Director, Sourcing

Club Car•Aiken, GA

About The Position

Club Car is a manufacturer of gas and electric golf, utility, and personal transportation vehicles. The Director of Sourcing will build supplier capacity to support increased vehicle production, stabilize and improve Tier 1 suppliers, and manage supply risks. The role will also implement a new procurement organization, identify talent and capability gaps, establish performance measures, and develop the sourcing team. The position is responsible for delivering annualized cost reductions across direct materials, indirect materials, and transportation while maintaining or improving service and quality. It will institutionalize strategic sourcing, collaborate with Engineering on selected value analysis/value engineering projects, develop supplier and commodity strategies, and establish procurement policies, processes, and spending authorization. The Director will also ensure Procurement participates in new product development and promote component platforming and standardization across Club Car products where practical. The role requires strategic procurement leadership, financial and operational judgment, and the ability to lead transformation and capability building in environments with limited structure. Work includes periodic standing and walking, occasional lifting, and activities around moving machinery or vehicles with required safety precautions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Prior Director-level procurement experience managing more than $350 million in spend.
Experience managing and executing strategic initiatives involving electrical commodities, including batteries, motor controllers, and wiring harnesses.
Proven turnaround or restructuring record of returning margin-enhancing growth through procurement strategies, with demonstrated success in procurement transformation.
Specific experience building supplier capacity to meet growing customer demand.
Strong financial acumen and an EBITDA mindset, including the ability to improve margin through procurement levers and focus on Total Cost of Ownership.
Ability to use advanced sourcing tools such as clean-sheet cost analysis and linear performance pricing.
Proven ability to identify talent, build teams, teach and foster continuous improvement, and install or improve processes and systems.
Clear communication and leadership skills, including articulating vision and direction and leading through significant change.
Ability to make decisions under uncertainty and with imperfect information; comfort working with limited structure or established processes.
Ability to collaborate with private equity partners and promote visibility of key n-1 and n-2 personnel.
Strong facilitation, coaching, project-management, and change-management skills.
Strong knowledge of manufacturing engineering principles and process improvement methodologies.
Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance systems.
Working knowledge of tooling, fixturing, automation, robotics, and industrial controls.
Strong understanding of maintenance and facilities management best practices.
Expertise in Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, root cause analysis, and operational excellence.
Strong project-management and capital-planning capabilities.
Ability to develop business cases and evaluate return on investment.
Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to influence at all organizational levels.
Occasional lifting of objects weighing 25 to 50 pounds; periodic stooping or bending; and frequent walking or standing.
Ability to work around moving parts, machines, or vehicles while observing special safety precautions.
Ability to talk or listen regularly and to stand, walk, sit, use hands to feel, reach, and stoop, kneel, or crouch as needed.
Vision capabilities including near and distance vision, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.
Certifications.

Responsibilities

Build supplier capacity to increase daily vehicle production and secure supply from vendors able to meet production objectives.
Stabilize Tier 1 suppliers by working with them to improve operations, tooling, and on-time delivery.
Implement and maintain priority recovery actions for high-risk suppliers and categories, including tooling enhancements and dual-sourcing strategies.
Communicate supply requirements regularly to Planning and develop contingency and risk-management plans for supplier or logistics disruptions.
Review and recommend changes to the procurement organization structure; identify talent gaps and develop and execute a hiring plan.
Establish KPIs, metrics, and clear roles and responsibilities for direct reports; evaluate organizational performance and develop and deliver capability-building initiatives.
Build an effective supplier quality capability for identifying and remedying issues.
Deliver annualized run-rate cost reductions across direct materials, indirect materials, and transportation while maintaining or improving service and quality.
Institutionalize the strategic sourcing process and work with Engineering on selected VAVE projects to drive savings.
Develop supplier, commodity, and sub-commodity strategies, including supplier economic and cost models, risk mitigation, scorecards, three-year plans, dual-supply plans, and low-cost-country sourcing options.
Conduct supply-market, Porter’s Five Forces, and commodity/market intelligence analyses.
Define and communicate procurement processes, policies, spending authorization, and the cadence for key activities such as go-to-market events.
Ensure Procurement is represented in the new product development process and leverage existing components in new products where possible.
Implement component platforming and standardization across Club Car products where possible.
Perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.