Director, Strategic Sourcing; Store Operations

Our values start with our people, join a team that values you!

Bring your talents to Ross, our leading off-price retail chain with over 2,200 stores, and a strong track record of success and growth. Our focus has always been bringing our customers a constant stream of high-quality brands and on-trend merchandise at extraordinary savings. All while providing a fun and exciting treasure hunt experience.

As part of our team, you will experience:

• Success. Our winning team pursues excellence while learning and evolving
• Career growth. We develop industry leading talent because Ross grows when our people grow
• Teamwork. We work together to solve the hard problems and find the right solution
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equality & Inclusion, and our community. We celebrate the backgrounds, identities, and ideas of those who work and shop with us because our differences make us stronger. We strive to be a positive force in our community.

Our Corporate headquarters are in Dublin, CA, we have 3 buying offices in key markets in New York City, Los Angeles, and Boston, and 8 distribution centers nationwide. With 2023 revenues of $20.4 billion, we are a Fortune 500 company who is committed to providing an inclusive work environment with continuous learning opportunities and development for our teams.

The Director, Strategic Sourcing (Store Operations) is a high-profile, high-impact, succession-planned leadership role. This role will require a strategic and entrepreneurial mindset to identify and create opportunities to help reduce and/or avoid costs while minimizing risk for more than 2100 existing locations, with an additional 100 added annually for a $20B+ industry leader. As the Director, you will have a broad sphere of influence as a trusted advisor, strong leadership, project management, and communication skills.

These are key as you'll collaborate with many cross‑functional stakeholders and executive leaders while partnering with a wide variety of vendors within the Store Operations function.

The base salary range for this role is $115,200 - $216,600. The base salary range is dependent on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, qualifications, relevant education, certifications, seniority, and location. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards vary by position and location.

• Create and implement mid‑to‑long‑term detailed sourcing strategic plans and category roadmaps.
• Drive end‑to‑end strategic sourcing with powerful presentations, data analysis, baseline development, model building, RFP development, bid management, negotiations, offer analysis, and scenario development.
• Conduct detailed savings analysis and savings projections and synthesize them into actionable recommendations.
• Lead RFx (RFQ, RFP, RFI) processes from start to finish for projects that vary in complexity, visibility, and priority.
• Evaluate RFx responses (quantitatively and qualitatively).
• Conduct detailed market and vendor research and communicate these findings through meaningful research summaries.
• Facilitate the development of award scenarios and recommendations for stakeholder evaluation, consideration, and decision‑making.
• Participate in post‑bid management, including supplier onboarding, spend analysis, and vendor management.

• Work with the leadership team to identify and strategically grow the Strategic Sourcing practice with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Manage both planned and unplanned projects from stakeholders across the company.
• Create and execute project work plans and successfully deliver on timelines and project goals and objectives.
• Partner with business leaders to create project roadmaps and savings tracking documents.
• Deliver presentations and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including senior management.
• Manage the Direct Imports program, including multiple store fixture categories, interfacing with overseas suppliers in Asia and domestically in the USA.

• Lead contract…