Senior Vice President of Procurement

About the Company

Our client is a nationally recognized, growth-oriented distributor serving the construction and building products industry. Through a combination of organic expansion and strategic acquisitions, the company has built a large and diverse operating platform with hundreds of supplier relationships and significant annual purchasing volume.

As the organization continues to scale, executive leadership is investing heavily in supply chain transformation, centralized procurement, and operational excellence. This is a unique opportunity to join the Executive Leadership Team and make an enterprise-wide impact by leading procurement strategy, driving operational efficiencies, and delivering meaningful cost savings across a rapidly growing organization.

About the Position

Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President of Operations & Supply Chain, the Senior Vice President of Procurement will provide strategic and operational leadership for the company's centralized Procurement, Sourcing, Inventory Planning, and Replenishment functions.

This executive will play a critical role in transforming the organization's procurement capabilities by optimizing supplier relationships, consolidating a supplier network of more than 1,200 vendors, and developing best-in-class sourcing strategies that improve profitability while supporting continued business growth.

The ideal candidate is an accomplished procurement executive with a proven ability to lead large-scale sourcing organizations, negotiate complex supplier agreements, build high-performing teams, and deliver measurable financial results across both direct and indirect spend.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive procurement strategy aligned with the company's long-term growth objectives.
• Lead enterprise-wide supplier consolidation initiatives, reducing a supplier base of more than 1,200 vendors while improving purchasing leverage and operational efficiency.
• Drive significant cost reduction initiatives across approximately $700 million in annual direct and indirect spend, identifying and executing opportunities to generate $15–25 million in annual savings.
• Oversee centralized sourcing, inventory planning, replenishment, and tactical procurement functions.
• Lead contract negotiations and strategic supplier partnerships across direct materials, MRO, equipment, supplies, and services.
• Build scalable procurement processes utilizing advanced analytics, automation, reporting, and technology-driven decision making.
• Develop company-wide procurement and supply chain KPIs to improve visibility, accountability, and operational performance.
• Optimize inventory planning strategies to balance customer service, working capital, and inventory investment.
• Lead procurement integration efforts for acquisitions while capturing sourcing and operational synergies.
• Recruit, mentor, develop, and elevate a high-performing procurement organization capable of supporting future growth.
• Partner closely with Finance, Operations, Commercial, Human Resources, and executive leadership to support enterprise initiatives.
• Maintain deep knowledge of market trends, pricing, supply chain risks, and emerging technologies.

Critical Areas of Focus

The successful executive will immediately impact three strategic initiatives:

• Vendor Consolidation: Streamline and optimize a supplier base of more than 1,200 vendors to improve leverage and operational efficiency.
• Cost Optimization: Deliver substantial savings across approximately $700 million in annual spend through strategic sourcing and contract negotiations.
• Organizational Development: Continue building a world-class centralized procurement organization by refining processes, upgrading talent, and implementing best practices.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, and distribution.
• Demonstrated responsibility for annual purchasing volumes exceeding $500 million.
• Proven success leading enterprise procurement transformation initiatives.
• Extensive experience negotiating strategic supplier agreements and driving measurable cost reductions.
• Experience leading centralized procurement organizations within complex, multi-location businesses.
• Strong background managing both direct materials and indirect procurement.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, and procurement integration initiatives is highly desirable.

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Degree concentration in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering, Analytics, or a related discipline preferred.

• Executive-level leadership with a collaborative, hands-on management style.
• Proven ability to build, develop, and retain high-performing procurement teams.
• Exceptional analytical and financial acumen with a data-driven approach to decision making.
• Strong strategic thinking balanced with operational execution.
• Outstanding negotiation and relationship management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities, including the ability to simplify complex data for executive audiences.
• Experience driving organizational change and continuous process improvement.
• High integrity, accountability, and attention to detail.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving business environment.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence across multiple operating companies and functional teams.

Benefits

• Highly competitive executive base salary
• Performance-based annual incentive opportunity
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Executive leadership visibility and influence
• Opportunity to lead a transformational enterprise-wide procurement initiative
• Significant career growth within a rapidly expanding national organization
• Relocation assistance may be available for exceptional candidates.