Regional Director, Purchasing - US/Canada

DRiV•Southfield, MI

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The US/Canada Regional Director, Purchasing provides strategic leadership for purchasing activities across the United States and Canada. The role translates global purchasing priorities into regional sourcing, supplier, cost, cash, quality, delivery, and risk-management plans that support business and operational objectives. The Director leads the regional purchasing function and partners with Global Purchasing, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Logistics, Legal, Product Management, and business leadership. The position establishes regional objectives and governance, develops organizational capability, and drives disciplined execution through the regional team and cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, Business, Engineering, Finance, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
10 or more years of progressively responsible experience in purchasing, procurement, strategic sourcing, commodity management, supplier management, or a related supply-chain discipline.
Demonstrated experience leading purchasing or sourcing teams in a complex manufacturing, automotive, aftermarket, industrial, or similarly matrixed environment.
Experience leading complex sourcing initiatives, commercial negotiations, supplier performance, cost improvement, and supply-risk mitigation.
Experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading cross-functional initiatives across multiple sites or business units.
Strategic sourcing, category management, negotiation, contract management, supplier performance, financial analysis, and total cost decision-support skills.
Ability to establish regional objectives, prioritize competing needs, manage within approved budgets and delegated authority, and resolve complex supplier or business issues.
Strong leadership, executive communication, presentation, change-management, and stakeholder-influence skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and relevant ERP, purchasing, sourcing, analytics, or supplier-management systems.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or MBA.
Professional purchasing or supply-chain certification such as CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, or an equivalent credential.
Experience in automotive aftermarket purchasing and with global suppliers or cross-regional teams.
Experience with new product introduction, value analysis/value engineering, localization, resourcing, and purchasing transformation.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the US/Canada purchasing strategy in alignment with global purchasing priorities and regional business plans.
Establish regional objectives, operating plans, governance, performance measures, and review routines for cost, quality, delivery, cash, innovation, and supply continuity.
Lead, coach, and develop regional purchasing employees and functional resources; clarify priorities, accountability, succession needs, and capability-building plans.
Represent Purchasing in regional leadership forums and communicate priorities, risks, tradeoffs, and results to senior stakeholders.
Lead regional sourcing strategies, competitive events, supplier selection, sourcing recommendations, negotiations, contracting, implementation, and performance follow-up.
Drive total-cost improvement through productivity, value analysis/value engineering, localization, resourcing, supplier consolidation, demand management, and working-capital initiatives.
Ensure sourcing decisions balance commercial value with quality, delivery, capacity, launch readiness, operational requirements, and risk.
Oversee savings plans, forecasts, budgets, business cases, sourcing approvals, and performance reporting in accordance with company controls.
Establish supplier performance expectations and lead reviews covering quality, delivery, cost, capacity, responsiveness, innovation, compliance, and corrective-action closure.
Identify and mitigate supplier financial, operational, geographic, capacity, logistics, tariff, and continuity risks through appropriate sourcing and escalation plans.
Serve as the regional escalation point for material supplier, commercial, shortage, quality, and delivery issues affecting operations or customers.
Advance responsible sourcing, supplier diversity, sustainability, ethical conduct, and compliance with applicable purchasing requirements.
Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, Logistics, Legal, Product Management, and Commercial teams to align requirements and decisions.
Support new product introduction, supplier transitions, plant and product initiatives, and business growth through supplier readiness and milestone execution.
Drive consistent use of purchasing processes, systems, analytics, standards, and governance across the region.
Lead continuous-improvement and transformation initiatives that strengthen regional purchasing capability, speed, transparency, and stakeholder experience.