Fractional Senior Vice President of Purchasing

The Company is seeking a Senior Vice President of Purchasing to lead enterprise-wide purchasing and vendor management strategy across a large, multi-location organization. The role oversees centralized purchasing while building stronger coordination across regional and branch operations. Responsibilities include managing strategic supplier relationships, negotiating national agreements and incentive programs, consolidating purchasing where appropriate, and improving product costs and margins. The executive will balance enterprise-wide buying power with local market needs, address supplier issues, and partner with leadership across the business to align purchasing with broader objectives. The role also includes developing purchasing leaders and improving visibility, consistency, and accountability across the function. Candidates should bring senior-level experience in purchasing, procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain within a large-scale organization, ideally with comparable purchasing complexity. Experience in building products, construction supply, home improvement, industrial or specialty distribution is preferred, along with a record of managing complex supplier relationships and negotiating high-value agreements, rebates, and pricing programs. Applicants should have experience consolidating purchasing across multiple locations and using purchasing strategy to drive savings and margin improvement. Strong commercial negotiation skills, executive presence, and a collaborative, adaptable leadership style are essential. Familiarity with business intelligence and purchasing analytics tools is an advantage.