Director, Strategic Sourcing

Position Overview

The Director of Strategic Sourcing is responsible for leading CCG’s global procurement and parcel-shipping sourcing strategy, with a primary focus on optimizing spend, improving service levels, and enabling scalable growth across domestic and international operations. This role owns strategic sourcing, vendor management, and small-parcel shipping procurement across all CCG entities and works cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Legal, and regional leadership to drive cost efficiency, mitigate risk, and support operational excellence.

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

• Develop and execute a global strategic sourcing strategy across direct, indirect, and parcel-shipping-related spend categories.
• Lead RFP/RFQ processes, supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract structuring.
• Establish and maintain category strategies for key spend areas, including small-parcel and express shipping, international parcel, fulfillment, and packaging.
• Drive measurable year-over-year cost savings, value creation, and working capital improvements.

Parcel Shipping, Logistics & Transportation

• Own the sourcing and management of global small-parcel and express shipping providers, including FedEx, UPS, USPS, and international parcel partners.
• Lead carrier rate card negotiations, including base rates, incentive programs, fuel indices, peak surcharges, and accessorial pricing.
• Partner closely with Operations and Commercial leadership to align parcel shipping service selections with service-level, speed, cost, and reliability requirements.
• Monitor carrier performance, cost trends, and risk exposure across regions, including on-time delivery, claims, invoice accuracy, surcharge volatility, and peak-season capacity risk.
• Establish and maintain vendor governance frameworks, including KPIs, parcel-specific scorecards, and periodic business reviews.
• Oversee contract lifecycle management, including renewals, compliance, and enforcement of negotiated parcel carrier terms.
• Oversee carrier invoice audit, dispute management, and recovery processes to ensure compliance with negotiated rates and terms.
• Partner with Legal on contract language, risk allocation, insurance, and regulatory considerations.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships across multiple regions and legal entities, including international vendors.
• Partner with Finance and Operations to manage enterprise-wide inventory levels, balancing commercial, operational, and working capital considerations.
• Collaborate with Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and parcel-shipping spend analytics.
• Improve enterprise-wide visibility into parcel shipping spend by carrier, service level, zone, entity, and region.
• Analyze and influence shipping cost per order, dimensional weight impact, packaging efficiency, and service-level tradeoffs.
• Support EBITDA improvement initiatives through pricing leverage, demand management, and structural cost reduction.
• Support acquisitions, integrations, and synergy capture initiatives as applicable.

Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on sourcing strategy, parcel market dynamics, and supply-chain risk.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Tax, and Legal on global vendor setup, international payments, and intercompany considerations.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field.
• 8–12+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management, including responsibility for small-parcel and express shipping spend.
• Demonstrated success leading complex negotiations and delivering material cost savings.
• Experience managing global suppliers and cross-border parcel shipping relationships.
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to analyze spend, savings, and return on investment.
• Deep familiarity with small-parcel and express shipping markets, carrier pricing models, rate cards, and parcel-specific contract structures.
• Experience operating in a multi-entity, international, or high-growth environment.

Preferred

• MBA or relevant professional certifications (e.g., CPSM, CSCP).
• Experience negotiating parcel carrier agreements with FedEx, UPS, USPS, or comparable international parcel providers.
• Strategic thinking and structured problem solving.
• Advanced negotiation and vendor management skills.
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management.
• Risk assessment and mitigation.
• Ability to design scalable, repeatable processes.

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