Senior Manager, Procurement

Woolpert

. Manage procurement managers and/or supervisors across multiple spend areas, sites, or business units, including hiring, termination, performance appraisals, and pay reviews .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $139,200 - $208,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage procurement managers and/or supervisors across multiple spend areas, sites, or business units, including hiring, termination, performance appraisals, and pay reviews
Direct development and implementation of procurement strategies aligned with organizational goals for cost optimization and supply chain reliability
Support development and implementation of the future-state procurement operating model, including organization design, processes, technology, policies, procedures, governance, and KPIs
Develop category strategies and multi-year sourcing roadmaps across major spend areas
Standardize procure-to-pay processes, approval workflows, and delegation-of-authority thresholds
Establish and own procurement KPIs, including purchase order cycle time, contract compliance, savings, supplier delivery, and purchase price variance
Develop and maintain procurement spend analysis and Power BI reporting dashboards
Approve higher-value awards and resolve escalated procurement issues
Direct supplier selection, evaluation, performance reviews, assessments, and corrective action plans
Establish supplier performance and risk management structures and maintain the procurement risk register
Evaluate, select, and lead rollout of procurement technologies and tools
Establish and oversee vendor contract management processes and technology
Manage procurement budgets, expenditures, cost controls, and savings initiatives
Build and report procurement savings and value-creation pipelines with Finance
Allocate buying capacity, staffing, and resources across teams
Partner with Finance, Legal, Operations, IT, BI and Analytics, and business leaders
Report procurement performance, savings, and risk to senior leadership
Develop supervisors and managers and establish succession and capability plans

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field required
Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered on a 1:1 basis
12 years of progressive procurement, purchasing, or sourcing experience
Experience managing first-level managers and/or supervisors, including hiring, performance management, and pay decisions
Experience owning a procurement budget and delivering cost savings, contract compliance, and supplier performance targets
Experience negotiating and awarding supply agreements and resolving escalated supplier and commercial issues
Experience developing category strategies, strategic sourcing pipelines, spend analytics capabilities, supplier performance programs, and contract management processes
Broad knowledge of strategic procurement, category management, strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract lifecycle management, spend analytics, procurement governance, and the procure-to-pay cycle
Ability to develop and standardize procurement policy, controls, and process across multiple teams or business units
Skilled in supplier negotiation, evaluation, and performance management, including scorecards, reviews, and corrective action
Ability to analyze spend, cost structures, and budget impact and translate findings into savings and risk mitigation actions
Ability to define business requirements for procurement reporting, dashboards, and data models, including spend analysis cubes, Power BI dashboards, supplier scorecards, savings tracking, and contract compliance reporting
Working proficiency with ERP and procure-to-pay systems, spend analytics, and supplier management tools
Experience establishing procurement operating models, policies, procedures, governance forums, stakeholder engagement models, and change management approaches
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting procurement performance and risk to senior leadership
Ability to resolve cross-business-unit conflicts involving cost, quality, schedule, and risk
Must already possess work authorization in the United States; visa sponsorship is unavailable
Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time
Occasional work outside standard business hours may be required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate)
Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm
Flexible paid time off/vacation
Career development and learning opportunities
Health, life, vision, and dental insurance
Paid sick time
Retirement plan
Fitness reimbursement
Pet insurance
Identity protection
Technology stipend
Employee assistance program