SR. DIRECTOR, START-UP & EXECUTION

The GEO Group, Inc.; Boca Raton (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

401(k) Matching

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discount

Reduced Tuition Rates

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401(k)

Pet Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Training

Flexible Spending Account

Job summary

The GEO Group, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director, Start Up and Execution to oversee the Purchasing Department, guide facility expansions and start-ups, and drive strategic sourcing initiatives.

You will lead a team, coordinate with field, regional, and corporate stakeholders, and ensure timely, cost-effective procurement aligned with corporate objectives. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s in Business (Master’s preferred), extensive purchasing leadership experience, and strong negotiation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Strong strategic sourcing and vendor negotiation experience.
• Proven leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Solid financial acumen and budgeting experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee purchasing activities, supplier selection, and contract negotiations.
• Manage facility expansions and start-up projects in line with corporate goals.
• Develop and enforce purchasing policies, standards, and procedures.
• Lead and develop Purchasing staff, set priorities, and evaluate performance.
• Collaborate with IS, accounting, fixed assets, A/P, and operations on daily items.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Vendor negotiations

Leadership

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field

Master's Degree preferred

Job description

Benefits Information

Full-time employees will enjoy a competitive benefits package with options for you and your family including:

• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) Matching
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discount
• Reduced Tuition Rates
• Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k)
• Pet Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Training
• Flexible Spending Account

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Overview

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Who We Are

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Why Work For GEO

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary

The Senior Director, Start Up and Execution oversees the Director and its staff along with administering the day-to-day functions and activities of the Purchasing Department. Also, oversees the execution of facility expansions and start-ups, purchasing projects and programs. Establishes procedures and recommends policies or policy changes. Provides direct supervision for the Director and Project Coordinator.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• The Senior Director, Start Up and Execution manages plans, organizes, coordinates, and maintains all purchasing activities, facility expansion, and start-up in support of corporate goals and objectives. Responsible for day-to-day operations of the department including the overall organization of the corporate purchasing office.
• Provides oversight and accountability for all purchasing projects, facility expansion and startups implementations ensuring accuracy, reconciliation with pricing proposal estimates, adherence to project timelines, and alignment with budgetary parameters.
• The Senior Director, Start Up and Execution leads the development and optimization of electronic records, data sources, and purchasing related processes to strengthen operational efficiency, reporting integrity and decision making.
• Directs reporting activities and assessment processes, including the evaluation and execution of requested revisions for expansion and start-up facilities from field, regional and corporate stakeholders.
• The Senior Director, Start Up and Execution provides leadership and direction to Purchasing staff, including prioritization of work, assignment of responsibilities, workload management, professional development, training, and execution of departmental objectives.
• Establishes performance standards for the purchasing functions and monitors staff accomplishments against those standards. Completes performance evaluations in accordance with company policies.
• Reviews and approves purchases orders in accordance with established guidelines and procedures also including freight, moving, asset transfer and export projects.
• Develops, implements, and governs purchasing policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures to support consistency, compliance, and organizational effectiveness.
• Leads corporate level vendor negotiations for established programs to optimize value, service levels, and operational outcomes.
• Manages significant cross functional projects to ensure goals and timelines are met.
• Responsible for day-to-day management of department budget and budgets for direct purchasing projects (i.e., branding, start-ups, facility expansions, etc.)
• Writes status updates and provides updates to field, regional or corporate level as required.
• Manages all corporate interdepartmental day-to-day items relating to purchasing i.e. with IS, accounting, Fixed Assets, A/P, Operations, Risk Management etc.
• Responsible for ensuring monitoring, assignments and timely completion regarding all queries, requests, reports, projects from field locations, regional offices.
• Prioritizes all tasks, items within area of responsibility, reports to VP of Design & Construction regarding status of any problem areas. Provides weekly top level internal report.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field. Master Degree preferred.
• Eight (8) years of professional purchasing capacity or fifteen (15) years of professional purchasing experience. (Four (4) years’ experience must be in a supervisory or project purchasing capacity.) Demonstrated excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent numerical, logic (business assumptions) and accounting accuracy.
• Excellent presentation skills, ability to communicate to a high degree of effectiveness at all levels.
• Excellent organization skills, excellent judgment, and ability to apply flexible and effective solutions to ongoing or project problems as they arise.
• Excellent ability to quickly troubleshoot and solve operational problems relating to the purchasing area.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Ability to travel required. Travel may vary from 15% to 75% depending on projects.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

The GEO Group, Inc.