Director of Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain

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Chicago, IL - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 12 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

  • Develop and execute enterprisewide sourcing strategies across direct and indirect spend categories to optimize total cost quality service and risk.
  • Lead category strategy development supplier segmentation and longterm sourcing roadmaps aligned with business growth and margin objectives.
  • Own supplier negotiations contract development and commercial terms to deliver sustainable cost savings and value creation.
  • Establish make vs buy models benchmarking and factbased negotiation practices to drive disciplined decisionmaking.
  • Build and maintain a highperforming supplier base through supplier rationalization performance management and continuous improvement.
  • Establish supplier governance scorecards and business reviews focused on delivery quality cost innovation and risk.
  • Identify and mitigate supply continuity geopolitical financial and operational risks through proactive sourcing and contingency planning.
  • Partner with Quality Operations and Engineering to address supplier performance issues and drive corrective actions.
  • Oversee all Purchasing and Procurement for multiple manufacturing sites globally.
  • Lead logistics and transportation strategy across inbound intercompany and outbound flows to balance cost service and reliability.
  • Optimize freight modes carrier strategies and network design to improve service levels and reduce logistics costtoserve.
  • Oversee logistics relationships contracts and performance management.
  • Drive continuous improvement in delivery performance freight spend and customer service outcomes.
  • Partner closely with Operations Manufacturing Finance Commercial and Supply Planning to align sourcing and logistics strategies with demand capacity and financial plans.
  • Support new product introductions makevsbuy decisions and supplier industrialization efforts.

Qualifications :

  • Bachelors degree in Business Supply Chain Engineering or related field; Masters degree or certification would be preferred.
  • 10 years of experience in strategic sourcing purchasing and/or supply chain
  • 5 years of strong management and leadership of teams.
  • Experience in an industrial manufacturing environment; preferably with regulated precision and/or high-volume operations such as Medical Device Aerospace Automotive etc.
  • Experience supporting multiple manufacturing sites globally.
  • Experience in global sourcing international supplier management and cross-cultural collaboration.
  • Success leading high impact negotiations and driving multi-million-dollar cost savings programs.
  • Proficiency with ERP systems; SAP is a plus.   

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time

Develop and execute enterprisewide sourcing strategies across direct and indirect spend categories to optimize total cost quality service and risk.Lead category strategy development supplier segmentation and longterm sourcing roadmaps aligned with business growth and margin objectives.Own supplier n...
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