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North America Procurement Lead

Avanciers LLCChicago, IL🇺🇸United States

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SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeRemote
LocationChicago, IL, United States
Stakeholder Management

Job description

Role: North America Procurement Lead – Maintenance & ServicesLocation: Remote – USA Employment Type: Full-Time
Job OverviewWe are seeking an experienced North America Procurement Lead – Maintenance & Services to lead end-to-end procurement and manufacturing services programs across the United States and Canada.The ideal candidate will drive strategic sourcing, cost savings, spend consolidation, supplier performance, and service excellence across Maintenance & Services (M&S) categories. This role will serve as the primary point of accountability for program delivery, ensuring alignment between regional procurement strategies and plant-level operations.Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the execution of North American Manufacturing Services procurement programs across the USA and Canada.
  • Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities while maintaining and reporting a savings pipeline.
  • Drive procurement savings, payment-term optimization, and inventory optimization initiatives.
  • Improve service delivery by achieving CSAT targets and maintaining over 95% turnaround time (TAT) adherence.
  • Drive catalogue adoption, guided buying compliance, and spend migration to preferred procurement channels.
  • Lead stakeholder engagement, change management, and procurement transformation initiatives.
  • Establish and lead internal and external governance meetings covering savings, productivity, escalations, sourcing projects, and program performance.
  • Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Finance, and Operations teams to align sourcing strategies with business objectives.
  • Manage strategic supplier relationships, ensuring service quality, performance, and long-term value creation.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop team members to achieve annual procurement and operational targets.
  • Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), identify improvement opportunities, and ensure delivery against program commitments.
Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent from an accredited institution.
  • Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in procurement, sourcing, or related functions.
  • Equivalent progressive professional experience may be considered in lieu of education.
Preferred Qualifications
  • 12–18+ years of experience in strategic sourcing and procurement.
  • Strong experience in Maintenance, Repair & Operations (MRO) and Services procurement categories.
  • Proven experience managing large-scale services delivery and procurement transformation programs.
  • Demonstrated success in delivering cost savings, spend productivity, and working capital improvements.
  • Experience leading and developing high-performing procurement teams.
  • Background in food manufacturing, engineering, automotive, or other large-scale manufacturing organizations.
  • Experience working with service aggregators and managing supplier ecosystems is an added advantage.
  • Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, leadership, and communication skills.
  • Ability to drive change management and influence stakeholders across multiple locations.

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