Director, Procurement Production
Tekwissen • Los Angeles, CA • Contractor • $100–$100 / hour
Posted on Wed, Sep 16, 2026
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide.
Title: Director, Procurement Production
Duration: 9 Months
Location: Nashville, TN / New York City, NY / Los Angeles, CA
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite Job Description:
Director, Procurement Production
Reports To: VP, Production Procurement
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Responsibilities:
- Own and manage procurement operating routines, including weekly pipeline reviews, monthly business reviews, and quarterly performance cadences, ensuring consistency and accountability across the function.
- Serve as the enterprise administrator and process owner for the procurement project management platform (Asana), maintaining initiative tracking, milestone visibility, and cross-functional coordination.
- Build and lead the enterprise procurement analytics capability, developing dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics that inform strategic decision-making and track value delivery.
- Partner with category leaders and finance to ensure procurement performance data is reliable, timely, and aligned with FP&A reporting requirements.
- Help standardize repeatable procurement processes for production requests, including intake, prioritization, stakeholder updates, vendor comparisons, approval tracking, and escalation paths.
- Drive consistent use of procurement tools, shared trackers, and reporting routines so production leadership has clear visibility into progress, blockers, vendor status, and value delivery.
- Develop and maintain executive-level reporting materials that communicate procurement performance, pipeline health, and value creation to senior leadership.
- Identify process improvement opportunities across procurement operations, streamlining workflows and eliminating inefficiencies.
- Support change management efforts related to new operating routines, tools, and reporting requirements across the procurement organization.
- Operate as a senior individual contributor, working cross-functionally with internal teams and external suppliers to move time-sensitive production procurement priorities to closure.
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in procurement, supply chain, production operations, production finance, sourcing, vendor management, or management consulting with experience supporting complex, time-sensitive business environments.
- Proven experience building and managing operating cadences, governance routines, and performance management frameworks.
- Strong analytical capabilities with demonstrated expertise in developing procurement dashboards, KPIs, and data-driven reporting.
- Proficiency with project management, procurement, ERP, or workflow platforms, such as Asana, Smartsheet, Oracle Fusion, Airtable, Excel, or equivalent tools.
- Demonstrated success operating with agility, prioritizing strategically, and delivering results in fast-paced, highly cross-functional environments.
- Experience supporting production, studio, media, entertainment, live events, or other project-based operating environments preferred.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate production needs, vendor issues, and procurement data into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
- Process improvement experience using Lean, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies.
- Entrepreneurial and solutions-oriented mindset; comfortable creating structure, driving follow-up, and closing open items in evolving production environments.
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