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.
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