JOB DESCRIPTION



GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Sr.

Director of Procurement role will support multiple procurement initiatives within the business.

The Sr.

Director will support existing Cooperative Contracts by working with the Public Market sector team to continue existing relationships with Cooperative entities by attending key trade shows, as well as help build relationships to move into additional strategic cooperative opportunities.

The Sr.

Director will support bid initiatives for both new and rebid RFPs/IFBs.

This includes preparing and editing proposed bid requirements as needed.

The Sr.

Director will be responsible for utilizing analytics to review ROI for ongoing initiatives, as well as where additional opportunities exist that can be leveraged.

The Sr.

Director will support pricing strategy for both Public Market line items, as well as GPO discount and rebate programs.

This position will support the internal estimating team with respect to questions of compliance on line item proposals, as well as supporting our Sales team on procurement-related questions for potential or ongoing cooperative and GPO work.




ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: List the job's essential or principal functions and responsibilities.

Include all critical aspects of the job -- whether performed daily, weekly, monthly, or annually; and any that occur at irregular intervals.

• Become thoroughly versed in labor-based cooperative & GPO purchasing contracts.
• Assist in the development and creation of strategy implementation documents.
• Assist in building department budgets and monitoring throughout the year.
• Participate in all procurement strategy discussions, review required updates, and communicate through the appropriate departments.
• Work with Cooperative contract holders to educate their executive directors and members on questions of validity or use of contracts for potential and ongoing work.
• Review public procurement code with regard to cooperative purchasing and labor-based facility solutions.
• Support legislative efforts by collaborating on strategies and goals that will positively impact procurement for the company in the short and long term.
• Monitor trends and laws that affect purchasing.
• Work with Sales representatives to understand potential issues and support both sales and the customer directly.
• Answer questions internally from the Estimating and Construction Manager teams on using line items to maintain compliance with existing agreements.
  
  
• Assist in building pricing strategies for procurement contracts.
• Work with organizations, associations, other facility vendors, and trade organizations in relationship development.
• Track key analytics to see if initiatives are successful as well as using data to develop new initiatives.
• Identify ways to increase bottom-line profitability through procurement vehicles.
• Attend key tradeshows.

• Minimum of 10 years experience in procurement-related work; background in construction considered a plus.
  
  
• Energetic and enthusiastic individual comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated in a remote environment.
• Results-oriented.
• Ability to manage time effectively.
• Superior written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to understand contract requirements.
• Must be able to complete and understand budgets, report analysis, and customer support.
• Proficient with MS Office Programs, i.e.
  
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Understanding and prior use of database management systems and knowledge of SAP.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to plan and organize various functions and ability to multi-task.
• Ability to adapt and learn new processes or programs.
• Possesses business math skills (calculate discounts, percentages, commissions, etc.) with the ability to negotiate prices with vendors.
• Must be detail-oriented with excellent proofreading skills.
• Must be a team player.
• Possesses strong organizational skills.