Global Director of Sourcing - Speciality Chemicals

Job Summary

Seeking a strategic procurement leader with deep chemical sourcing expertise to develop global category strategies, negotiate large-scale supply agreements, manage supplier risk, provide market intelligence, and influence executive leadership while driving costs, supply security, and competitive advantage across a global chemical organization.

About the Role

Develop and execute global sourcing and category management strategies for critical chemical raw material categories. Partner with business leaders to understand strategic objectives and translate requirements into procurement strategies that drive competitive advantage. Lead global supplier selection, sourcing events, RFQs, RFPs, and contract negotiations. Monitor global supply markets, industry trends, pricing dynamics, and risk factors to provide actionable market intelligence. Develop and implement category risk management and supply continuity plans. Build and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers across global markets. Utilize spend analysis, market intelligence, demand forecasting, and cost modeling to support data-driven decision making. Lead supplier qualification, evaluation, and substitution initiatives. Drive supplier performance management programs focused on cost, quality, innovation, and service. Collaborate with regional procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, and commercial teams to ensure alignment and successful execution of category strategies. Mentor and develop procurement team members while promoting best practices in strategic sourcing and category management.

Requirements

• Chemical experience within Specialty Chemicals, Surfactants, Solvents, Monomers, Polymers, Acids, Caustic, or industrial chemicals, water treatment chemicals, performance chemicals.
• Strong knowledge of Feed stock impacts, Petrochemical markets, Supplier Economics, Global supply chains.
• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, or another quantitative discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, or Commercial roles.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and negotiation skills
• Market intelligence and trend analysis
• Supplier relationship management
• Data-driven decision making
• Collaborative leadership

Benefits

Commensurate with experience.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD