Director, Responsible Sourcing

DECIEM • Long Island, NY

21h

About The Position

The Director, Responsible Sourcing leads the development, implementation, and execution of global sourcing strategies for assigned commodities, aligning procurement strategies across brands and the supply chain with broad business objectives. The role manages $150 million in packaging spend and one manager, and supports Joint Value Creation partnerships focused on mutual revenue growth, access to innovation, and margin optimization.

Working across the supply chain and with internal partners such as R&D, Packaging, and Marketing, the Director drives cost, quality, and supply improvements through supplier management, standardization, and negotiations. The role oversees strategic supplier relationships, contracts and business awards, cross-brand negotiations, commodity budgets, supplier-risk mitigation, regulatory and environmental considerations, and sourcing processes. It also supports sustainability initiatives and evaluates suppliers and sources for new technologies and markets.

For the secondary and tertiary packaging portfolio, the role leads work on transparent and competitive pricing methodologies; order quantity and minimum order quantity reviews; new printing technologies and supply processes; speed-to-market solutions; plastic sustainability; material strategy; packaging-format harmonization; and network design. The position recommends and executes sourcing strategies and supply bases that balance total cost, lead time, capacity, supply security, technical capabilities, competitiveness, location, and turnkey options.

Requirements

• Experience in a global packaging procurement category role covering primary rigid plastic packaging.
• At least 8 years of experience.
• Fact-based decision-making, pragmatism, resourcefulness, and proactivity.
• A can-do and will-do attitude toward accomplishing goals, meeting business targets, and satisfying internal and external customers.

Nice To Haves

• Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and execution of global sourcing strategies for assigned commodities.
• Set the vision for and ensure implementation of procurement strategies across brands and the supply chain.
• Manage $150 million in packaging spend and one manager.
• Drive cost, quality, and supply improvements through supplier management, standardization, and negotiations.
• Develop and implement sourcing strategies that support short- and long-term objectives and meet internal requirements.
• Support cross-functional management and enablement of Joint Value Creation relationships with key partners.
• Lead cross-brand supplier negotiations to achieve the best overall cost position for assigned commodities.
• Negotiate, develop, and approve contracts, agreements, supplier direction, and business awards.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships and promote collaboration throughout the supply chain.
• Monitor industry best practices and technology trends and educate team members and business partners.
• Work with internal departments on strategies for changing global regulatory compliance requirements and environmental best practices.
• Develop and lead strategies to mitigate supplier and industrial risks within assigned commodities.
• Use tools and processes to optimize sourcing, supplier activities, and efficiencies, and collaborate with team members to prioritize and implement improvements.
• Lead the budget process across brands for assigned commodities.
• Support sustainability efforts within assigned commodities.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities and establish sources for new technologies and markets in collaboration with innovation groups.
• Develop pricing methodologies with converters that provide transparency, competitiveness, stability, and ease of implementation.
• Work with Material Management to balance order quantities and cost, and establish a regular review of minimum order quantities against cost, inventory, and excess and obsolete stock.
• Explore printing technologies and supply processes that can shorten lead times, support smaller runs, improve supply security, and enable late-stage differentiation.
• Develop solutions to improve speed to market during the new-product development process.
• Seek solutions for plastic sustainability, including post-consumer recycled and ocean plastics.
• Define material strategies that address capacity, supply security, lead time, certification, and value for money.
• Review packaging-format harmonization and the plastic supply chain with converters.
• Recommend and execute network designs that optimize total cost and lead time, and develop updated sourcing strategies with appropriate supply bases.

Benefits

• Participation in a competitive bonus program, with potential for overachievement based on performance and company results.
• Participation in a share incentive plan.
• Health insurance coverage, including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Wellness and family support programs.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Paid leave programs.
• Education-related programs.
• Paid holidays and vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed