Director, Inbound Strategic Sourcing Operations

Hewlett Packard Enterprise • Aguadilla, PR

17d • Onsite

About The Position

Lead Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s global Inbound Strategic Sourcing Operations organization, with accountability for operational performance, strategic alignment, and integration across HPE operations. Define global and regional supply chain strategies and oversee supply continuity, supplier performance, Buy/Sell execution, HPE-owned inventory, shortage mitigation, supplier onboarding, and transformation of the inbound sourcing operating model.

Establish and lead cross-functional, cross-regional teams that translate physical and financial supply flows into scalable processes, systems, and operating models. Serve as a key decision-maker, escalation point, and executive advisor across Strategic Sourcing, Supply Planning, Finance, suppliers, manufacturing partners, third-party inventory partners, and executive leadership. Ensure material availability, financial compliance, operational continuity, and execution of business plans.

Set policy and direction for distributed tactical procurement and inbound sourcing operations in alignment with HPE’s regional footprint and tax strategies. Govern approximately $10 billion in annual spend and approximately $9 billion in invoices processed through RSPs, including financial metrics for high-value and strategic components. Use benchmarking, financial results, operational metrics, and statistical data to identify improvements, address inefficiencies, evaluate business opportunities, and communicate recommendations across the organization.

The role is designed as onsite, with the expectation that the employee will primarily work from an HPE office. HPE describes its workplace as inclusive and accessible and offers benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing, as well as programs for personal and professional development.

Requirements

• First-level university degree or equivalent experience.
• 12 or more years of experience in Supply Chain.
• Demonstrated progressive people leadership experience.
• Experience managing large teams and/or organizations.
• Superior understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes and strategy requirements.
• Advanced understanding of marketplace and industry architecture standards.
• Advanced ability to build forward-thinking partnerships with internal and external partners and suppliers.
• Advanced leadership skills, particularly in complex, international, and cross-functional teams.
• Advanced program management and prioritization skills.
• Advanced communication skills for a wide variety of audiences; mastery of English and the local language.
• Excellent business acumen and understanding of supply chain capabilities and requirements.
• Advanced financial skills.
• Excellent understanding of company policies and processes.
• Ability to manage complex processes concurrently.
• Advanced consulting, influencing, and negotiation skills, including the ability to ensure strategic alignment with multiple parties.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced university degree preferred.
• Significant Supply Chain and Operations background preferred, with experience in multiple disciplines such as manufacturing, planning, and logistics.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global team responsible for Buy/Sell operations, end-to-end tactical procurement execution, supplier enablement, and operational governance across multiple commodities and regions.
• Direct operations for critical supply chain activities involving memory, SSD, CPU, GPUs, HDDs, silicon, and suppliers supporting SOI models.
• Set operational priorities and align sourcing, supply planning, procurement, finance, and manufacturing partners.
• Own and govern supplier performance management processes for IIH; define, review, and communicate supplier scorecards and quality, delivery, and operational metrics to executive leadership, GCMs, and SRM teams.
• Serve as consulting and approval authority for Buy/Sell opportunities; evaluate and authorize opportunities to mitigate shortages and secure strategic component availability.
• Oversee Buy/Sell execution, including pricing, SKU setup, supplier onboarding, operational readiness, and warehouse strategy, utilization, and optimization in partnership with GLO.
• Monitor supplier financial health, credit capacity, liquidity, payment exposure, financing limitations, credit holds, SBLC constraints, and related supply risks; lead mitigation actions to protect continuity.
• Ensure procurement and financial exposure controls meet SOX requirements for approvals, segregation of duties, evidence retention, audit readiness, and remediation of control gaps.
• Partner with Global Trade Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Logistics to support compliance with import, export, sanctions, customs, and trade-control requirements for onboarding, sourcing commitments, procurement transactions, and cross-border material flows.
• Lead ISSO business continuity planning by assessing geographic, logistics, financial, and compliance risks; maintaining continuity and recovery plans; reviewing readiness; and coordinating mitigation with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Act as executive escalation and decision point for shortages, constrained materials, allocations, inventory positioning, backlog recovery, and alternate sourcing to protect revenue and customer commitments.
• Drive cross-functional decisions on inventory positioning, material allocation, backlog recovery, and alternate sourcing strategies, working with Supply Planning and Operations.
• Lead operational transformation through simplification, automation, standardization, and governance of IIH, supply-gap processes, sourcing enhancements, system upgrades, and new sourcing and planning workflows.
• Provide leadership oversight for Inbound Inventory Hub (IIH), supply gap governance, sourcing process enhancements, and system upgrades; partner with business process owners to implement new workflows.
• Build and empower a high-performing global organization by setting clear expectations, delegating decision authority, and holding teams accountable for business outcomes.
• Develop leaders and team members through feedback, development plans, stretch assignments, strategic exposure, succession planning, continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and cross-regional collaboration.
• Foster an inclusive, trusted, and recognition-focused culture that values diverse perspectives, encourages innovation and constructive challenge, and acknowledges contributions.
• Represent ISSO in executive reviews, leadership meetings, supply reviews, and business-planning forums; provide strategic recommendations and operational risk assessments.
• Influence sourcing strategy, supplier engagement models, and operational policy decisions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing for employees and their loved ones.
• Programs to support personal and professional development and career goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director