Director, Strategic Sourcing

Department: Finance

Reports To: Chief Financial Officer

Dotted-Line Relationship: Operations

About The Company

The Certified Collectibles Group (CCG) is a global leader in the fast-growing collectibles market. Founded in 1987, CCG provides third-party authentication and grading services that protect the integrity of the hobby and empower confident buying and selling decisions. To date, more than 110 million coins, banknotes, comic books, magazines, trading cards and autographs have been certified by CCG. Trusted by collectors and dealers worldwide, CCG has locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, United Arab Emirates and China.

Position Overview

The Director of Strategic Sourcing is responsible for leading CCG’s global procurement and parcel-shipping sourcing strategy, with a primary focus on optimizing spend, improving service levels, and enabling scalable growth across domestic and international operations. This role owns strategic sourcing, vendor management, and small-parcel shipping procurement across all CCG entities and works cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Legal, and regional leadership to drive cost efficiency, mitigate risk, and support operational excellence.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

• Develop and execute a global strategic sourcing strategy across direct, indirect, and parcel-shipping-related spend categories.
• Lead RFP/RFQ processes, supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract structuring.
• Establish and maintain category strategies for key spend areas, including small-parcel and express shipping, international parcel, fulfillment, and packaging.
• Drive measurable year-over-year cost savings, value creation, and working capital improvements.
  
  
  

Parcel Shipping, Logistics & Transportation

• Own the sourcing and management of global small-parcel and express shipping providers, including FedEx, UPS, USPS, and international parcel partners.
• Lead carrier rate card negotiations, including base rates, incentive programs, fuel indices, peak surcharges, and accessorial pricing.
• Partner closely with Operations and Commercial leadership to align parcel shipping service selections with service-level, speed, cost, and reliability requirements.
• Monitor carrier performance, cost trends, and risk exposure across regions, including on-time delivery, claims, invoice accuracy, surcharge volatility, and peak-season capacity risk.
  
  
  

Vendor Management & Governance

• Establish and maintain vendor governance frameworks, including KPIs, parcel-specific scorecards, and periodic business reviews.
• Oversee contract lifecycle management, including renewals, compliance, and enforcement of negotiated parcel carrier terms.
• Oversee carrier invoice audit, dispute management, and recovery processes to ensure compliance with negotiated rates and terms.
• Partner with Legal on contract language, risk allocation, insurance, and regulatory considerations.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships across multiple regions and legal entities, including international vendors.
  
  
  

Financial Partnership & Analytics

• Partner with Finance and Operations to manage enterprise-wide inventory levels, balancing commercial, operational, and working capital considerations.
• Collaborate with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and parcel-shipping spend analytics.
• Improve enterprise-wide visibility into parcel shipping spend by carrier, service level, zone, entity, and region.
• Analyze and influence shipping cost per order, dimensional weight impact, packaging efficiency, and service-level tradeoffs.
• Support EBITDA improvement initiatives through pricing leverage, demand management, and structural cost reduction.
• Support acquisitions, integrations, and synergy capture initiatives as applicable.
  
  
  

Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on sourcing strategy, parcel market dynamics, and supply-chain risk.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Tax, and Legal on global vendor setup, international payments, and intercompany considerations.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field.
• 8–12 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management, including responsibility for small-parcel and express shipping spend.
• Demonstrated success leading complex negotiations and delivering material cost savings.
• Experience managing global suppliers and cross-border parcel shipping relationships.
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to analyze spend, savings, and return on investment.
• Deep familiarity with small-parcel and express shipping markets, carrier pricing models, rate cards, and parcel-specific contract structures.
• Experience operating in a multi-entity, international, or high-growth environment.
  
  
  

Preferred

• MBA or relevant professional certifications (e.g., CPSM, CSCP).
• Experience negotiating parcel carrier agreements with FedEx, UPS, USPS, or comparable international parcel providers.
  
  
  

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking and structured problem solving
• Advanced negotiation and vendor management skills
• Data-driven decision making
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management
• Risk assessment and mitigation
• Ability to design scalable, repeatable processes