Sourcing Director

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Global Strategy: Architect, scale, and pivot a global strategic sourcing framework that guarantees supply continuity, optimizes working capital, and delivers sustainable, long-term margin improvement.
• Executive Vendor Governance: Direct the structure for all major Master Services Agreements (MSAs) and international contracts; establish global supplier scorecard metrics including advanced KPIs, capacity hedges, and liability/defective product policies.
• Operational & Value Chain Alignment: Partner directly with the VP of Operations and VP of Engineering to synchronize raw material pipelines with agile, multi-site production schedules and market demand forecasting.
• Competitive Procurement Infrastructure: Foster an innovative, technology-driven procurement ecosystem that utilizes advanced analytics to yield continuous improvements in total cost of ownership (TCO), quality, and service levels.
• Lifecycle & PLM Oversight: Oversee the data integrity of complex multi-level Manufacturing and Purchasing Bills of Materials (BOMs) across product portfolios, ensuring seamless transitions from NPI (New Product Introduction) to mass production.
• Executive Dashboard Reporting: Own and report departmental milestones, global risk registries, capital expenditures, and financial variances directly to executive leadership.
• Strategic Ecosystem Development: Act as the executive sponsor for critical product development initiatives, mapping future product roadmaps to global contract manufacturing capabilities.

Qualifications

• ERP & Technology Architecture: Deep experience designing or optimizing material planning architectures within advanced ERP frameworks (such as NetSuite, SAP, or Oracle).
• Advanced Data Modeling: Mastery of advanced analytical tools, spend-cube modeling, and macro-driven financial projections to map global supply chain dependencies.
• Executive Presence & Collaboration: Proven track record of operating autonomously as a department head while effectively aligning cross-functional VP and C-level internal teams.
• Strategic Supply Chain Scaling: Expert in scaling end-to-end supply chain ecosystems for global consumer brands.
• Tenure & Industry Expertise: 10+ years of progressive sourcing, planning, and procurement leadership experience; specifically required to have 5+ years heading teams within fast-paced environments focused on complex, electro-mechanical consumer products.
• Advanced Fabrication Knowledge: Comprehensive technical understanding of international component fabrication processes (e.g., custom metal extruding, precision machining, complex plastic injection molding, high-tonnage metal stamping, and specialized sheet metal fabrication).
• Electromechanical System Sourcing: Deep expertise managing global contract manufacturers (CMs) specializing in PCBA assembly, complex wire/cable harnesses, and high-value electrical subsystems.
• Sustainable Packaging Design Strategy: Proven experience strategically sourcing mass-scale product packaging, industrial corrugated goods, and protective foam molded products.
• Global Trade & Tariff Mitigation: Highly versed in macro-economics, international trade laws, foreign trade agreements (FTAs), and cross-border regulatory compliance to insulate global supply chains from geopolitical volatility.
• Master-Level Negotiations: Renowned background in leading multi-party, high-stakes international vendor contract negotiations to optimize corporate cash-flow cycles and payment terms.
• Multi-Tier Supplier Management: Extensive experience structuring governance programs for Tier-1 contract manufacturers as well as critical Tier-2 sub-component suppliers.
• Global Availability: Ability to travel up to 25% internationally to audit critical strategic partners, factories, and global vendor facilities.