What are the responsibilities and job description for the Direct Hire Supply Chain & Procurement Director position at VDS Consulting Group?
Direct Hire Base Salary $180k-$240k first year bonus 30% second year bonus 40% base
The mandate- MUST BE LOCATED IN NY or Willing to relocate
Margin is leaking through the supply base and the portfolio company either does not know where or cannot move fast enough to stop it. You come in to find it, capture it, and leave behind a sourcing function that holds the gain after you go.
This role sits close to EBITDA. Sponsors expect quantified, validated savings against a real baseline — not an announced savings number that never reaches the P&L.
What you'll own
- Full spend baseline and category segmentation, typically inside the first month
- Vendor contract renegotiation across the top spend categories
- Supply base diversification and dual-sourcing for single-source and geographically concentrated exposure
- Raw material strategy, including tariff, freight, and commodity risk
- Inventory strategy: right-sizing, positioning against actual demand variability, and freeing working capital
- Implementation of demand and inventory forecasting tools, including AI-driven planning where the data supports it
- Sales and operations planning cadence, where one does not already function
- Supplier performance management and scorecarding
What you bring
- 12 years in supply chain, procurement, or integrated sourcing, with director-level ownership
- Demonstrated, verifiable savings capture — you can walk through the baseline, the mechanism, and the P&L landing
- Category depth in direct materials relevant to industrial manufacturing
- Experience standing up or repairing S&OP
- Working knowledge of planning systems and forecasting tools; enough technical fluency to evaluate a vendor claim
- Comfort renegotiating from a weak position when the supplier knows it
Benefits (effective on your date of hire)
Comprehensive coverage starts on day one for you and your eligible family, including spouse or domestic partner and children:
- Medical: a choice of three Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans (PPO, EPO, or high-deductible plan with HSA) on the national BlueCard network
- Company-funded HSA: the employer contributes $500 a year for individual coverage or $1,000 for family coverage, and the account is yours to keep
- Prescription coverage: generics from $10 at retail, with 90-day mail order available
- 24/7 telehealth: virtual visits with doctors, specialists and mental health counselors, with most patients seen in about 10 minutes
- Dental: two Anthem PPO plans; the higher plan includes orthodontia for children under 19
- Vision: annual exams, lenses and contacts, plus a frame allowance every 24 months
- Company-paid life and AD&D insurance, with optional extra coverage for you, your spouse and your children
- Optional short- and long-term disability insurance, with long-term coverage up to $15,000 a month
- Pre-tax savings:
- Health care FSA up to $3,400
- Dependent care FSA up to $7,500
- Commuter benefits up to $340 a month each for transit and parking
- Optional accident and hospital insurance that pays cash directly to you
- Wellness discounts: gym memberships at 10,000 fitness centers, up to 40% off fertility treatment, LASIK, hearing aids and pet insurance
- Dedicated benefits advocate hotline for help with claims and coverage questions
Strong plus: tariff and trade compliance exposure; nearshoring supplier qualification; distressed or liquidity-constrained environments; VDS-adjacent procurement consulting methodology experience.
Salary : $180,000 - $240,000