Director of Global Sourcing

We are partnering with a global engineered-products organization to identify a Director of Global Sourcing
. The company is backed by one of the largest privately held organizations in the U.S., providing significant resources, long-term ownership and a strong people-focused culture with longstanding recognition among the country’s top workplaces.
The business designs, engineers and distributes highly customized components, automation products and related solutions used within residential and commercial applications. Its model combines engineered products, distribution and mass customization, with thousands of components supporting a broad range of finished-product configurations. Motorization and automation are important areas of continued growth and investment.
Despite the scale and resources behind the organization, the operating environment remains lean, entrepreneurial and highly collaborative, giving leaders significant visibility, broad responsibility and the ability to influence the business directly.
The opportunity is particularly well suited for a proven global sourcing leader ready to step into broader executive visibility and ownership.

As the Director of Global Sourcing
, you will report directly to the CEO, participate in senior strategic leadership discussions and lead a small, internationally distributed sourcing team.
You will be responsible for approximately $75 million to $100 million in global sourcing spend across a diverse contract-manufacturing and supplier network, with significant exposure to Asia and China. Key categories include aluminum extrusions, plastics, steel hardware, textiles/fabrics, motors and automation components.
A major focus of the role will be supplier rationalization and supply-chain risk reduction. You will evaluate the existing supplier network, determine where spend should be consolidated or competitively sourced, strengthen supplier quality and performance, improve global leverage and reduce unnecessary supplier and country concentration.
You will also play a central role in developing the company’s response to tariffs, China concentration and broader geopolitical supply risk, balancing cost, continuity, quality and total landed cost.
This is a hands-on leadership role. The successful candidate must be equally comfortable developing global sourcing strategy, negotiating with contract manufacturers, visiting suppliers, reviewing data in Power BI and working directly with Product, Engineering, Quality and Planning teams.

• Develop and execute an integrated global sourcing strategy across the U.S., Australia and international supplier markets
• Lead the rationalization of the global supplier network, including supplier consolidation, competitive resourcing, supplier exits and development of new sources where appropriate
• Evaluate suppliers across cost, quality, capability, geographic risk, capacity and long-term strategic fit
• Identify opportunities to consolidate purchasing volume across regions and improve negotiating leverage
• Reduce supplier and country concentration while protecting continuity of supply
• Develop appropriate dual-sourcing, diversification, nearshoring or alternate-country strategies
• Continuously market-test established supplier relationships to ensure the company remains competitive
• Balance cost improvement with quality, supply continuity, tariff exposure and geopolitical risk

• Personally manage and develop relationships with key contract manufacturers and strategic suppliers
• Lead supplier selection, qualification, negotiation, contract development and performance management
• Work across a high-mix supply environment where requirements may range from thousands of units for specialty components to very high-volume products
• Establish clear supplier expectations around cost, service, quality, delivery and continuous improvement
• Improve supplier accountability and strengthen the use of scorecards and performance metrics
• Partner with Quality to shift inspection and quality ownership further upstream into the supplier manufacturing process
• Address long-standing supplier relationships where capability has not evolved with the needs of the business

• Identify sustainable cost-reduction opportunities without creating unacceptable supply or quality risk
• Develop sourcing…