Strategic Procurement Leader: Sourcing & Savings

Clark Pacific

Woodland (CA)

On-site

USD 125,000 - 147,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Clark Pacific is seeking a Strategic Procurement Manager to develop, implement, and continuously improve our material sourcing strategy. You will collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Procurement to optimize cost, quality, supply continuity, and overall value.

Lead strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, market analysis, and supplier development while delivering measurable savings and cost avoidance.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
5-7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, including category strategy and planning.
Category or commodity management experience preferred.
Experience transitioning project-based purchasing to forecast-based or contract-based sourcing preferred.
Multi-plant or multi-site sourcing experience preferred.
Experience within construction or manufacturing environments preferred.
Experience sourcing commodities such as steel, concrete, glass, embeds, trucking, equipment, logistics or transportation; preferred.
SQL and Power BI experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and drive strategic procurement strategies for assigned material categories.
Manage sourcing strategies across demand, supply base, inventory, pricing, and risk.
Conduct market intelligence and commodity analysis to identify pricing trends, capacity constraints, risks, and sourcing opportunities.
Partner with Engineering to develop material demand forecasts across plants.
Lead supplier negotiations and administer national supply agreements, blanket purchase orders, and scheduled releases.
Identify and mitigate supplier, commodity, capacity, financial, quality, and supply continuity risks.
Identify, evaluate, and select suppliers based on quality, cost, delivery, service, and risk.
Develop business cases and recommendations for sourcing solutions.
Build and maintain strong, long-term supplier partnerships.
Establish and monitor savings, cost avoidance, working capital, and supplier performance goals.
Support product standardization and identify opportunities to reduce overall organizational costs.
Ensure procurement strategies align with corporate goals, contractual requirements, regulatory requirements, and total cost of ownership.
Partner cross-functionally with Procurement, Manufacturing, Engineering, Logistics, Accounts Payable, Field Assembly, and other internal teams.