Sr. Director of Indirect and IT Procurement

2 weeks ago

Cincinnati, United States First Student Full time

First Student, Inc

Sr. Director of Indirect and IT Procurement

Cincinnati ,

Ohio

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First for a reasonFirst Student is the largest school transportation provider in North America with more than a century of experience providing safe and reliable transportation. We work with 1,250 school districts in 39 states and 8 Canadian provinces carrying approximately five million students in 21,000 schools daily.The Senior Director of Indirect and IT is responsible for the overall corporate procurement strategy and for increasing spend under management for indirect and IT spend, identifying and evolving best practices and driving continuous improvement efforts. This position will direct the activities of the Commodity Managers and Commodity Specialists in the Indirect team. The Sr. Director of Indirect and IT will apply knowledge and expertise to assist the business unit and functions in strategy development, sourcing execution, contract negotiations and supplier performance evaluation. This position is charged with ensuring that all indirect and IT purchases meet the business objectives and the defined corporate policies. The Sr.Director of Indirect and IT will be a visionary procurement leader and change agent who will assist in the development and implementation of procurement strategies, policies and supporting processes to raise the efficiency and effectiveness of the Procurement organization.Major ResponsibilitiesLead the Indirect Procurement group in the creation of their strategic vision, operational planning, and executionCreation of Indirect procurement processes and ensure best in class supplier selectionLead the development of commodity strategies, execution planning, and implementation with regard for cost, quality, and deliveryContinual assessment of spend and proactive development of actions to identify cost reductions, improve supplier performance and business compliance with preferred suppliersCreation and ongoing value creation with a world class supply base, including segmentation of suppliers into strategic, preferred, tactical, and legacy classificationsCreation and management of short, mid, and long term goals and objectivesCreation and improvement of best-practice based processes (e.g., leadership of high value/strategic sourcing efforts)Creating a talent management process in coordination with HR to ensure that the right resources are in place for Indirect ProcurementManaging the skills and competency development of procurement staff, including training development and knowledge management capabilitiesLeadership of cross-functional teaming across other business functions and initiativesManage and develop a team of 5 - 7 Commodity Managers and SpecialistsDemonstrate good understanding of TCO (total cost of ownership) and various savings levers applicable to drive cost reductionExecute defined strategic sourcing process for commodity and drive utilization of tools and techniques that align to standardized processesPrepare for and conduct the highest-level contract negotiationsMonitor supply markets and industries including pricing trends, new suppliers and alternative solutions and supply risksIdentify critical supply disruption points in upstream value chain and formulate an effective strategy for mitigationWork cooperatively with IT, Operations, Human Resources, Marketing and other internal customers to assess the capabilities of new and existing suppliers to ensure that all purchases of goods and services meet defined quality and delivery standards.Anticipate supplier and First Student operational issues that could affect supply. Lead/Support activities to resolve supply issues.Create and expand a continuous improvement culture to achieve improvement in targeted results.Communicate effectively at all levels of the organization including written, verbal, and presentation techniquesMinimum Experience & Skills RequiredBS degree in Business Administration, Engineering or other

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