Managing Director, Indirect Procurement Location: Columbus, OH / Cincinnati, OH / Indianapolis, IN region Compensation: $300,000 base + 20% annual bonus
Position Overview Our client is seeking a highly accomplished Managing Director of Indirect Procurement to lead procurement strategy and execution for a large, complex Fortune 500 consumer brand account. This is a senior leadership opportunity requiring an executive-level procurement leader who has operated within a large, highly recognizable consumer or Fortune 500 organization and has experience overseeing a broad portfolio of indirect spend. The ideal candidate combines deep strategic sourcing expertise with strong executive presence, commercial acumen, and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior business stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide executive leadership across a broad indirect procurement and strategic sourcing portfolio.
- Develop and execute enterprise-level sourcing strategies that drive measurable cost savings, value creation, supplier performance, and operational improvement.
- Oversee multiple indirect spend categories and ensure sourcing strategies align with broader business objectives.
- Build strong relationships with senior client executives and serve as a trusted procurement advisor.
- Lead, develop, and influence procurement teams and cross-functional stakeholders across a complex organization.
- Identify opportunities to improve procurement processes, category strategies, supplier relationships, and overall spend management.
- Establish KPIs and executive-level reporting to demonstrate procurement performance and business impact.
- Navigate a highly visible client environment requiring strong communication, executive presence, and stakeholder management.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Significant senior leadership experience within indirect procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain.
- Experience leading a broad portfolio of indirect categories rather than specializing in a single category.
- Background within a large-scale, recognizable consumer, retail, CPG, or Fortune 500 organization strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success managing significant enterprise spend and complex supplier ecosystems.
- Strong track record of delivering measurable savings, procurement transformation, and business value.
- Experience partnering directly with C-suite and senior executive stakeholders.
- Proven ability to lead teams while influencing across functions and organizational levels.
- Strong commercial judgment, negotiation skills, and executive communication capabilities.
- Comfortable operating in a highly visible, fast-moving environment with significant client interaction.
Target Background We are particularly interested in leaders who have held senior procurement roles within large consumer-facing, retail, CPG, or similarly complex organizations and have owned substantial portions of enterprise indirect spend.