Director - Corporate Procurement

**What We're Looking For** At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This opportunity entails being responsible for leading the development and execution of a comprehensive firmwide procurement strategy for critical products and services, aligning with the company's overarching goals. The Director of Procurement collaborates with corporate leadership to establish goals and implement procurement strategies to enhance cost efficiency, quality, and service performance. The position is responsible for oversight of vendor management, negotiation, and purchasing for outsourced services, ensuring suppliers meet contractual obligations and stakeholder expectations. Firmwide procurement programs include, but are not limited to corporate travel, corporate credit card solutions, onsite and offsite reprographics, long-term vehicle leasing and mobile management, large-scale meeting planning, records retention and destruction, office supplies, and shipping. **What You'll Do:** Establishes criteria for national programs, solicits RFPs, and negotiates terms and conditions. Analyzes the market, screens potential suppliers, facilitates formal Requests for Proposals (RFP), and presents business cases for final vendor selection. Leads the execution and management of high-priority procurement initiatives, demonstrating expertise in developing policies, processes, and systems, and ensuring compliance across the organization. Collaborates with internal stakeholders and partners with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and develops plans to achieve procurement objectives. Establishes and maintains a vendor management program, ensuring cost-effective and timely delivery. Identifies and implements technology advancements for procurement programs. Assigns programs to Procurement Managers, monitors program performance, and regularly report results. Develops and analyzes reports reflecting key program performance metrics and costs to identify areas of opportunity and effectively manage spending across the company. Identifies process inefficiencies and cost-reduction initiatives, leading the design and implementation of process enhancements. Hires, trains, and develops high-performing team members capable of meeting long-term business needs. Implements succession planning and talent pipeline development. Establishes and maintains strong vendor relationships, conducts review meetings, enforces contractual provisions, and ensures effective and efficient service achieving the financial goals of the program. Provides reporting and presentations to senior leadership on procurement activities and outcomes. Performs other duties as assigned. **What You'll Need:** Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Business or relevant field and 15 years of progressive related experience, or In lieu of education, 19 years of progressive-related experience **What You'll Bring:** Excellent communications skills at all levels, with the ability to lead by influence. Proven experience in strategic procurement and vendor management. Strong negotiation skills and ability to drive cost savings. Leadership experience in developing and managing high-performing teams. Knowledge of industry trends and innovative procurement technologies. Motivated to find efficiency and productivity improvements. Experience planning and organizing multiple projects and tasks with strict deadlines. Trusted – Honest, ethical, candid, and fair. Acts at all times with integrity and explicitly avoids deception, duplicity or degrading behavior. Courage – Takes responsibility for their decisions and actions. Has the candor to be frank, honest, and sincere with others while keeping the words free from bias, prejudice, or malice. Judgment – Able to assess people and situations, to accurately form opinions based on information, experience, and inference. Makes effective decisions and follows through on them. **What We Prefer:** Industry-recognized procurement certification **Additional Information** Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. \#NF #FinanceAccounting . Locations: Kansas City, MO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:_ _HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees._ **Job Type:** Regular **Full/Part Time:** Full time **Job Category:** Finance Group **ReqID:** R-31206 Equal Employment Opportunity & Disability Accessibility Statement HNTB provides a fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or other status protected by law. 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