[Hiring] Senior Manager of Procurement @Woolpert

Role Description

Woolpert is hiring a Sr. Manager, Procurement to join our dynamic Finance team. This position will be responsible for managing strategic procurement transformation and category management activities to help build a scalable, data-driven, and world-class procurement organization.

• Leading the development and implementation of the future-state procurement operating model, including:
  • Current-state assessment and maturity
  • Future-state organization design
  • Processes, technology, policies and procedures
  • Governance and KPIs
• Owning strategic sourcing, category strategy, supplier performance and risk management, vendor contract management, spend analytics, and procurement reporting.
• Partnering with Finance, Legal, Operations, IT, BI and Analytics, and business leaders to deliver measurable value.
• Developing and maintaining a comprehensive spend analysis capability and holistic procurement dashboards.
• Providing leadership and influence across the organization while distinguishing strategic procurement responsibilities from tactical requisition, purchase order, and invoice review activities.

What You Will Do

• Manage procurement managers and/or supervisors across multiple spend areas, sites, or business units.
• Direct the development and implementation of procurement strategies aligned with organizational goals.
• Support the development and implementation of the future-state procurement operating model.
• Develop category strategies and multi-year sourcing roadmaps across major spend areas.
• Standardize the procure-to-pay process, approval workflow, and application of procurement policy.
• Establish and own procurement KPIs.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive procurement spend analysis cube.
• Develop a holistic procurement set of Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Approve higher-value awards and resolve escalated procurement issues.
• Direct supplier selection and evaluation based on cost, quality, reliability, and risk.
• Establish a supplier performance and risk management structure.
• Own the procurement risk register and direct mitigation plans.
• Evaluate, select, and lead the rollout of procurement technologies and tools.
• Establish and oversee a vendor contract management process.
• Manage the consolidated procurement budget for assigned spend areas.
• Build, prioritize, and report a procurement savings and value creation pipeline.
• Allocate buying capacity, staffing, and resources across teams.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Operations, and project leadership to align procurement plans.
• Report procurement performance, savings, and risk position to senior leadership.
• Build the management bench by developing supervisors and managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field required.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered on a 1:1 basis.
• 12 years of progressive procurement, purchasing, or sourcing experience.
• Experience managing first-level managers and/or supervisors.
• Experience owning a procurement budget and delivering cost savings.
• Experience negotiating and awarding supply agreements.
• Experience developing category strategies and strategic sourcing pipelines.
• Broad knowledge of strategic procurement and related fields.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Ability to develop and standardize procurement policy across multiple teams.
• Skilled in supplier negotiation and performance management.
• Ability to analyze spend and cost structures.
• Ability to define business requirements for procurement reporting.
• Working proficiency with ERP and procure-to-pay systems.
• Experience establishing procurement operating models and change management approaches.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to resolve cross-business-unit conflicts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 15 years of procurement or sourcing experience.
• Experience leading procurement technology or automation implementations.
• Experience with procurement in a professional services, engineering, or government-contracting environment.
• Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) or similar certifications.
• Knowledge of supply market trends and total cost of ownership analysis.
• Knowledge of ethical and sustainable purchasing standards.
• Ability to coach and develop managers.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Work is performed primarily in an office or remote office environment.
• Must be able to communicate clearly, in person, by telephone, and in virtual meetings.
• May require occasional work outside of standard business hours.

Travel Requirements

• Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time for business purposes.

Benefits

• Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location.
• Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• Flexible paid time off/vacation.
• Career development opportunities.
• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance.
• Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!