Vice President, Procurement Greater Santa Ana, CA Area

Position Summary:

The Vice President, Procurement Strategy defines and executes the comprehensive supply chain, strategic sourcing, commodity management, and procurement strategy for the Irvine Company Apartment Communities division. This role collaborates directly with executive leadership to establish strategic roadmaps, optimize vendor networks, and mitigate enterprise-wide organizational risk. Strategic supplier negotiations and eProcurement integration are directed by this role to enable scalable growth across the division. Cross-divisional collaboration, financial efficiency, and team performance excellence are driven to ensure long-term operational resilience. Key Responsibilities:

Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing procurement strategy team through coaching and the establishment of strategic, measurable performance goals.

Direct the Apartments procurement strategy function, executing enterprise-wide strategic sourcing, bidding, and contract management across multiple communities.

Drive cross-divisional and category management strategies to optimize pricing, quality, and service standards while right-sizing the supply base to support thousands of active units and future development pipelines.

Establish vendor scorecards to evaluate and benchmark vendor performance; strategically assess utilization of vendors including the growth or shrinkage of the division’s vendor pool across all categories of service.

Manage end-to-end supplier and commodity performance, establishing Key Performance Indicators, Service Level Agreements, and Service Assessments to ensure strict adherence to scopes of work.

Own the division’s procurement budgeting and financial management by identifying hard-dollar cost savings initiatives, exploring alternative revenue opportunities, and delivering spend analytics to support executive decision-making.

Establish and enforce audit, compliance, and enterprise risk mitigation frameworks to monitor insurance requirements, supplier licensing, liability protection, and corporate governance adherence in master agreements.

Direct eProcurement system strategy and continuous platform enhancements as the executive sponsor for Coupa, leveraging advanced analytics and reporting to maximize system efficiency.

Manage eProcurement catalog utilization to eliminate rogue spend, reduce manual order errors and shrink purchase order cycle times.

Oversee revenue share programs and rebate agreements to ensure strategic partner compliance and collections optimization.

Lead divisional alignment with the centralized Procurement function, standardizing cross-functional workflows, compliance protocols, and enterprise initiatives.

Additional Skills:

Effective communication and presentation skills.

Experience with electronic procurement platforms, such as Coupa, to manage strategic sourcing workflows and reporting.

Experience with Google Workspace applications is a plus.

Preferred Education:

Bachelor’s Degree

MBA or equivalent advanced degree is a plus

Preferred Years of Relevant Work Experience:

10+ years

Additional Requirements:

Travel Required: Occasional local travel to visit business partners and properties within the portfolio.

Minimum Qualifications / Other Expectations:

Compensation:

Base Pay Range: $219,000.00 - $283,100.00

Actual placement within this range may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.

The Company also offers competitive benefits for full time employees including paid time off, matching 401(k), and health benefits.

About Us:

Irvine Company Apartment Communities (a division of Irvine Company) offers a portfolio of more than 125 resort-style apartment communities in coastal California’s most desirable locations: San Diego, Orange County, West Los Angeles and Silicon Valley.

With world-class amenities, resort-like surroundings and an unparalleled commitment to customer service, Irvine Company Apartment Communities redefines the rental-living experience.

We take as much pride in our employee community as we do the communities we create. It’s an environment populated with talented and experienced people, a collaborative spirit and abundant opportunities.

Apply today to join our employee community, and learn more about Irvine Company, our legacy and our guiding principles.

The Irvine Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, termination, and training, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, age, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, and local law. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.

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