VP - Supply Chain & Procurement

Lumos is looking for a VP – Supply Chain & Procurement as a brand-new position in our senior leadership team! If you have experience as an executive procurement leader, especially in telecommunications and construction who’s excited for a fast-paced experience, ready to help us grow, and ready to recommend process changes that ensure we’re harnessing our technology to the best of our ability while broadening our ability to set up and maintain our service, we want to hear from you!

Empowers and motivates a large team responsible for the complex network of negotiation, acquisition, transport, and delivery of critical materials throughout Lumos’s multi-state footprint to keep pace with all construction, network, maintenance, and operational objectives. Aligns their teams with those objectives, providing the strategic vision and expert guidance needed for the teams to build, operate, and thrive in delivering on critical procurement and supply chain initiatives. Empowers their leaders to ensure ensures all Lumos offices, Outside Plant (OSP) Construction worksites, and warehouses are safely and appropriately utilized, assessed, and maintained on a detailed and strategic basis.

*** This can be a remote opportunity, available to professionals who work from home in NC, SC, VA

Company Summary

Lumos provides 100% Fiber-Optic Internet access to more than 375,000 homes and businesses in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and has recently announced expansion into Ohio and Kentucky.

We believe that the possibilities of tomorrow can’t be built on the infrastructure of yesterday. That’s why we’re building a 100% Fiber Optic network from the ground up for families, businesses, and communities, backed by local, expert customer service. An Internet built for that most hopeful of all things – the future. Because whatever the future holds, Lumos makes it faster.

Our Mission and Values

At Lumos, we are driven by our commitment to a brighter tomorrow. We take pride in being the first to deliver 100% Fiber Optic Internet for families, small businesses, and communities. We know the possibilities of tomorrow can’t be built on the infrastructure of yesterday. And when we deliver uninterrupted Internet and limitless capacity, we create new opportunities for everyone.

We believe that the past is over, and the future is fast. That’s why we are who we are: the disruptors of the status quo. Guided by our purpose and startup mindset, we step up, move first, and adapt as we go. Here, there’s no hierarchy, only hustle.

We are all servant leaders, confident in our purpose and humble enough to pay close attention to the details. We all have the power to help solve problems and find solutions for our customers and teammates - and we do - by putting people first and doing whatever it takes to build loyalty with our customers and within our team.

We’re passionate about our customers’ experience. Their futures don’t stand still, and neither do ours. We’ll never stop reinventing ourselves to meet our customers’ evolving needs - because we know that our work, delivering 100% fiber optic internet, truly changes people’s lives.

Essential Functions

Procurement:

• Develops and executes a comprehensive procurement strategy in alignment with Lumos’s construction and network optimization goals: establishing and vetting supplier partnerships, driving cost optimization, and encompassing quality, speed to delivery, and cost optimization.
• Leads all corporate logistics activities for inventory values up to $200M annually.
• Monitors spend across departments, vendors, and geographic locations to identify supply risks, mitigate cost increases, and report on budget vs. actual spend status.
• Explores and implements measures to exceed budget targets in collaboration with finance.
• Leads negotiating efforts to identify maximum value and efficiency.
• Ensures external business partners are compliant with established processes & sourcing requirements, and meet delivery & invoicing SLA’s.

Supply Chain:

• Executes supply chain strategies that deliver efficient flow of product across the supply chain from supplier, to warehouse shelf, to end user.
• Develops, communicates, and executes the materials management strategy.
• Coordinates across internal customer teams: Planning, Engineering, OSP Construction, and Operations to reduce total supply chain costs and improve supplier performance.

Reporting & Analysis:

• Partners with internal and external teams to ensure tracking and reporting mechanisms are in-place to improve forecasting, understand real-time supply chain flow, and track adherence to multiple SLAs.
• Maintains strategic analysis and implementation of continuous improvement processes.
• Develops and monitors Key Performance Indicators; leads resultant corrective actions.

Safety, Fleet, & Safety

• Builds structure to evaluate and mitigate operational & strategic risks.
• Maintains safety culture and the programming necessary to sustain it.
• Designs a fleet management approach that maximizes profit and efficiencies – collaborating with internal customers and external vendors.

Team Leadership & Employee Development:

• Accountable for cultivating and leading a high-performing team.
• Selects top-tier candidates, evaluates performance, and identifies training and coaching opportunities.  
• Demonstrates leadership and vision managing people, major projects, and initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned, including departmental and cross-functional projects.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required 

• Proven ability to interface effectively with and present to senior leadership, a board, and a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Exceptional negotiation and strategic planning skills.  
• Demonstrated success building systems that track and report metrics.
• Proactive, independent, and ability to take initiative to keep teams on-task and on-target.
• Proven business acumen; demonstrated leadership qualities and management ability.

Other Experience & Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience in procurement, with significant leadership in strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, and supply chain management.    
• 5+ years’ experience building and leading large, high-performing teams.   
• Associates degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Knowledge of and experience with fleet management systems including Enterprise Fleet Services, gas cards, and GPS & associated technologies.
• Ability to travel 20% to site locations.
• Fiber or Telecom industry experience strongly preferred.
• Location: May work remotely in the Carolinas or Virginia; office locations available in High Point, NC, Roanoke, VA, and Waynesboro, VA.  

Benefits & Perks

Our commitment to communities includes recruiting and rewarding the Lumos team members who are working together to build a brighter tomorrow.

We have:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Competitive compensation packages, including bonus options for eligible positions.
• Paid Time Off and 12 Paid Holidays / Personal Days.
• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
• 100% employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with access to professional support for life’s challenges.
• 401K plan w/ up to 5% employer contribution and a self-directed brokerage option.
• Wellness program offering education and cash incentives for gym attendance and nutrition programs.
• Employee referral bonuses.
• Discounts on Lumos Fiber Internet for employees who live in our service areas.

At Lumos we recruit, hire, employ, train, promote, and compensate individuals based on job-related qualifications and abilities. We have a longstanding policy of providing a work environment that respects the dignity and worth of each individual and is free from all forms of employment discrimination, including harassment, because of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief, in accordance with applicable laws.