At Keeley Companies, we believe in empowering our people and fulfilling career aspirations. Keeley is a career destination with countless opportunities for advancement, and a world-class family culture that is centered around creating the best possible environment for our people to thrive.
Keeley Construction is looking for a Procurement Director to join our team. This person will be responsible for leading and optimizing the company’s end-to-end procurement strategy across all company operations. This role oversees sourcing, subcontractor strategy, supplier management, and procurement operations to ensure cost competitiveness, schedule reliability, and risk mitigation across a diverse portfolio of projects. The ideal candidate brings a strong background in industrial construction procurement, deep knowledge of self-perform contracting environments, and the ability to drive process discipline, vendor performance, and cross-functional alignment with estimating,
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the strategic vision for Procurement Services across KCG, aligning initiatives with overall company goals and operational priorities.
- Own and champion standardization efforts related to procurement, metrics across all business units.
- Oversee enterprise budget management activities and operational support functions.
- Develop and maintain short- and long-term forecasting models that support strategic planning, future resource needs, operational scalability, and financial performance objectives.
- Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing teams while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Drive enterprise procurement strategies focused on vendor relationships, purchasing efficiencies, material management, risk mitigation, and cost optimization.
- Partner closely with Operations leadership to improve project planning, execution visibility, resource forecasting, and decision-making capabilities.
- Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Safety, Quality, and Technology teams to ensure alignment between operational execution and company objectives.
- Lead implementation and continuous improvement of systems, tools, and technologies related to procurement including CMiC and other operational platforms.
- Build scalable processes and organizational structure that support company growth while improving consistency and operational efficiency.
- Develop staffing strategies and succession plans to ensure appropriate project services support across all business units.
- Drive accountability around operational performance metrics and support continuous improvement initiatives across the organization.
- Provide insight and recommendations to executive leadership regarding operational efficiencies, resource optimization, and procurement strategy.
- Professionally execute and champion the Keeley Mission Statement and Values.
Minimum Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or related field.
- 10+ years of progressive procurement experience in construction
- Demonstrated experience managing subcontractor procurement and fabrication sourcing.
- Strong commercial acumen and contract negotiation expertise.
- Experience working in a self-perform contractor environment.
Preferred
- Experience with ERP/procurement systems (e.g., CMiC, SAP, Oracle, Viewpoint, or similar).
- Familiarity with open-shop & union labor environments and multi-state operations.
- Experience supporting large-scale capital projects ($50M+).
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