Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain

Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain
** ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions
** is part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. Every day, we reimagine how people move through a safer, more open world with ease. If you’ve ever walked through an automatic door, stayed in a hotel, or gone through passport control, you’ve probably used one of our products or services. We have operations in over 70 countries and over 52,000 colleagues worldwide.

Our expertise in customer journey mapping, innovation, and service design enables the creation of new solutions that deliver value to our clients and provide exceptional experiences for their end-users. We have a fantastic opportunity for a
** Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain.
**** Your Role in Keeping the Future in Safe Hands…
** The Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain, leads the end-to-end operations for Self Storage. This role owns the production environment, supplier strategy, global sourcing activities, supply chain continuity, quality governance, and operational excellence required to support Self Storage’s current and future growth.

This position ensures that all suppliers meet ASSA ABLOY standards, internal quality requirements, and total cost of ownership expectations while driving continuous improvement and enabling new product introductions. The role establishes global and local sourcing strategies, leads supplier negotiations, and ensures proper development and management of suppliers.
** Key Responsibilities in your role…
** The Senior Director is responsible for production capacity planning, warehouse and procurement operations, inventory optimization, and alignment with divisional sourcing and supply chain strategies. This individual plays a critical leadership role within Self Storage, enabling long-term scale, operational resilience, and quality performance across all products and suppliers.
** Leadership, Strategy, & Oversight
*** Develop long-term operations, sourcing, supply chain, production, and supplier quality strategies.
* Lead efforts to improve global supplier footprint, inventory positioning, and risk mitigation.
* Identify opportunities for scalability in alignment with Self Storage’s 5-year growth plan and AAGS strategic roadmap.
* Ensure adherence to internal and external regulations, including safety, quality, compliance, and sustainability requirements.
* Guarantee supplier compliance with ASSA ABLOY policies, including EHS, Supplier Code of Conduct, and Trade Compliance.
* Ensure quality governance across all operations, production processes, and supplier activities.
** External Management
*** Lead strategic negotiations with suppliers for Self Storage’s hardware, component, and service needs.
* Manage supplier performance, providing structured feedback, scorecards, and improvement plans.
* Monitor global supply markets and interpret market intelligence to influence sourcing strategies.
* Ensure global and local contracts are utilized and adhered to for sourcing and supplier quality management.
* Lead supplier selection, qualification, development, and lifecycle management.
** Internal Management - Production & Operations
*** Lead all production operations, capacity planning, forecasting, workflow design, and optimization.
* Ensure quality control, root-cause analysis, and corrective/preventive actions across production.
* Oversee SOP development, production KPIs, safety programs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
** Internal Management – Supply Chain, Inventory, & Procurement
*** Develop and implement sourcing and supply chain strategies aligned with divisional direction.
* Oversee all procurement activities, inventory management, cycle counting, and Net Suite accuracy.
* Lead annual productivity improvements (cost reduction, yield improvement, supplier efficiencies).
* Ensure cross-functional cooperation around material readiness for NPI/NPD projects.
* Provide annual budget estimates incorporating market inputs and sourcing strategy.
** Internal Management – Supplier Quality
*** Set and lead supplier quality performance standards and KPIs.
* Address supplier and internal…