Director of Strategic Tech Procurement & Vendor Governance

DSJ Global; Bend (OR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

DSJ Global is partnering with a leading automotive retailer to appoint a Director of Strategic Procurement in Bend, Oregon. The role focuses on building a strategic sourcing function for indirect/vendor spend, emphasizing technology, SaaS, cloud, data, security, and high-value vendor relationships.

The position leads strategic sourcing, vendor governance, and a scalable procurement framework, with collaboration across Legal and Finance to drive cost optimization and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, indirect procurement, vendor management, or procurement transformation.
• Strong experience negotiating enterprise technology, SaaS, software, cloud, data/security, and professional services agreements.
• Experience building sourcing processes, contract governance programs, and vendor management frameworks.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders across Legal, Finance, IT, Security, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Negotiation: Lead RFPs, supplier evaluations, benchmarking, pricing analysis, contract negotiations, and vendor selection for indirect spend categories, especially technology and software.
• Vendor Governance & Contract Management: Establish vendor oversight processes, renewal tracking, contract repository governance, performance management, and stakeholder accountability.
• Procurement Function Buildout: Develop sourcing tools, templates, scorecards, reporting, and value-tracking mechanisms; partner with Finance for spend visibility and savings validation.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

RFP management

Negotiations

Vendor management

Spend analysis

Contract governance

Renewal management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

DSJ Global is partnering with a leading automotive retailer to appoint a Director of Strategic Procurement in Bend, Oregon. The role focuses on building a strategic sourcing function for indirect/vendor spend, emphasizing technology, SaaS, cloud, data, security, and high-value vendor relationships.

The position leads strategic sourcing, vendor governance, and a scalable procurement framework, with collaboration across Legal and Finance to drive cost optimization and governance.