Director, Strategic Sourcing

Join a manufacturing leader with over 50 years of excellence, where every role contributes to building reliable transportation solutions that people depend on everyday across the United States and Canada. At ENC, we prioritize safety, quality, innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth – creating vehicles our teams can take pride in.

Founded in 1975, ENC (ElDorado National – California) is a leading U.S. transportation manufacturer specializing in design, engineering, and end-to-end production of heavy-duty buses, shuttles, and cargo vehicles through a custom-build, mixed-model assembly process. Each vehicle is produced in our purpose-built facility in Riverside, California supporting public agencies and private transportation providers nationwide. We offer one of the industry’s widest portfolios of power options, including 100% battery-electric, diesel-electric hybrid, CNG, and clean diesel.

The Director of Strategic Sourcing is responsible for developing and executing the company’s sourcing strategy to ensure a reliable, cost-effective, and scalable supply base that supports the production of world-class vehicles. This leader will build the strategic sourcing organization, establish supplier partnerships, negotiate commercial agreements, mitigate supply risks, and drive cost competitiveness while supporting aggressive product development and manufacturing growth.

Operating in a fast-paced startup environment, the Director will partner closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance launch new products on time and at target cost while creating a resilient global supply chain.

• Develop and execute the company’s strategic sourcing roadmap aligned with business growth and production objectives.
• Build and lead a high-performing sourcing organization capable of supporting rapid expansion.
• Develop sourcing strategies by commodity, leveraging market intelligence, supplier capabilities, and total cost of ownership principles.
• Establish sourcing governance, procurement policies, and supplier management processes consistent with automotive OEM best practices.
• Identify, qualify, and develop world-class suppliers for direct materials and production components.
• Lead supplier selection through competitive RFQ/RFP processes.
• Establish and drive sourcing council process across all vehicle programs
• Negotiate long-term supply agreements, pricing, commercial terms, capacity commitments, and service-level expectations.
• Build executive-level relationships with strategic suppliers.
• Conduct executive supplier business reviews focused on quality, delivery, cost, innovation, and risk.

• Lead annual cost reduction initiatives through should-cost analysis, value engineering, competitive sourcing, and supplier negotiations.
• Drive year-over-year productivity savings while maintaining quality and delivery performance.
• Collaborate with Engineering to influence design/platform decisions that improve manufacturability and reduce total product cost.
• Monitor commodity markets and implement strategies to mitigate inflation and supply volatility.

• Partner with Engineering during product development to ensure sourcing readiness for new vehicle programs.
• Support supplier tooling, APQP activities, PPAP approvals, and launch readiness.
• Ensure supplier capacity, production timing, and material availability align with manufacturing schedules.
• Supply Risk Management
• Develop risk mitigation strategies for single-source suppliers, constrained materials, and geopolitical disruptions.
• Create business continuity plans for critical components.
• Monitor supplier financial health, capacity, and operational performance.

• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Logistics, Program Management, and Finance to achieve company objectives.
• Support Sales and Product Management by aligning sourcing strategies with customer requirements and product roadmaps.
• Participate in executive planning, S&OP, and capacity planning…