Director, Procurement

Job Profile Summary

The director of the university Procurement Office is accountable for creating, developing, communicating, automating and implementing a strategic procurement plan for Carnegie Mellon. This position is a dynamic opportunity for someone who has extensive procurement experience. This is both a strategic and hands-on role, and the selected candidate must demonstrate strong acumen in determining and implementing strategic and tactical priorities for functional area that are aligned with overall organizational goals. Key responsibilities include:

• Creating, developing, communicating, automating and implementing a strategic procurement plan for Carnegie Mellon, a leading, international academic institution operating in a decentralized environment with locations around the world.
• Fostering long and short-term partnerships to optimize Carnegie Mellon's approximately $300M spend.
• Ensuring the Carnegie Mellon procurement process meets and exceeds the expectations of all stakeholders involved in the process including federal, state and local government authorities as applicable.
• Providing effective and inspiring leadership that properly motivates and leads a high performance team. Continually lead by example. Effectively collaborates across the university to ensure needs of each customer group are proactively addressed and long-term partnerships are formed. Providing advice and counsel to senior leadership to influence sound procurement decisions.
• This individual will be a hands-on manager and must possess strong relationship building skills, as this person will spend at least half of their time interfacing with customer groups across campus and use advanced interpersonal skills to build and maintain strong relationships among diverse areas. Adaptability, problem solving and willingness to learn are valued qualities within the department and Carnegie Mellon as a whole.

Training and Development Opportunities

The director of procurement is encouraged to explore the relevant resources provided by our learning partners.

Communication

Computers/Software

Data Analysis

Financial Skills

Negotiating

Project Management

Relationship Building

Risk Management

Strategic Sourcing

Supply Chain

Time Management