North America Procurement Leader - Strategy & Savings

PERI GmbH Formwork Scaffolding Engineering; Elkridge (MD); On-site; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k with company match

Paid holidays & sick leave

Job summary

PERI USA is seeking a Head of Procurement Market Unit – North America to lead regional procurement, align strategies with operations, sales, and finance, and drive performance across the US and Canada. You will champion cost optimization, quality, and compliant processes in a high‑impact role.

You will manage regional procurement teams, implement ERP rollouts, and ensure data quality in SAP/ERP systems while delivering KPI transparency and regional objective setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in strategic procurement, preferably global or international context.
• Experience with SAP MM, eProcurement and ERP-system tools.
• Willingness to travel as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Actively contribute value to cross-functional strategic initiatives such as ERP rollouts, process harmonization programs, drive initiatives, process implementation, and Supply Quality Management frameworks.
• Accountable for the overall procurement performance in your region including direct contribution to improvements in TCO, EBIT, working capital, and supply security.
• Negotiates regional demands according to process.
• Deliver functional leadership of the procurement teams in the subsidiaries – guiding, aligning, and supporting them across a matrix setup to ensure strategic and operational objectives are met.
• Ensure a high data-quality in SAP / ERP and existing procurement systems for an efficient ordering process.
• Create KPI transparency, translate global targets into regional objectives, and monitor target achievement.
• Complete RFQ process including its implementation in the form of quantity contracts, info records or purchase orders (RFQ)
• Continuous improvement of local supplier performance by tracking KPI`s and initiating of actions.
• Drive global Procurement requirements (LKSG, CBAM, Risk-Mgmt., etc.) through the local organization.
• Support of the Category Manager/Technical Project Procurement Manager in Identification, qualification & managing of “major suppliers” according to defined processes and preparing local figures.

Skills

Strategic thinker

Negotiation & persuasion

Leadership excellence

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Ability to travel

German language (advantage)

Tools

SAP MM

ERP-system tools

Job description

PERI USA is seeking a Head of Procurement Market Unit – North America to lead regional procurement, align strategies with operations, sales, and finance, and drive performance across the US and Canada. You will champion cost optimization, quality, and compliant processes in a high‑impact role.

You will manage regional procurement teams, implement ERP rollouts, and ensure data quality in SAP/ERP systems while delivering KPI transparency and regional objective setting.