Director Sourcing

About the role

We are looking for a leader who is excited to be part of a fast-paced, growing company with a specialization in configured products. The Director, NPI Sourcing is aligned to a business group and is responsible for leading, coaching, developing, and managing a team of NPI Sourcing Specialists. This role will drive material cost savings, delivery, quality, and sourcing roadmaps throughout the New Product Introduction (NPI) lifecycle, while establishing greater standardization, governance, continuous improvement, and reporting across the NPI Sourcing function. The Director will have a strong focus on the globalization of products and materials across business group platforms, supporting the development and standardization of product offerings. The role will also lead targeted initiatives related to cost-saving synergies, sales and marketing alignment, supplier strategy, and corporate communication. Additionally, this leader will partner closely with suppliers and internal business partners to support new technology development, product manufacturability, and sourcing strategy from the early NPI phase through successful product launch, regardless of business unit.

Responsibilities

• Designs and directs the work of the Global Sourcing team; selects, coaches and develops the team, setting objectives that align with company strategy.
• Manages organizational talent through performance management, succession planning and development.
• Designs and directs processes for team and individual performance recognition, feedback delivery, and systematic improvement.
• Oversees and provides guidance to the NPI team by collaborating with business groups to develop material product cost sourcing strategy for NPI programs within the business product platform.
• Works with management and executive teams to prioritize and align product strategies and roadmaps.
• Collaborates to identify strategic market opportunities and determine strategic distribution structure and channels.
• Drives strategies to support key launch events or product milestones.
• Supports escalations and risk mitigation strategies within the business group, including component obsolescence, supply continuity disruptions, and supplier transitions.
• Provides direction and leadership for negotiation and cost analysis using total cost of ownership (TCO) tools, analyzing material cost, tooling, NRE, logistics cost, etc.
• Manages multiple projects within product platforms, including BOM completion, supplier negotiation, project management completeness, and material readiness throughout all milestones.
• Manages Product platform NPI related ECO’s and sustaining ECO’s that affect new part changes related to a 3‑year product plan.
• Supports Supplier Quality with supplier risk assessments, audit qualifications, and leads PPAP facilitation during the NPI process.
• Accountable for executing and managing multiple project timelines within the Generac Development Process (GDP) and ensuring supplier on‑time delivery (OTD), quality, and costing targets.
• Owns project budget related to NPI sourcing and is responsible for meeting project requirements related to supplier performance, quality, and cost.
• Acts as SAP Super User within functional area as assigned.
• Collaborates with Category/Commodity management to develop and maintain robust PEP pipelines and execute identified PEP targets.
• Develops and leads training efforts for the NPI Sourcing group related to