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By joining the American Red Cross  you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best.  Are you ready to be part of  the world's largest humanitarian network?

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Job Description:

Director, Supply Management 

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

We are currently seeking a Director of Supply Management.  The work location for this dynamic opportunity is flexible, and can be based anywhere in the US.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

As a $3 billion organization with more than 17,000 employees and thousands of dedicated volunteers, the Red Cross depends on people with diverse backgrounds, skills, and perspectives to advance its mission. Together, we deliver vital relief and support in times of crisis, keep communities safe through education and training, and ensure the availability of lifesaving blood and resources.

The Supply Management organization plays a critical role in enabling this mission by ensuring that goods and services are sourced, delivered, and managed effectively. Achieving world-class performance requires developing best-in-class processes tailored to the organization’s unique objectives. The Director of Supply Management will be instrumental in advancing these efforts, driving category strategies, strengthening supplier relationships, and leading or supporting key initiatives to improve processes, systems, and supplier performance over time.

The Director of Supply Management is a strategic leader responsible for driving category strategies, optimizing procurement performance, and ensuring operational excellence in support of the organization’s mission. With an initial focus on logistics services, this role oversees the sourcing, negotiation, and management of certain goods and services essential to the organization’s supply chain. This position would also be responsible for leading special projects and initiatives designed to improve efficiencies and add business value to the mission such as implementing innovative procurement technologies, and supporting cross-functional initiatives that strengthen resilience, reduce cost and enhance service delivery to those we serve.

Reporting to senior leadership, the Director will lead and develop a high-performing supply management team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and compliance with all applicable Federal, State, local, and organizational regulations. This includes setting category initiatives, enhancing supplier relationships, and implementing procurement strategies that align with organizational goals, deliver value, and maintain quality standards.

As a data-informed and forward-looking leader, the Director leverages operational and supplier insights, emerging technologies and advanced analytics to shape sourcing strategies, strengthen category management, and anticipate supply chain and supplier risks. Partnering across procurement, finance, and business operations, this role blends strategic vision with hands-on execution to guide decisions, lead negotiations, and deliver sustainable value to the communities we serve.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD

The Director of Supply Management has a broad scope of leadership responsibilities and accountabilities that may evolve as organizational priorities change. Key areas of focus include, but are not limited to:

Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing procurement team, fostering collaboration, engagement and alignment with organizational goals.

Provide strategic leadership for assigned categories, projects, and initiatives within supply management, serving as a key member of the