Senior Director, Global Transportation & Purchasing

Senior Director, Global Transportation & Purchasing

Reports To:

Vice President, Supply Chain

This position will require approximately 25–40% travel to support strategic initiatives, supplier engagement, carrier partnerships, and operational reviews. Travel requirements may vary based on business priorities.

The Senior Director of Global Transportation & Purchasing is responsible for leading the organization's upstream supply chain strategy, including strategic sourcing, purchasing, inventory planning, supplier management, global transportation, trade compliance, and supply chain analytics.

Reporting to the Vice President of Supply Chain, this leader will oversee the flow of products from supplier origin through arrival at company distribution facilities, ensuring inventory readiness, transportation efficiency, supplier performance, and cost optimization. The role is accountable for developing end-to-end supply chain visibility through robust reporting, dashboarding, and analytics that enable proactive business decisions and support organizational growth.

This position serves as a key member of the Supply Chain leadership team and will drive strategic initiatives that improve service, reduce risk, strengthen supplier partnerships, optimize global transportation networks, and support scalable business growth.

Scope of Responsibility

• Leads a team of purchasing associates, including two direct reports.
• Oversees strategic sourcing, purchasing, inventory planning, supplier management, global transportation, trade compliance, and supply chain analytics functions.
• Manages multi-million-dollar transportation and procurement expenditures.
• Supports supplier networks primarily located throughout Asia and Southeast Asia.
• Responsible for end-to-end supply chain visibility from supplier origin through receipt at company distribution facilities.
• Develops executive-level reporting, dashboards, and KPI frameworks that support strategic decision-making and operational performance.
• Employee has an individual responsibility for knowledge of and compliance with laws, regulations, and policies.
• Compliance is a condition of employment and is considered an element of job performance
• Maintain HIPAA/patient confidentiality
• Other job duties assigned

Direct Reports

• Purchasing & Inventory Planning Manager
• Transportation Analyst

Key Responsibilities

Transportation Strategy & Network Optimization

• Develop and execute the organization's global transportation strategy to support growth, service, and cost objectives.
• Optimize domestic and international transportation networks to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Lead transportation planning across multiple transportation modes, including ocean, air, parcel, truckload, less-than-truckload, and intermodal.
• Establish and manage strategic relationships with transportation providers, logistics partners, freight carriers, freight forwarders, and customs brokers.
• Lead transportation performance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives focused on service, cost, and operational performance.
• Oversee carrier selection, contract negotiations, and ongoing partner governance.
• Identify and execute opportunities to optimize transportation costs, improve network performance, and enhance service levels through data-driven analysis and strategic partner management.

Supply Chain Visibility & Analytics

• Develop and execute a comprehensive supply chain visibility strategy that provides end-to-end insight from supplier origin through final delivery.
• Build and maintain executive dashboards that provide visibility into inventory, purchasing, transportation, supplier performance, and supply chain health.
• Establish reporting capabilities that track product movement from factory to port, across transportation modes, through distribution centers, and into inventory.
• Develop KPI frameworks and scorecards that provide visibility into transportation performance, inventory health, supplier reliability, service levels, and freight spend.
• Leverage analytics to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and actionable business recommendations.
• Present supply chain performance, strategic initiatives, and recommendations to…