Director Sourcing

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.

Responsibilities

Designs and directs the work of the Global Sourcing team, selecting, coaching and developing the team; Oversee and provide guidance to the NPI team on material product cost sourcing strategy for NPI programs; Provide direction and leadership for negotiation and cost analysis using total cost of ownership (TCO) tools; Manage multiple projects within product platforms, including BOM completion, supplier negotiation, project management completeness and material readiness; Manage NPI-related and sustaining ECOs affecting new part changes related to a 3-year product plan; Support Supplier Quality with supplier risk assessments and audit qualifications and lead PPAP facilitation during the NPI process; Own project budget related to NPI sourcing and meet supplier performance, quality and cost requirements; Develop and lead training efforts for the NPI Sourcing group; Track CAPEX and expense of costs related to products within respective product families; Develop, manage and communicate reports and tools for analytics, cost savings reporting, governance and continuous improvement; Work with information technology to enhance and utilize enterprise business tools; Act as SAP Super User within assigned functional area; Collaborate with Category/Commodity management to develop and maintain PEP pipelines and achieve PEP targets; Support escalations and risk mitigation, including component obsolescence, supply continuity disruptions and supplier transitions

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent work experience; 10+ years' experience in Supply Chain with at least 5 years in an international capacity; 5 years of experience with project management in a lead capacity role; 5 years of progressive leadership experience; Ability to travel both domestically and internationally (30%)

Nice to have

Continuous improvement, Six Sigma concepts & methodologies; Experience using SAP or equivalent ERP System; CPIM or APICS equivalent combination of education and/or experience (backgrounds: Commodity Management, Materials Management, Procurement, Project Management); Multilingual ability