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Director, Sourcing and Procurement

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This is a rare Director level opportunity with one of the most exciting technology vendors in the world.

What’s going to make someone great?

  • People with experience with the big tier 1 EMS vendors.
  • Manufacturing expertise.
  • Turnkey knowledge.
  • Someone who has rich executive relationships.
  • Someone who can develop and drive strategy.
  • Global experience: Made in India, Brazil, China, Malaysia.
  • Outsourcing experience is key.
  • EMS/JDM/ODM expertise.

Cultural fit?

  • Someone who is motivated to climb the career ladder
  • Agility – some departments move slowly and some are very intense, have to be able to adapt.
  • Sense of humor
  • Management capability

Location

  • Remote – up to 30-40% travel

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and execution of sustainable, high-impact sourcing initiatives that reduce cost to the organization
  • Establish and manage appropriate, meaningful strategic supplier relationships
  • Act as key partner to business stakeholders and collaborate to meet functional and company objectives
  • Direct efforts to maximize profitability by supporting the Category Management processes
  • Influence senior business leaders to determine impact of changes to the Category Management
  • Help suppliers with Category Management processes and to resolve issues related to Category Management setup and/or discrepancies
  • Champion continuous and measurable improvement to the company's Category Management/vendor return processes
  • Serve as the senior subject matter expert, developing and presenting recommendations from accurate indirect procurement assessments and/or analysis
  • Gather and analyze competitive activity to understand best practices and initiate changes based on findings

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 15+ yrs of procurement experience (Ideally including Outsourcing/Global team management) successfully leading transformational initiatives.
  • Experience managing EMS/JDM/ODM relationships
  • Experience leading people and creating a high-performance, high-accountability culture (minimum 5 years preferred)
  • Demonstrated success and increasing scope/responsibilities within the area of sourcing and procurement ideal.