Director, Global Strategic Sourcing

Legrand North America•Cecil Township, PA

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Director, Global Strategic Sourcing to join the Data Power & Control Division Starline Team in Canonsburg, PA. Reporting to the DPC (Data Power & Control) VP, Strategic Sourcing with a strong dotted line to the BUS Sr. Director of Operations, the Director, Global Strategic Sourcing will define, implement and lead the global sourcing strategy for direct materials, indirect spend, and outside value-add manufacturing that enables BUS to scale as a $2B annual revenue-generating business unit and a key player in the global data center market. This role is accountable for developing a resilient, competitive, and compliant supply ecosystem across North America, Mexico, Europe, and Asia—balancing cost, quality, delivery, innovation, and working capital to reliably support customer demand, growth programs, and new product introduction. The incumbent will establish category strategies, supplier governance, and risk mitigation plans; drive material productivity and commercial excellence; and partner with Operations, Engineering, Product Management, Finance, and Sales to ensure supply continuity, capacity readiness, and time-to-market. While primarily strategic, this leader will provide hands-on escalation support when required to protect customer commitments (e.g., critical expedites, crisis response, and sourcing project management). This role owns the DPC strategic sourcing framework deployment across all Starline locations and ensures alignment with LNCA (Legrand, North & Central America) standard work and CSR (corporate social responsibility) expectations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field required; MBA, preferred.
Minimum 10 years of progressive global sourcing/category management experience in a manufacturing environment, including multi-site operations and international supplier networks.
Proven track record of leading sourcing in a GLOBAL fast-paced, growth-oriented manufacturing environments, with experience scaling processes and supplier capacity across both smaller organizations and complex, matrixed global enterprises.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional sourcing programs (cost, capacity, risk, NPD), including planning, prioritization, and stakeholder coordination; comfortable operating with ambiguity and making tradeoffs to protect customers.
People leader with a transformational approach—builds, coaches, and develops a high-performing sourcing organization (direct and matrixed), establishes standard work, and strengthens talent through development and recruitment as needed.
Knowledge of global material and component markets (cost, capacity, and availability) across metals, electrical, and electronics commodities; applies market intelligence to inform strategy and negotiations.
Experience with negotiation and contracting including delivering validated productivity, improving terms, and driving supplier performance through a structured process.
Ability to work effectively across cultures and time zones and travel globally as required to develop suppliers, audit capabilities, and lead key negotiations and reviews. More extensive travel required (up to 50 percent initially) with an overall average of about 25 percent over time.
Executive presence with excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to synthesize data into clear narratives, influence senior leadership, and communicate credibly with strategic suppliers and key customers.
Experience supporting highly regulated or uptime-critical markets (e.g., data centers, critical power, electrical infrastructure) is strongly preferred.

Nice To Haves

MBA, preferred

Responsibilities

Set and execute the global sourcing strategy to enable BUS profitable growth to $2B revenue, including a multi-year category strategy portfolio (direct, indirect, and outsourced manufacturing) aligned to product roadmaps, customer requirements, and global data center market dynamics.
Build supply resilience through dual/secondary sourcing, localization/nearshoring where appropriate, supplier capacity reservations, and business continuity plans; regularly monitor execution, report progress, and lead recovery actions to protect customer commitments.
Own market intelligence, commodity strategy, and total cost modeling (e.g., should-cost, TCO, landed cost) across applicable commodities; identify and deliver sustainable cost and lead-time reduction opportunities with quantified business cases.
Deploy supplier business management (SBM) including segmented scorecards, QDIP performance governance, quarterly business reviews, corrective action, and supplier development activities.
Develop strategic supplier partnerships that support innovation, scalability, and time-to-market through structured collaboration (e.g., design-to-cost, VA/VE, supplier-enabled engineering).
Lead negotiation and contracting for strategic agreements (pricing, terms, capacity, quality, IP, and risk); ensure compliant contracts are in place to protect Legrand’s interests and secure reliable supply at competitive total cost.
Expand and optimize the global supply base to support cost, service, and risk management objectives while maintaining appropriate regional flexibility.
Establish and maintain sourcing governance, policies, and operating cadence (pipeline reviews, savings validation, supplier risk reviews, and executive reporting.
Own and report BU sourcing KPIs, including Supplier Business Management, Supply Chain Risk & Resilience, Material Productivity, Supplier CSR/ESG compliance, and NPD Procurement readiness (cost, lead time, PPAP/qualification, and launch support).