Director of Procurement

About Azori

Founded in 2011 by two Bellevue locals, we have grown to become the preeminent Eastside luxury home builder today. Since Day 1 we have been driven by innovation and obsessed with setting our homes apart through their overall design and functionality. We truly get a thrill doing what we love most: building thoughtful homes that inspire community. Learn more about us and see our work at: https://azori.com

Why Azori?

We pride ourselves on our empowered team environment and dedication to taking care of our people. We believe in setting you up to succeed with clear career progression, learning opportunities, and ownership of your role from the get-go. Accountability is huge for us, and we place a lot of trust in our employees to do the right thing. We believe that a supportive and inclusive culture yields happy people, and happy people are the most successful at what they do.

About This Role

Azori is looking for an experienced leader to serve as Director of Procurement. This role owns the end-to-end sourcing strategy for all trades involved in home construction. You will build and lead a team of sourcing and supply chain professionals while owning senior vendor relationships. You will develop multi-year sourcing strategies that secure supply, reduce total cost of ownership, mitigate schedule and quality risk, and position Azori to meet its profitability targets.

The ideal candidate is a proven leader who combines supply chain expertise with the ability to build high-performing teams, influence stakeholders internally and externally, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment. They bring a track record of defining and executing category strategies at scale, driving negotiations, building deep supplier partnerships, and creating scalable processes that deliver continuous improvement. This Director will be a key member of Azori’s ops leadership team. They will be responsible for fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture, developing the next generation of leaders, and continuously raising the talent bar.

On a Given Day, Your Work Might Include:

Defines and executes trade / category sourcing strategies as well as continuous improve and updated procurement and vendor management processes, such as Vendor Screening and Onboarding, RFP Management, Contract Management, Supplier Management, and Resource Planning.

Leads the supplier selection process through management of formal RFI, RFP, RFQ processes. Oversees supplier contract negotiations to ensure cost competitiveness and risk mitigation.

Develops supply diversification strategies addressing single-source dependencies and quality and schedule risks.

Builds, develops, and leads a high-performing organization spanning multiple states, with leadership depth and succession planning across the team.

Participates in all employee lifecycle activities including but not limited to: hiring, onboarding, training, mentoring, conducting weekly 1-on-1’s, coaching, performing regular performance reviews, disciplinary actions, and offboarding.

Owns senior relationships with strategic suppliers, influencing their capacity allocation and product roadmaps to serve long-term Azori interests.

Provides regular updates to senior leadership on supply strategy and critical commercial decisions requiring approval.

Drives cross-functional alignment with Construction, Architecture, Interior Design, Finance, Tech and other stakeholder organizations. Supports cross-functional problem solving and analysis for department leaders to effectively run their functions and promote the goals of the organization.

Creates scalable mechanisms and data-driven decision frameworks to support national expansion and entry into new markets

Builds an inclusive, high-performance team culture while developing the next generation of procurement leaders.

Conducts regular supply market analysis to stay current on industry knowledge and trends. Develops a deep understanding of distribution channels, cost structures, economics, and trends to inform strategic planning and advise senior leadership.

Drives annual operating plans, quarterly and monthly forecasts, provides ongoing analysis of actuals versus plan and/or forecast as well as the underlying models and assumptions.

Performs other related duties as necessary or assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

Technical:

Excellent management and supervisory skills.

Expert knowledge of supply chain and procurement concepts, processes and practices, including bid structuring, clean sheet modeling, supply market analysis, total cost of ownership, negotiations, and vendor management

Understanding of single-family home design and construction methods, including relevant industry standards, associated terms, trades, contracts, regulations, and technical specifications.

Comfort with conflict and enforcing rules and standards.

Strong service-oriented attitude and customer focus.

Strong presentation and public speaking skills. Comfortable with presenting and communicating complex or technical information to executives and board members.

Intellectual curiosity and complete professional ownership.

Strong interpersonal, relationship building, and verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to effectively (re)prioritize tasks based on competing urgencies or needs.

Adept at integrating disparate information, correlating data, and understanding data trends.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.

Proficiency or comfort with Salesforce.

Change Management

Quality is A Value, Not a Tradeoff: Demonstrates expert understanding of how quality decisions at the functional level cascade to organizational outcomes; ability to design scalable quality standards; influences upstream decisions to prevent quality failures; establishes quality benchmarks that span multiple teams and champions quality as an organizational value; builds systems and norms that sustain high standards across the function.

Learn Faster Than the Problem Changes: Demonstrates strategic awareness of industry and discipline (Procurement), competitive, and organizational trends that affect the function's direction and talent needs; builds learning infrastructure across teams; translates external insights into strategic adjustments for the function; and keeps the function ahead of change; builds learning capability at scale through coaching, systems, and culture.

Speak Up Early When Something's Off: Demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of organizational risk, stakeholder dynamics, and how to challenge the status quo constructively; challenges assumptions at the leadership level; models courage and integrity in raising difficult issues; and creates function-wide norms of candor and proactive risk management; serves as a trusted voice of sound judgment for senior leadership.

Decide Like an Owner, Not a Bystander: Demonstrates a comprehensive view of cross-functional strategy, business priorities, and long-term organizational direction; makes high-impact decisions with limited information; aligns diverse stakeholders around shared outcomes; and acts as a true steward of the business; consistently leaves the organization better than they found it.

Bias for Action Without Creating Chaos: Demonstrates expertise in creating and sustaining momentum across complex, matrixed environments without sacrificing alignment; accelerates cross-functional progress while maintaining clarity; makes decisive calls that unlocks progress across teams and leadership; and delivers results at pace and scale; balances urgency with alignment across teams and the broader organization.

Hold a High Bar for Talent: Demonstrates a deep expertise in organizational talent strategy, succession planning, and developing senior leaders; develops and retains top talent; identifies and invests in high-potential leaders across the function; and actively raises the talent