Director, Procurement Operations - Indirect

LogicSource is a collective of Strategic Sourcing and Procurement professionals that provide best in class solutions and technology for our clients.  Partnering alongside fortune 500 companies, it is our goal to inspire strategic partnerships while establishing strong execution to induce cost savings initiatives. We bring innovative solutions with a transparent business model that sets us apart. Learn more about us at www.logicsource.com.

Reasons why you’ll love it here:

• An amazing culture with a team that supports one another, the opportunity to make a direct impact, and have fun along the way!
• We are experiencing rapid growth- come grow along with us.
• We work hard but understand the need for balance offering unlimited and flexible PTO.
• Phenomenal health, dental and vision benefits for you and your family (and we pay almost 90% of the premiums).
• Additional options for employer contributions to HSA, 401k match, Dependent Care FSA, short-term/long-term disability, life insurance and more.

Position Summary:

We have an immediate opening for a full time Director, Procurement Operations – Indirect, working extensively with our client, in Atlanta, GA.  As a key member of our Client Services team, you will be responsible for leading and managing varying engagements within the dedicated team. This role has several direct reports, will engage with all relevant client stakeholders and sponsors and reports directly to the Managing Director, Sourcing and Procurement.

Responsibilities:

• Develop operations strategy with key stakeholders internally and externally
• Oversee contract compliance with different vendors
• Develop and implement plans to achieve cost savings across multiple categories
• Manage spend, supplier, and market data from client and LogicSource resources to effectively analyze both savings opportunity and value chain impacts
• Lead all levels of supplier market RFI / RFP activities, including execution, readouts and business case implications.  Meet with potential participants, both incumbents and non-incumbents, answer RFP related questions from vendors, analyze RFP results and support final vendor(s) awards
• Drive annual productivity improvements in each category of spend by developing and ensuring implementation of ideas to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO) for spend categories
• Support development of new policies and procedures to drive savings and lead organizational and operational change management within managed categories of spend.
• Leverages LogicSource’s Center of Excellence (COE) category experts through the sourcing process to assess market conditions, spend leverage opportunities, benchmarking data, RFP builds, and related activities
• Support as well as lead sourcing events, including vendor sourcing, vendor and contract negotiations
• Lead research and analytics efforts to both validate savings projections and enable more precise supplier negotiations
• Work cross functionally to deliver sourcing and procurement cost savings, risk mitigation projects, and supplier enabled innovation

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years’ experience in indirect procurement, direct procurement a plus.
• Experience with SAP/Ariba spend management software platform is highly preferred.
• Ability to drive change management and gain consensus from client stakeholders across several business units’ company wide.
• Experience in driving operational redesign process improvement initiatives.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.
• Individual needs to be very detail oriented and able to deliver projects on time.
• High-level of supply chain and operational acumen, with demonstrated end-to-end understanding.
• Proficient in MS Office applications including Excel / financial analysis and PowerPoint presentations.
• Business analytics experience, ideally including Power BI.
• Proven expertise implementing and managing change across all levels of an organization; prior implementation and adoption of eProcurement systems is highly desirable.
• Strong problem solving and leadership skills.
• Entrepreneurial aptitude with a commitment to client service.
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships, communicate effectively and influence.
• Flexible and adaptable in a changing environment.

Travel: This position may require minimal travel.

Other Duties: This Position Description is not an exhaustive list of the duties and responsibilities, and the employee is expected to perform other duties as necessary and assigned. The duties and responsibilities of this position may be modified at any time to meet changing business needs.