Regional Vice President of Performance

 

 

 

Job ID:  519071

 

CRH's Americas Materials, a division of CRH, is the leading vertically integrated supplier of aggregates, cement, asphalt, readymixed concrete and paving and construction services in North America. Our operations span North America with 24,100 employees at close to 1,300 locations in 44 US States and 6 Canadian provinces.

 

The companies that make up the Appalachian Materials Region operate across the heavy building materials sector, supporting essential infrastructure throughout the region. Their work centers on producing, supplying, and delivering the fundamental materials that build and maintain roads, highways, commercial sites, and public infrastructure. These operations include quarrying aggregates, manufacturing hot‑mix asphalt, and supplying ready‑mix concrete, along with providing the crews, equipment, and technical expertise needed to construct and maintain projects across the Appalachian footprint.     Together, the companies in the Appalachian Materials Region provide the materials, manufacturing, logistics, and construction support that enable communities to expand, improve transportation networks, and sustain long‑term growth—making them essential contributors to the region’s infrastructure and development.  

Position Overview

 

The Regional Vice President of Performance and OpEx, also overseeing Procurement, is a senior, multi-disciplinary leader responsible for aligning divisional and national performance priorities with regional operations.  This role blends performance management and strategic sourcing leadership into a single high-impact position accountable for operational excellence and procurement strategies across multiple operating companies and lines of business.  This role builds cross-functional alignment, influences leaders at all levels, and drives measurable improvements in performance, profitability, service, safety, and compliance.

 

Key Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Functions)

 

• Serve as an internal consultant and project leader to drive operational efficiency, commercial effectiveness, and improve overall financial performance.
• Identify performance gaps and work directly with local operating companies to implement solutions, tools, and methodologies to improve performance.
• Disseminate leading practices and promote and support adoption across all sites.
• Analyze performance scorecards identifying issues and offering actionable insights.
• Support acquisition integration, greenfield startup processes, and operational onboarding.
• Manage multi-disciplinary projects, ensuring progress and clear communication of results.
• Lead and develop the Region’s Sourcing Team through effective guidance and direction
• Develop and execute sourcing and category strategies that meet cost, quality, service, and sustainability requirements.
• Leverage strategic sourcing processes to assess markets, evaluate supplier capabilities, and optimize total cost of ownership.
• Lead large-scale negotiations with suppliers, ensuring clear deliverables, risk mitigation, and long-term value creation.
• Implement contracts, service-level agreements, and performance metrics.
• Identify, evaluate, and onboard innovative products, services, and supplier solutions.
• Reduce supplier fragmentation and optimize spend across multiple companies to enhance leverage and consistency.
• Ensure supplier compliance and drive continuous improvement through analytics and performance dashboards.

 

Other Accountabilities: Leadership, Development, and Stakeholder Engagement

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, accountability, and innovation.
• Communicate initiatives, program progress, and key performance metrics to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Build alignment across Aggregates, Asphalt, Construction, Ready-Mix, Equipment and Transportation business lines.
• Serve on national or divisional committees as the regional conduit for performance and procurement priorities.
• Establish goals, KPIs, savings targets, and development plans, ensuring adequate resources and mentorship.
• Build strong internal relationships with Presidents, Operations Leaders, Finance Leaders and Procurement Teams