Chief Commodity Strategy & Sourcing Leader

Reworld Projects, LLC; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 181,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Prescription drug coverage

Vision plan

Dental plan

401(k) plan

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Reworld Projects, LLC seeks a Senior Director of Commodity Management to lead enterprise-wide procurement strategy across boiler maintenance, waste disposal, chemicals, MRO, and more. This role requires a seasoned leader who can build partnerships, drive savings, and standardize procurement practices across global operations.

You will direct supplier negotiations, governance, and process optimization while collaborating with Operations, Finance, Legal, and Engineering to embed best practices and

Qualifications

• 20+ years in procurement, strategic sourcing, or equivalent.
• 10+ years in category management or sourcing leadership.
• 10+ years of people management experience leading managers.
• Experience with boilers, maintenance services, MRO, chemicals, reagents, environmental services, engineering services, waste disposal, and/or capital projects.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, financial, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong executive communication skills and cross-functional collaboration.
• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• Experience in utilities, power generation, or heavy industrial sectors is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute commodity strategies across boiler maintenance, waste disposal, chemicals and reagents, MRO and supplies, environmental services, engineering services, building services, equipment, and capital project support.
• Lead supplier selection, negotiations, contract strategy, implementation planning, and supplier transitions where applicable.
• Deliver savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, risk reduction, service improvement, and total cost-out opportunities, including usage reduction, scope optimization, demand management, and specification standardization.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and drive accountability for cost, safety, quality, service, compliance, responsiveness, and performance.
• Strengthen procurement governance, competitive bidding discipline, contract compliance, and supplier performance management.
• Design and improve standardized procurement processes, including sourcing intake, supplier qualification, competitive bidding, negotiation, contracting, purchase requisition, purchase order, contract handoff, and supplier onboarding.
• Develop procurement policies, procedures, process maps, approval matrices, templates, playbooks, and standard work to improve consistency, compliance, speed, and adoption.
• Partner with Operations, Finance, Legal, Engineering, Environmental, Technology, and regional teams to embed procurement standards into daily routines, systems, reporting, and change-management plans.
• Use spend data, supplier analysis, root-cause analysis, and performance reporting to define business problems and drive corrective actions.
• Prepare executive-level summaries and deep-dive reports to support decisions, communicate risks, and track business impact.
• Lead procurement budget and savings reporting for assigned commodities and deliver against financial targets.
• Apply a lean mindset to simplify processes, eliminate waste, and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead, coach, and develop commodity managers and sourcing professionals.
• Drive change management by influencing stakeholders, addressing resistance, and ensuring procurement strategies and process standards are adopted.
• Communicate assertively and constructively with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Operate effectively under pressure in a fast-paced, result-driven environment.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Negotiation

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Change management

Executive communication

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, Operations, or related field

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Tools

ERP systems

Procurement software

Job description

Reworld Projects, LLC seeks a Senior Director of Commodity Management to lead enterprise-wide procurement strategy across boiler maintenance, waste disposal, chemicals, MRO, and more. This role requires a seasoned leader who can build partnerships, drive savings, and standardize procurement practices across global operations.

You will direct supplier negotiations, governance, and process optimization while collaborating with Operations, Finance, Legal, and Engineering to embed best practices and