Vista Outdoor:
Director of Procurement, Bell+Giro Job in Scotts Valley, CA
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Scotts Valley, CA
Full-time | Accounting, Demand Planning, Operations, Production, Quality Assurance, Purchasing
About the job
Join our talented team. Employees at Vista Outdoor are passionate and committed to delivering quality products to our customers. Our culture centers on an engaged and accountable workforce. Our goal is to attract and retain a diverse workforce: rich in talent, background, ideas and experience.
Responsibilities and Qualifications
Each company at Vista Outdoor has its own unique DNA. We are united by a dedication to superior quality, performance-driven products and a love of all things outdoors.
As such, the Director of Procurement will manage all sourcing, purchasing, and vendor relationships for the Bell+Giro business unit (including Blackburn and other amazing brands). This role will focus on developing a robust procurement strategy and a high-performing organization capable of maximizing business value from our vendor partnerships through effective management of $180M+ in spend. This includes (but not limited to) cost savings, cash flow improvements, supply optimization, risk management, data & systems, supply agreements, and supplier relationship management that delivers innovation access.
This role represents a build-out of Bell+Giro’s procurement organization and an opportunity to impact the business in a meaningful way through sustainable change and the deployment of best-in-class sourcing processes, which are likely to include category management, spend aggregation/leverage, analytics/intelligence, contract development, supply base consolidation, expenditure approval and control, and automation. This represents a significant but exciting challenge involving supporting the vision, building a team, creating systems, engaging and educating stakeholders, negotiating/partnering with suppliers, managing Asia based teams, establishing metrics/KPIs and driving year over year performance.
Responsibilities and year-one success criteria include, but are not limited to:
• Focus on supply market intelligence through opportunity identification and validation, supplying market research, market forecasts and external market analyses.
• Relationship management - Develop and measure supplier performance, resolve customer issues and focus on supplier development. Integrate data and collect information related to indirect spend management.
• Strategic vision for direct supply management excellence through bench-marked processes and drive Continuous Improvement across all vendors.
• Executes critical cost-savings and vendor consolidation / transition projects currently underway
• Recommend and drive tariff mitigation strategies
• Build organizational awareness and support in combination with dissemination of knowledge
• Drive results and create a sense of urgency through process and project management.
• Change management as it relates to supplier development strategies.
• Keep up to date on category opportunities by bench-marking other industries to provide projects and programs custom to Bell+Giro
Professional Experience and Qualifications
All candidates must be broadly-skilled and strategic sourcing leaders with a high level of intelligence, business acumen, and executive presence, as well as a penchant for innovation, keen natural leadership skills, a transformative mindset. The Director, Procurement must be a self-starter capable of driving results with limited guidance and oversight and have strong collaboration skills.
In addition, all candidates must possess the following skills, experience, or attributes:
• 10+ years’ experience with procurement, manufacturing or supply-chain roles with a focus on best-in-class operational tools and practices. Broad expertise in procurement ranging from New Product sourcing to Strategic sourcing to Project Management and execution.
• Experience in consumer goods industry desired with experience managing domestic and global supplier network. Must have experience managing sourced products, with additional commodities experience a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous cost reductions through “Value engineering” and “Design-to-value” methodologies.
• Understands the total value chain and total cost of ownership and has delivered improvements in both cost and cash flow.
• Has cross-functional and direct leadership experience. Collaborative leadership style -- able to communicate and partner well across functions and suppliers. Builds a winning culture of transparency, creativity, professionalism and performance.
• Direct management experience with experience managing remote personnel a plus.
Education
A degree in Business, Supply-Chain, Operations or other related technical discipline is required. An advanced degree is highly desirable. Lean Sigma training and/or relevant procurement certifications are strongly preferred.
We offer a highly competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including: medical and dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401K, PTO, tuition reimbursement, and the ability to add value to an exciting mission!
Responsibilities and Qualifications
Each company at Vista Outdoor has its own unique DNA. We are united by a dedication to superior quality, performance-driven products and a love of all things outdoors.
As such, the Director of Procurement will manage all sourcing, purchasing, and vendor relationships for the Bell+Giro business unit (including Blackburn and other amazing brands). This role will focus on developing a robust procurement strategy and a high-performing organization capable of maximizing business value from our vendor partnerships through effective management of $180M+ in spend. This includes (but not limited to) cost savings, cash flow improvements, supply optimization, risk management, data & systems, supply agreements, and supplier relationship management that delivers innovation access.
This role represents a build-out of Bell+Giro’s procurement organization and an opportunity to impact the business in a meaningful way through sustainable change and the deployment of best-in-class sourcing processes, which are likely to include category management, spend aggregation/leverage, analytics/intelligence, contract development, supply base consolidation, expenditure approval and control, and automation. This represents a significant but exciting challenge involving supporting the vision, building a team, creating systems, engaging and educating stakeholders, negotiating/partnering with suppliers, managing Asia based teams, establishing metrics/KPIs and driving year over year performance.
Responsibilities and year-one success criteria include, but are not limited to:
• Focus on supply market intelligence through opportunity identification and validation, supplying market research, market forecasts and external market analyses.
• Relationship management - Develop and measure supplier performance, resolve customer issues and focus on supplier development. Integrate data and collect information related to indirect spend management.
• Strategic vision for direct supply management excellence through bench-marked processes and drive Continuous Improvement across all vendors.
• Executes critical cost-savings and vendor consolidation / transition projects currently underway
• Recommend and drive tariff mitigation strategies
• Build organizational awareness and support in combination with dissemination of knowledge
• Drive results and create a sense of urgency through process and project management.
• Change management as it relates to supplier development strategies.
• Keep up to date on category opportunities by bench-marking other industries to provide projects and programs custom to Bell+Giro
Professional Experience and Qualifications
All candidates must be broadly-skilled and strategic sourcing leaders with a high level of intelligence, business acumen, and executive presence, as well as a penchant for innovation, keen natural leadership skills, a transformative mindset. The Director, Procurement must be a self-starter capable of driving results with limited guidance and oversight and have strong collaboration skills.
In addition, all candidates must possess the following skills, experience, or attributes:
• 10+ years’ experience with procurement, manufacturing or supply-chain roles with a focus on best-in-class operational tools and practices. Broad expertise in procurement ranging from New Product sourcing to Strategic sourcing to Project Management and execution.
• Experience in consumer goods industry desired with experience managing domestic and global supplier network. Must have experience managing sourced products, with additional commodities experience a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to drive continuous cost reductions through “Value engineering” and “Design-to-value” methodologies.
• Understands the total value chain and total cost of ownership and has delivered improvements in both cost and cash flow.
• Has cross-functional and direct leadership experience. Collaborative leadership style -- able to communicate and partner well across functions and suppliers. Builds a winning culture of transparency, creativity, professionalism and performance.
• Direct management experience with experience managing remote personnel a plus.
Education
A degree in Business, Supply-Chain, Operations or other related technical discipline is required. An advanced degree is highly desirable. Lean Sigma training and/or relevant procurement certifications are strongly preferred.
We offer a highly competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including: medical and dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401K, PTO, tuition reimbursement, and the ability to add value to an exciting mission!