Procurement Excellence Manager (Governance & Process)

Build a controlled, compliant, and scalable procurement environment as our Procurement PolicyandProcess Manager. You will define andmaintainenterprise procurement policies, standards, and end-to-end processes that are practical, adopted, and continuously improved. Partnering across Finance, Legal, Operations, and Procurement teams,you?llreduce risk, boost compliance, and enable consistent, efficient execution,ideal for a detail-oriented leader who drives governance, clarity, and measurable process improvements in a fast-paced enterprise.

The salary range for this position is $89,000 - $133,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications with annual bonus available (variable depending on performance).

In addition to the base salary, Perdue offers a competitive benefits package, including medical/Rx, 401(k) with employer match after 1 year, critical illness, accident insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, optional group life insurance, short-term and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts and paid time off.

Principal Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop andmaintainenterprise procurement policies, SOPs, and standards.

• Defineapprovalthresholds, controls, and governance requirements.

• Ensure policies are practical, scalable, and business-aligned.

• Act as the primary authority for policy interpretation, issue resolution, and exception guidance.

• Design end-to-end procurement processes from category strategy, strategic sourcing, contracting, supplier management, risk management topurchaseordermanagement.

• Identifypain points and inefficiencies and leadprocessimprovements.

• Standardize workflows to reduce variation and risk.

• Own remediation plans for policy and audit findings, partnering with Internal Audit and Finance to close gaps.

• Track and report compliance performance metrics and trends to Procurement leadership.

• Partner with Internal Audit, Legal, and Finance on control requirements.

• Develop training, jobaids, and guidance to support policy and process adoption.

• Partner with Procurement Transformation Lead on enterprise-wide policy or process rollout and continuous improvement.

• Educate stakeholders on procurement requirements and expectations.

• Ensure policies are embedded into tools and daily ways of working.

• Collaboratewith Digital and Transformationleadsto embed policies into system design.

• Partner to build non-compliance reports or dashboards.

• Ensure new tools and processescomply withgovernance standards.

• Support change initiatives by aligning policy evolution with transformation goals.

Minimum Education and Experience

Bachelors Degree and 6 8 years of experience in procurement governance, policy, or process excellence, including experience leading teams or workstreams and influencing senior stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will also have

• A demonstrated experience creating SOPs/standards and implementing compliance routines that stick.

• Experience partnering across functions to drive enterprise-wide adoption and controls.

• Strong knowledge of procurement governance, policy, and compliance best practices.

• Process design and documentation experience (standard work, SOPs, controls, RACI).

• Train and enablement capability; strong stakeholder communication.

• Practicalproblem-solving:abilityto simplify and standardize complex workflows.

• Ability to lead change adoption efforts beyond creating documents.

Physical Requirements and Environmental Factors

• Position is mostly sedentary but may require occasional moving to other offices or buildings.

• May need to move light equipment or supplies from one place to another.

• May need to access files, supplies and equipment.

• Work activity is in an office, open-partitioned, cubicle environment.

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