Director of Supply Chain & Procurement: EBITDA Impact

VDS Consulting Group; Holtsville (NY); Presencial; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

VDS Consulting Group in New York is seeking a senior procurement/SC leader to own spend baselines, renegotiate vendor contracts, and diversify the supply base. The role sits near EBITDA with quantified savings against a real baseline.

You will implement demand and inventory forecasting tools (AI-driven planning where data supports it), establish S&OP cadence where needed, and drive supplier performance management to protect P&L.

Formación

• 12+ years in supply chain, procurement, or integrated sourcing.
• Director-level ownership with verifiable savings.
• Direct materials category depth in industrial manufacturing.
• Experience standing up or repairing S&OP.
• Working knowledge of planning systems and forecasting tools.
• Comfort renegotiating from a weak position when the supplier knows it.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

Supply chain leadership

Vendor negotiation

Forecasting tools

S&OP experience

Herramientas

Planning systems

Forecasting software

Descripción del empleo

VDS Consulting Group in New York is seeking a senior procurement/SC leader to own spend baselines, renegotiate vendor contracts, and diversify the supply base. The role sits near EBITDA with quantified savings against a real baseline.

You will implement demand and inventory forecasting tools (AI-driven planning where data supports it), establish S&OP cadence where needed, and drive supplier performance management to protect P&L.