust
• Continuous improvement management
• Creative and strategic thinker
• Global business & technology acumen
• Organizationally savvy
• Change management
• Contract review and negotiating skills

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Operations and/or Supply Chain Management, or related field required. 
• MBA highly preferred