Director Field Procurement Operations - San Francisco County - Vaco by Highspring

Description

Director Field Procurement Operations

Hands-on procurement leadership role supporting distributed, field-based operations.

Compensation

• Base Salary: $180,000 - $220,000
• Annual Incentive Opportunity: Discretionary, performance-based

Incentive Components Include:

Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP):

• Target 35% of base salary
• Performance-based
• Prorated based on start date

Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP):

• $25,000 per year in cash restricted units
• Three-year vesting schedule

Estimated Target Total Compensation (Annualized):

• $250,000 - $305,000
• Based on base salary plus target short-term incentive and the annualized value of long-term cash incentives; actual compensation may vary based on performance, start date, and vesting terms.

Location & Travel Requirements:

This role requires the individual to be locally based in one of the following Metro-Areas/Hubs (see below). While some flexibility exists for in-office work, consistent local presence to one of the Hubs is essential to success.

Candidates must be local to one of the following Metro-Areas/Hubs:

• San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
• Dallas/Greater Dallas Metro Area, TX
• New York City, Greater NYC Metro Area, NY
• Greater Miami, FL/Greater Fort Lauderdale, FL

Regional travel to operational hubs and key business locations is required to support field operations, supplier engagement, and stakeholder alignment.

Overview:

Vaco Highspring is conducting a confidential Director level search on behalf of a large, complex consumer services organization with a nationally distributed operating footprint spanning thousands of locations.

The organization is seeking a Director, Field Procurement Operations to play a hands on leadership role supporting field operations, supply chain partners, and regional leadership. This position is designed for a procurement leader who thrives in fast moving, service driven environments and operates close to the business.

Role Orientation:

• This is a field oriented, execution focused procurement leadership role. While strategic thinking and sound judgment are important, success is defined by day to day execution, supplier reliability, and strong partnership with regional and field leadership.
• This opportunity will be most compelling to leaders who prefer direct ownership of outcomes rather than centralized, advisory, or policy driven procurement roles.

The Opportunity:

The Director, Field Procurement Operations will be responsible for procurement execution, supplier performance, and operational continuity across multiple indirect and operational spend categories. The role is highly internal facing and partners closely with regional operations and supply chain leaders across a geographically dispersed organization.

The organization is at an inflection point where procurement execution, supplier reliability, and field alignment are critical to business performance. This is a high visibility leadership role supporting both near term operational stability and longer term enterprise capability building. This is not a corporate strategy role; success is defined by operational stability, credibility with the field, and the ability to translate procurement discipline into real world outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead procurement operations across multiple indirect and operational categories supporting a geographically dispersed field organization
• Serve as a primary procurement partner to regional operations, supply chain, and field leadership teams
• Own the full supplier lifecycle, including sourcing support, contract execution, performance management, escalation, and remediation
• Act as a hands-on problem solver during supplier, service, or operational disruptions
• Ensure pricing fairness, service level consistency, and supplier accountability across regions
• Lead and develop a small team of regionally aligned procurement leaders
• Balance near term execution with continuous improvement in cost, efficiency, and supplier performance
• Operate with urgency, pragmatism, and sound judgment in a dynamic operating environment

Candidate Requirements & Profile

The ideal candidate is a high caliber procurement operator with strong intellectual rigor, practical judgment, and demonstrated leadership potential.

Required qualifications include:

• Typically, 10+ years of progressive procurement experience, with increasing scope, responsibility, and leadership accountability across complex, ENTERPRISE-SCALE environments.
• Bachelor's degree required; preference for candidates with a background reflecting strong academic rigor, such as completion of a challenging undergraduate or graduate program at a highly regarded U.S. institution
• Professional experience gained within highly reputable private sector organizations, large, well-run enterprises, ideally including FORTUNE 500-scale environments
• Demonstrated progressive career path, evidenced by increasing scope, responsibility, and leadership impact over time
• Consistent and stable work history, with clear progression and growing accountability across roles
• Demonstrated diversity of professional experience, including exposure to multiple roles, functions, categories, or operating environments
• Evidence of diversity of thought, including the ability to balance structured, data driven analysis with pragmatic, real world decision making
• Proven experience leading procurement operations in complex, service oriented or field-based environments
• Strong track record partnering with operations, supply chain, and regional leadership teams
• Experience managing multiple indirect or operational spend categories concurrently
• Deep supplier management and escalation experience across geographically distributed networks
• Prior people leadership experience, ideally with regional or distributed teams
• Demonstrated potential to be viewed as a future organizational leader, with the capability to take on broader scope and increased responsibility over time
• Clear, concise communicator with strong executive presence and credibility with senior stakeholders

Nice to Have:

• A blend of enterprise, in house procurement leadership experience combined with prior management consulting experience, particularly in operational transformation, procurement optimization, or large-scale execution environments
• Management consulting experience is most valuable when combined with subsequent in-house ownership of execution and outcomes.

Search Confidentiality

This search is being conducted on a strictly confidential basis by Vaco Highspring. Additional details regarding the organization and role scope will be shared with qualified candidates as they advance through the process.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.