Senior Director, Commodity Management

About the Role

Senior Director of Commodity Management will lead enterprise-wide commodity strategy, sourcing execution, supplier management, process standardization, and value delivery across critical spend categories. This senior procurement leader operates in a complex industrial environment, builds strong partnerships, leads teams, and delivers measurable business results.

• Develop and execute commodity strategies across boiler maintenance, waste disposal, chemicals and reagents, MRO and supplies, environmental services, engineering services, building services, equipment, and capital project support.
• Support sourcing needs for waste‑to‑energy power plants, waste processing facilities, and general back‑office operations.
• Lead supplier selection, negotiations, contract strategy, implementation planning, and supplier transitions where applicable.
• Deliver savings, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, risk reduction, service improvement, and total cost‑out opportunities, including usage reduction, scope optimization, demand management, and specification standardization.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and drive accountability for cost, safety, quality, service, compliance, responsiveness, and performance.
• Strengthen procurement governance, competitive bidding discipline, contract compliance, and supplier performance management.
• Design and improve standardized procurement processes, including sourcing intake, supplier qualification, competitive bidding, negotiation, contracting, purchase requisition, purchase order, contract handoff, and supplier onboarding.
• Develop procurement policies, procedures, process maps, approval matrices, templates, playbooks, and standard work to improve consistency, compliance, speed, and adoption.
• Partner with Operations, Finance, Legal, Engineering, Environmental, Technology, and regional teams to embed procurement standards into daily routines, systems, reporting, and change‑management plans.
• Use spend data, supplier analysis, root‑cause analysis, and performance reporting to define business problems and drive corrective actions.
• Prepare executive‑level summaries and deep‑dive reports to support decisions, communicate risks, and track business impact.
• Lead procurement budget and savings reporting for assigned commodities and deliver against financial targets.
• Apply a lean mindset to simplify processes, eliminate waste, and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead, coach, and develop commodity managers and sourcing professionals.
• Drive change management by influencing stakeholders, addressing resistance, and ensuring procurement strategies and process standards are adopted.
• Communicate assertively and constructively with senior leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Operate effectively under pressure in a fast‑paced, result‑driven environment.

All Reworld positions require a candidate’s ability to perform the duties and responsibilities of the role while upholding Reworld’s values, including contributing to a safe and inclusive workplace, delivering results through trust, and building breakthrough capabilities.

• 20+ years of procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain, or commercial management experience.
• 10+ years of commodity management, category management, or strategic sourcing leadership experience.
• 10+ years of people management experience, including leading managers or senior sourcing professionals.
• Experience with services and equipment related to boilers, maintenance services, MRO, chemicals, reagents, environmental services, engineering services, waste disposal, and/or capital projects.
• Experience delivering commercial productivity and total cost‑out, including usage reduction, scope reduction, demand management, and process improvement.
• Experience designing, implementing, or scaling procurement processes, policies, workflows, governance routines, or operating models.
• Strong knowledge of procurement savings tracking, budget alignment, sourcing pipeline management, and performance reporting.
• Strong executive communication skills, including concise leadership summaries and detailed analytical reporting.
• Strong interpersonal…