Vice President, Procurement Operations Excellence

LEGENDS GLOBAL  

Legends Global is the premier partner to the world's greatest live events, venues, and brands. We deliver a fully integrated solution of premium services that keeps our partners front and center through our white-label approach.  Our network of 450 venues worldwide, hosting 20,000 events and entertaining 165 million guests each year, is powered by our depth of expertise and level of execution across every component feasibility & consulting, owner’s representation, sales, partnerships, hospitality, merchandise, venue management, and content & booking of world-class live events and venues. 

The Legends Global culture is one of respect, ambitious thinking, collaboration, and bold action. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can be authentic, make an impact, and grow their career. Winning is an everyday thing at Legends Global. We have the best team members who understand every win is earned when we come together as one unified team. Sounds like a winning formula for you. Join us! 

THE ROLE 

As the Vice President of Procurement Operations Excellence, you won’t just drive procurement systems and processes; you will help build the engine that enables Legends to deliver world-class hospitality at the world's most iconic venues.  You will serve as the enterprise leader responsible for designing, governing, optimizing, and enabling the end‑to‑end procurement operating model across Legends Global. This role drives consistency, transparency, and operational excellence through procurement governance, policies, systems, processes, data management, analytics, and reporting.

This leader owns the procurement technology ecosystem—including eProcurement, labor/professional services management tools, inventory management systems, supplier enablement platforms, AI‑enabled workflow automation, and all related integrations—ensuring seamless, efficient, and frictionless procurement transactions for stakeholders.

You will lead the Procurement Operations Excellence organization and partner closely with Sourcing, Finance, IT, Legal, Operations, and venue‑level teams to ensure that procurement delivers world‑class customer experience, operational control, and business value.

ESSENTIAL DUTES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

Leadership 

• Build and lead a high-performing procurement operations excellence organization across governance, systems, data, analytics, and process excellence.
• Partner with broader Procurement organization, Finance, IT, Operations, and venue leaders to align priorities and drive value.
• Drive talent management including recruiting, performance management, coaching, and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation.
• Trusted advisor to business unit leaders and SVP Procurement in support of driving procurement strategy and procurement operations excellence.

 Procurement Governance & Operating Model

• Develop and maintain the enterprise procurement governance framework, including policies, standards, process documentation, and controls.
• Establish the global Procurement Operating Model with consistent roles, workflows, SLAs, and RACI alignment.
• Create and manage Legends' procurement policy architecture—including sourcing thresholds, delegation of authority, contract requirements, supplier onboarding standards, and compliance controls.
• Drive adoption of best‑practice procurement, supplier management, and inventory processes across all venues and business units.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Risk, and Audit to ensure adherence to regulatory, contractual, and financial governance requirements.
• Define and manage procurement KPIs across cost, efficiency, quality, compliance, and user experience.
• Own savings tracking methodology, baselines, Finance validation, and performance reporting.
• Lead QBRs with senior executives and publish scorecards.

Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Lead end‑to‑end process mapping, optimization, and automation across requisitioning, sourcing, contracting, purchasing, receiving, invoicing, inventory, and supplier managemen