Senior Director, Procurement - Transportation & Warehousing

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THE VALUE YOU’LL BRING:

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As the Senior Director of Procurement for Transportation & Warehousing at Smithfield Foods, you will serve as a strategic enterprise leader overseeing procurement across all transportation, warehousing, and logistics categories. You will drive Smithfield’s end-to-end supply chain sourcing strategy—spanning Transportation, Warehousing, Third-Party Logistics (3PL), Material Handling Equipment (MHE), Operational Supplies, and Pallets—to optimize total cost of ownership, strengthen supplier partnerships, and enhance operational performance.

In this highly visible leadership role, you will define the long-term procurement vision, partner with senior business leaders across Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance, and champion innovation and sustainability in supplier practices. You will lead a high-performing procurement organization, ensuring alignment with Smithfield’s business objectives, risk management frameworks, and continuous improvement goals.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

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• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the enterprise sourcing strategy for Transportation, Warehousing, and Logistics categories to support corporate objectives and drive long-term value creation.

• Enterprise Procurement Vision: Establish a unified vision for logistics procurement across all divisions, aligning business needs, financial performance, and sustainability initiatives.

• Category & Market Expertise: Serve as Smithfield’s enterprise expert on logistics, warehousing, and transportation procurement, leveraging market intelligence, cost modeling, and trend analysis to inform strategy and anticipate market shifts.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with senior leadership in Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, and Commercial teams to align sourcing strategies with business goals and ensure seamless execution of supply chain priorities.

• Supplier Strategy & Relationship Management: Develop and oversee a robust supplier relationship management program focused on strategic partnerships, performance metrics, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Cost Optimization & Risk Management: Identify and implement complex cost reduction initiatives, ensuring compliance with risk, quality, and governance standards while safeguarding business continuity.

• Innovation & Transformation: Lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, integrating digital procurement tools, automation, and data-driven insights to enhance sourcing efficiency and transparency.

• Governance & Compliance: Ensure procurement policies, processes, and controls meet internal standards and external regulations, promoting ethical sourcing and audit readiness.

• Leadership: Drives a positive employee experience through leadership by way of employee development and coaching.

WHAT WE’RE SEEKING:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university and 12+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience, required.

• Leadership: 5+ years of demonstrated experience in team management/development is required.

• Strategic Procurement Leadership: Proven track record developing and executing enterprise-level sourcing strategies across transportation, warehousing, and logistics categories to deliver measurable cost savings, performance improvements, an