Director

Position Summary:
The Director of Strategic Sourcing is responsible for developing and directing end-to-end global category sourcing strategies to meet annual business targets and drive continuous improvement. Accountable for the full lifecycle of global supplier selection and managing critical relationships to ensure high performance, innovation, and risk mitigation. Ownership for corporate results in managing annual spend, achieving cost savings and other key performance indicators (KPIs). Will align sourcing activities with internal departments (e.g., Engineering, Finance, Legal) to support broader organizational goals. This role requires a strong leader with a track record of successful growth and development of their teams. Will provide regular feedback and coaching in order to create a high-performing, accountable team.

The incumbent will live the corporate values of treating people with dignity and respect, practicing leadership, driving continuous improvement, acting with a sense of urgency, promoting innovation, fighting for consensus, and managing through teams.

Supervisor Responsibilities:
Recruit, interview, hire, and train new staff in the department.
Mentor and guide direct reports.
Oversee the daily workflow of the direct reports.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Lead team of sourcing managers and procurement professionals
• Leverage spend across the company with direct accountability for delivery of annual savings targets
• Deliver results relating to efficiency, working capital improvement, supplier payment terms and DPO improvement, supplier performance, vendor managed inventory, and continuity of supply
• Develop, oversee, manage, and communicate detailed commodity strategies to make sure they align with and deliver the current requirements of the business, with the Sourcing team
• Develop and publish key market intelligence including commodity trends, lead times, capacity, industry trends, benchmarks, etc. to business leaders
• Drive long term strategic focus in product planning and innovation, supply partners, and future technology
• Lead cross-functional collaboration (engineering, quality, support, etc.) to create sound, cost effective strategies
• Build strong technical solutions including new technology, productivity, and cost improvements with strategic suppliers
• Oversee the procurement function ensuring objectives are consistently attained
• Ensure strategic alliances with all parts of the business through education and promotion of the Sourcing function
• Own strategic responsibility for supplier contract coverage
• Signatory responsibility for all negotiated contracts
• Drive sourcing process improvement and instill a proactive passion for discovering new sources for critical components for product and production processes
• Develop a consistent negotiations strategy and guide team to secure vendor contracts that are aligned with company goals
• Serve as key representative in “make vs. buy” and vertical integration decisions
• Lead and support the Procurement team to achieve department objectives