Global Procurement Director

The Global Procurement Director leads sourcing strategy, supplier relationships, and procurement performance across a significant direct-material spend portfolio supporting a complex, multi-site manufacturing network. This leader is accountable for delivering measurable financial value, ensuring reliable supply, and advancing quality, innovation, and sustainability objectives.

What You Will Do

The Director will develop and execute multi-year packaging and ingredient category strategies, lead strategic sourcing, competitive bidding, supplier selection, negotiations, and contract development across assigned categories, and drive total-cost improvement through specification optimization, value engineering, standardization, demand management, and cross-site collaboration.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain within food, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, or another complex direct-material environment, and significant category leadership experience in packaging and/or ingredients.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Procurement, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain within food, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, or another complex direct-material environment
• Significant category leadership experience in packaging and/or ingredients
• Demonstrated success managing large, complex portfolios and delivering measurable financial and operational improvements
• Proven experience leading complex negotiations, developing contracts, and managing strategic supplier relationships
• Experience developing and implementing category strategies across multiple manufacturing sites or business units
• Demonstrated ability to assess supply risk and implement effective mitigation and business-continuity plans
• Experience leading, developing, and holding procurement teams accountable for results
• Strong financial and analytical skills, including cost modeling, total-cost analysis, forecasting, and benefits tracking
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to align cross-functional stakeholders and engage senior leadership

Benefits

• Vision insurance
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) with company match
• Incentive Pay
• Career Development