Director Sourcing

Stoughton Trailers, LLC•Stoughton, WI

About The Position

The Director of Sourcing leads a team of sourcing professionals in developing, implementing, and managing commodity strategies that mitigate risk, improve quality and lead time, reduce cost, and support value optimization and innovation. The role aligns sourcing strategies, department goals, and supplier management practices with organizational directives and the goals of the VP of Supply Chain. The Director provides commodity-management expertise and guidance, develops supplier relationships and performance programs, and leads sourcing events from planning through supplier engagement, evaluation, and selection. The position is accountable for sourcing management goals and cost savings targets, and supports continuous improvement in supplier cost, quality, service, and delivery. Employees must perform the essential functions satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation; accommodations are evaluated and provided to eligible employees on a case-by-case basis.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management.
At least 5 years of experience in purchasing or a related area.
Experience with a variety of procurement concepts, practices, and procedures.
Cross-functional project-management skills.
Strong internal and external communication skills.
Experience with global sourcing.
Willingness to travel up to 20%.

Nice To Haves

CPM, CPSM, CSM, or equivalent certification.
Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a team of sourcing professionals developing and executing commodity strategies, while mitigating risk, improving quality and lead time, reducing cost, and driving value optimization and innovation.
Create and execute primary and secondary commodity strategies aligned with organizational directives for risk, quality, delivery, and cost.
Serve as a center of excellence for assigned commodities by understanding the industry, competition, future technologies, and innovations.
Train and provide tools for commodity strategy rollouts, and lead ideation workshops to review current conditions and future trends.
Guide direct reports in executing work plans and short- and long-term goals; set department goals aligned with VP of Supply Chain goals.
Own strategic sourcing management goals and cost savings targets, and implement actions to achieve them.
Establish commodity metrics and hold the team accountable for cost savings, cost avoidance, quality, reliability, and timely execution.
Develop a Supplier Management Program with performance metrics, goals, improvement initiatives, and supplier-site audits; initiate, monitor, and own supplier scorecards.
Define supplier performance metrics, review quantitative scorecard results with suppliers, and develop improvement plans as needed.
Develop supplier relationships focused on flexibility, agility, responsiveness, process-flow efficiency, product quality, on-time delivery, distribution excellence, and reliability.
Manage supplier relationship development and management in alignment with the VP of Supply Chain.
Develop and execute supplier contracts and agreements aligned with organizational financial objectives and supplier performance requirements.
Develop and track continuous-improvement targets for existing and new suppliers to achieve high standards for cost, quality, service, and delivery; identify and implement cost-saving opportunities.
Participate continually in make-or-buy analyses to identify and optimize savings opportunities.
Optimize and expand the supplier rebate program and its tracking and follow-up mechanisms.
Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to identify supply-base issues, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and identify opportunities; monitor and report trend analysis.
Lead sourcing events from planning through supplier engagement, evaluation, and selection.
Perform other duties as assigned by the manager.