Director of Procurement
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Job Location:
Sacramento, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 178800 - 241400
Posted on:
11 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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$178800.00 - $241400.00JOB OVERVIEW:
The Director of Procurement is the operational leader of the procurement function accountable for delivering cost cash service and risk objectives across a $400m annual spend portfolio.This role leads a team of procurement professionals and is expected to be hands-on commercially sharp and deeply involved in supplier negotiations sourcing decisions and day-to-day execution. The role requires strong business judgment disciplined follow-through and clear people leadership.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Key Accountabilities
1. Operational Procurement Leadership
- Own end-to-end procurement execution from demand alignment and sourcing strategy through contracting ordering and supplier performance.
- Ensure procurement supports production continuity innovation timelines and business priorities with minimal disruption.
- Be actively involved in key sourcing decisions and negotiations especially for high-value high-risk or strategic suppliers.
- Translate business needs into clear sourcing plans negotiation strategies and execution roadmaps.
2. Spend Ownership & Value Delivery
- Deliver year-over-year cost savings cash improvements and risk mitigation in line with AOP targets.
- Personally lead or sponsor major negotiations (pricing payment terms capacity commitments service levels).
- Drive vendor consolidation where it improves leverage simplicity and total cost of ownership.
- Track validate and report realized savings not just negotiated savings in partnership with Finance.
3. Supplier & Contract Management
- Own the supplier relationship model for top strategic and high-risk suppliers.
- Ensure contracts are commercially sound enforceable and actively managed (pricing service levels penalties renewal timing).
- Lead supplier performance reviews including corrective actions for underperformance.
- Escalate and resolve supply quality or commercial disputes decisively.
4. Inventory Planning & Replenishment Oversight
- Oversee replenishment and MRP execution to balance service inventory levels and working capital.
- Partner with Operations and Finance to set and adjust planning parameters safety stocks and reorder logic.
- Reduce excess obsolete and slow-moving inventory through better sourcing and planning decisions.
5. Team Leadership & Accountability
- Lead execution-focused team with clear roles priorities and performance expectations.
- Coach buyers on negotiation preparation supplier management and commercial thinking.
- Hold the team accountable for deadlines accuracy follow-through and results.
- Ensure workload is balanced and execution does not rely on heroics or individual workarounds.
6. Cross-Functional Business Partnership
- Act as a commercial partner to Operations Finance Engineering Marketing R&D and Quality.
- Support new product introductions and innovation with timely sourcing cost models and supplier readiness.
- Align procurement actions with financial targets operational constraints and growth initiatives.
7. Systems Data & Process Discipline
- Ensure disciplined use of SAP and procurement processes (RFQs contracts POs vendor master data) promoting automation and process adherence
- Drive consistency transparency and auditability in procurement execution.
- Use data to manage spend supplier performance and team productivity not spreadsheets owned by individuals.
Supervisory:
- 4 Direct Reports
Required Experience & Profile
- 10 years in procurement sourcing or supply chain roles with direct negotiation responsibility.
- Proven experience managing large spend portfolios ($250m preferred).
- Demonstrated success leading complex negotiations (pricing terms capacity contracts).
- Experience managing both direct and indirect spend.
- Strong people leadership skills with a hands-on accountable management style.
- Solid financial acumen (cost drivers P&L impact working capital).
- SAP experience strongly preferred.
- Industry experience in food CPG manufacturing or agriculture is a plus but not mandatory.
- Results-driven decisive and comfortable operating in detail.
- Clear communicator who sets expectations and follows through.
- Commercially minded not process-theoretical.
- Willing to step into negotiations and execution when required.
- Builds credibility through delivery not presentation
Would consider remote-hybrid with 25-50% travel required
Blue Diamond Growers is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer
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Blue Diamond Growers (BDG) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. BDG provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status or genetic information. BDG also complies with all provisions of the U.S. Governments Executive Order 11246 dated September 24 1965 and the rules regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Category Management
- Purchasing
- Sourcing
- Procurement
- Financial Acumen
- HR Sourcing
- Procurement Management
- Contract Management
- Supplier Management
- Contract Negotiation
- negotiation
- Contracts
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