Vice President, Procurement Operations Excellence

** 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.

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*
* ** Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement
*** Lead end‑to‑end process mapping, optimization, and automation across requisitioning, sourcing, contracting, purchasing, receiving, invoicing, inventory, and supplier management.
* Benchmark procurement processes against industry standards and define KPI targets for accuracy, efficiency, compliance, and speed.
* Champion continuous improvement initiatives leveraging Lean, Six Sigma, and digital transformation.
** Digital Enablement, Data & Reporting
**** Qualifications
* ** Bachelors Degree, MBA preferred.
* 15+ years in procurement or supply chain with proven success leading procurement operations or transformation and major technology implementation.
* Expertise in source / procure‑to‑pay, eProcurement tools, inventory systems, and supplier management.
* Strong understanding of procurement governance, policy development, and compliance.
* Advanced proficiency with analytics platforms and data visualization.
* Exceptional leadership and stakeholder management skills.
* Proven track record leading sourcing and procurement across multiple spend categories, with particular emphasis on food and beverage.
* Deep negotiation and contract management skills.
* Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.
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* Skills and Abilities

*** Passion for live entertainment, culinary innovation, and venue experience.
* Strong experience with food and beverage inventory management and purchasing.
* Energetic, collaborative leader with strong commercial and operational acumen.
* Strategic thinker with a bias for execution and results.
* Business Partnership & Influence
* Data-Driven Decision Making
* Change Leadership
* Supplier Relationship Management
* Financial Acumen
* 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.
* Define and own the multi‑year Procurement Technology Roadmap that must scale, in partnership with IT, Finance, and functional stakeholders.
* Lead adoption of AI‑enabled procurement capabilities, including intelligent document processing, predictive analytics, conversational interfaces, risk monitoring, and automated workflow optimization.
* Build and scale an integrated AI‑enabled Work Orchestration Platform to streamline intake, routing, approvals, exception handling, and cross‑functional collaboration.
* Oversee development of a Client Portal for real‑time…