Director Strategic Sourcing

Summary/Objective:

The Director reports to the DEHU_DOAS President and is a partner to enable profitable growth by leading and managing the Therma-Stor business and overall DEHU and DOAS Group sourcing strategy. The position is a hands-on leader helping develop best-in-class strategies and processes that align customer needs to the optimal global supply network that improves efficiencies, cost, working capital, and risk mitigation. The leader is a visionary in supply chain, a consensus builder, and an integrator of people and processes; collaborating across business units to affect positive change. As a member of the Senior Leadership Staff, the position aids in setting Business Unit budgets, goals, resource allocations, and strategic direction to expectations and critical business needs.

Essential Functions:

• Utilize 80/20 tools to actively reduce supplier and supply chain complexity
• Design and implement global commodity management strategies to decrease risk, increase OTD, and deliver 4% annual savings on the suppliers that aren't driven by commodity prices
• Develop overarching global Supply Chain strategy – ensuring significant focus on customer expectations to achieve growth targets
• Integrate and facilitate the relationship with business leaders throughout the organization, aligning the Supply Chain Strategy to other business objectives, goals, and outcomes
• Design, implement, administer, and monitor best-in-class Supply Chain policies, processes, systems, and advanced technologies
• Develop and monitor business-level KPIs, measuring all aspects of procurement, inventory, cost savings, supplier effectiveness, and process adherence across multiple business units
• Ensure successful negotiation of all major spends and procurement agreements
• Assess current processes and lead the relationships/partnerships with all critical suppliers
• Lead the development of suppliers to ensure they exceed regulatory, and legal requirements
• Drive results with a sense of urgency and diplomacy through superior change management techniques
• All other duties as assigned

Position Key Attributes:

• Ability to personally live safe and hold themselves and other team members accountable by having their back in support of our Safety core value.
• Has integrity, works transparently and recognized for treating others with respect.
• Takes accountability to create and execute solutions that deliver desired results and can “own it” in a Performance Driven Culture.
• Works collaboratively as one team in a Teamwork culture.
• Enjoys embracing and igniting change as a catalyst for improvement.
• A “builder” who is comfortable in a continuous improvement culture.
• Can thrive in a “legacy now” culture in which we strive to do the right thing for the company today, even if it is the hard thing, and leave behind a stronger company for the next generation of employees.

Competencies:

• Safety
• Trust & Integrity
• Teamwork
• Performance Driven Culture
• Bias for Action/Results Orientation
• Focus on the Customer/Exceeds Customer Expectations
• Talent Enhancement/Development
• Entrepreneurship/Change Champion

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering.
• A minimum of 15 years progressive global sourcing and purchasing experience, and a minimum of 10 years in a personnel leadership role.
• Proven success in meeting aggressive cost reduction, supplier negotiation and productivity targets.
• Advanced analytical abilities and problem-solving techniques in understanding data collection and the ability to develop intuitive and actionable insights
• Thorough knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft Office software and ERP systems
• Travel up to 50%, some international travel.
• Must be able to maintain a valid passport.

Preferred:

• Manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• MBA Preferred
• CPSM and/or APICS certified