Director of Procurement & Spend Strategy
The Trevor ProjectAbout the role
Role: Director of Procurement & Spend Strategy
Location: This role will be remote in the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii (must be able to work between EST and PST time zones)
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Eligibility: Authorization to work for any employer in the United States is required. The Trevor Project will not sponsor a work visa for this role.
Classification: Exempt Full Time
Union Role?: No
Starting Salary Range: $140,000 - $150,000
Summary:
The Director of Procurement & Spend Strategy is a highly visible, enterprise-wide leadership role sitting at the intersection of finance, legal, technological infrastructure, and organizational strategy. Managing an addressable spend of ~$30M and overseeing an active portfolio of approximately 150 vendor relationships, this high-impact position owns the end-to-end global indirect procurement architecture across the U.S. and Mexico, demand intake, and supplier relationship management (SRM) network.
As the leader of a centralized procurement function, the Director will oversee a Procurement Manager, establishing a clean division of labor that allows the Director to focus on strategic sourcing, high-value negotiations, and cost-avoidance. The Director will redefine Procurement from a reactive administrative function into a proactive corporate gatekeeper and trusted strategic partner. By deploying robust Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software, establishing strict professional services controls, and building cross-border efficiencies, the Director will actively prevent capital leakage. Ultimately, they will institutionalize a future-proof culture of financial accountability across our Executive Team, Senior Leadership Team and individual contract owners, ensuring that every operational dollar saved is a dollar directly reinvested into our life-saving mission.
Roles and Responsibilities:
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Team Leadership: Lead, develop, coach, and manage one direct report (Procurement Manager), ensuring team accountability, strategic alignment, and results. Establish a workflow where the Director focuses on high-value vendor negotiations while the specialist manages the intake pipeline.
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Enterprise Sourcing Strategy: Develop, implement, and continuously refine organization wide category strategies to drive cost optimization across all vendors, including software, consultants, marketing, facilities, and equipment.
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Spend Strategy: Partner with CFO and other members of the Finance team on intelligence and behavior: looking across every department, analyzing where every dollar goes, and designing systems to optimize those expenditures.
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Policy and Process Governance & Controls: Develop, document, enhance, implement, enforce, and maintain procurement-related policies and comprehensive intake workflows, spend thresholds, approval matrices, international compliance tracks, and related documentation organization-wide.
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Supplier Relationship Management: Oversee and manage an active portfolio of ~150 vendor relationships. Lead high-visibility commercial negotiations, supplier segmentation, and preferred vendor programs to mitigate risks and ensure long-term resilience.
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Digital Transformation & Enablement: Oversee the implementation and optimization of enterprise digital procurement
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