Dir, Commodity Management & Sourcing
Job Number: 10062
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About This Role
This role manages global strategic sourcing for our Climate Solutions Transportation Business Unit with over $1B in spend. You’ll lead category strategy, optimize cost, and drive supplier performance across all key Categories within this Business Unit. Key responsibilities include, fostering cross-functional collaboration, managing vendor relationships, and leading a team of 6-8 category managers. The role also focuses on cost optimization, innovation, and aligning sourcing with long-term product and technology strategies.
Job Description
Manages global strategic sourcing for our Climate Solutions Transportation Business Unit with over $1B in spend.
Providing strategy input to category managers for our Climate Solutions Transportation Business Unit Categories
Responsible for building short and long-term categories strategy to ensure operational excellence and efficiencies are met.
Establishes a cross-functional network and fosters collaboration with suppliers, wider supply chain organization, engineering, quality, and product management.
Owns the vendor performance data and reports metrics to leadership.
Develops and implements a category strategy which optimizes affordability, availability, agility, and innovation. Leverages understanding of similar industry, sourcing concepts, and Lean tools to ensure parts delivered on time at best cost and quality.
Manages external relationships with suppliers and assumes responsibility for all internal activities and decisions associated with category and suppliers, including contract negotiations, new products development, approved vendor list, RFX, re-sourcing, dual qualification, pricing changes, quality, and capacity.
Collaborate within the Global Strategic Sourcing team and across Product Management and Engineering to align on long-term strategy, technology roadmap, and risk mitigation.
Develop and maintain expert knowledge of respective global supply markets, competitors, and product innovations.
Continuously evaluate supplier category markets to evaluate new suppliers, report on market conditions, and understand trends related to cost drivers and global pricing, to ensure our strategic sourcing competitiveness.
Work with suppliers and internal teams to identify VA/VE opportunities and lead initiatives to drive cost-out, eliminate inefficiencies, and achieve supply surety.
Will work closely with Engineering, Quality, and NPI teams to enhance our global product generation process to ensure we incorporate our strategic supplier partnerships in our new product innovation process.
Manage a team of 6-8 category team leaders.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
10+ years’ experience with Category Management Experience
Ability to travel up to 30-40% of the time both domestically and internationally
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, finance, or business
MBA or professional certifications (CPM, CPSM, CIRM, CPIM)
Strategic sourcing experience
Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Experience with strategic sourcing and lean tools
Digital dexterity and ability to leverage data
Strong knowledge of supply chain strategy (development and execution) and category specific experience
Independently driven problem solver with appetite to address complex challenges in a fast-moving environment.
Proven track record of successful leadership, negotiation, and strategic communication
Strong business acumen and experience collaborating across various levels within a diverse, global organization.
Job Number: 30202073
Community / Marketing Title: Dir, Commodity Management & Sourcing
Location_formattedLocationLong: Florida, US