Indirect Purchasing Lead

Minneapolis, MN
Full Time
Finance
Mid Level

The Indirect Purchasing Lead is responsible for establishing, governing, and continuously improving the North American-wide framework for managing indirect spending in alignment with the company Purchasing strategy. This role ensures standardized processes, controls, and service levels that enable branches and corporate teams to purchase indirect goods and services efficiently, compliantly, and in alignment with operational and strategic objectives.

The Indirect Purchasing Lead makes sure spend is justified and has been negotiated by Purchasing. This role requires strong critical thinking and the ability to analyze spend behaviors, patterns, and exceptions to identify irregularities, validate alignment with policies, and surface insights that protect the organization’s financial integrity while supporting operational needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Governance and Process Ownership: Maintain the North American-wide governance framework for indirect spending, with a focus on areas such as office expenditures, fleet, IT, professional services and other large areas of expenditures. Where advantageous to the North American business, implement Central Services models to consolidate spend, streamline workflows, and enhance value delivery across all regions.

Indirect Spend Management: This role monitors and manages indirect spending across the organization, ensuring adherence to established policies while identifying opportunities for cost optimization and service improvement. The Indirect Lead makes certain that the Director of Purchasing has detailed visibility into all contracts and manages the associated renewals and lifecycles. This role ensures the Director has timely visibility into all indirect spend contracts and information required for thorough and effective negotiations.

Cross Functional Partnerships: The Indirect Lead collaborates closely with the Purchasing, Finance, and branch leadership to confirm smooth alignment between indirect spend processes, provided sourcing strategies, budget controls, analytics, and transactional workflows.

Continuous Improvement: A key focus includes reducing Total Cost of Ownership across indirect categories by challenging underlying cost drivers, improving process efficiency, and strengthening long-term value. The role continuously refines processes to improve speed, visibility, governance, and cost effectiveness while supporting both branch operations and corporate objectives.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Finance, related field or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of procurement, purchasing, finance or overall category management experience with emphasis on indirect spending.
  • Experience developing and rolling out cross-organizational processes.
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to balance speed of support with compliance and governance needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience working with distributed branch-based operational teams.
  • Exposure to procurement systems, ERP workflows, and P2P processes.
  • Knowledge of change management principles and governance frameworks.


PHYSICAL DEMANDS: In general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

  • Must be able to effectively communicate, (i.e. see, hear, speak and write clearly in English) in order to communicate with colleagues and/or customers

WORKING CONDITIONS: The office is clean, orderly, properly lighted and ventilated. Noise levels are considered low to moderate.


Benefits: Associates (FT) and their eligible family members are offered comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plan options as well as company-provided basic life insurance, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability, and access to the employee assistance program. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental life and AD&D insurance, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance plans, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and HSA and FSA account options. Associates also have the option to enroll in the company’s 401(k) plan. In addition, associates receive PTO (paid time off), state-mandated sick leave, and 9 paid holidays.

Benefits are effective on their first day of employment 

401(k) employer match of $0.50 for every $1.00 contributed by the associate up to 6% of earnings.

SALARY RANGE: $60,000 - $75,000 DOE

Company Info:

Paladin Technologies is a premier North American complex systems integrator for building technology solutions, including IP security, alarms & monitoring, audio visual, low-voltage infrastructure, and networking. As a leader in the design, deployment, optimization, management, and maintenance of communication and digital networks, Paladin can meet the needs of clients on a national scale, while providing local support. Our team is the best in the industry, with manufacturer trained technicians, PMP-certified project managers, CTS- and RCDD-certified design engineers, coordinators, and administrative resources.

Paladin has offices coast to coast across the United States and Canada, and nearly 1,700 talented and committed professionals dedicated to custom-crafting and installing technology solutions for clients requiring Integrated Security, Network Infrastructure, Audio Visual, Fiber Optics/OSP, Structured Cabling, and more. We are always at the forefront of the changing technology landscape, and through continued training, complex client projects, and company support, we provide our colleagues with exciting challenges and a rewarding career as Paladin continues to grow.

This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability & veterans, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need accommodation for any part of the application process, please send an email or call 1-855-296-3199 to speak with Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request.

We thank you for your application, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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