Director, Strategic Sourcing Job Description
Director, strategic sourcing
provides oversight and leadership and manage the core processes – Prioritization, Portfolio Management, Category Management, Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management.
Director, Strategic Sourcing Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Actively participates in the initial design and ongoing improvement of the strategic sourcing process
Provide a level of category expertise and experience to support sourcing initiatives and lead high priority strategic sourcing projects as needed
Assign strategic sourcing projects to Sourcing Specialists and monitor project performance by regularly reporting results
In-depth knowledge and experience of strategic sourcing processes, organization, technology required
Prioritizes and leads the continuous improvement process for programs within Strategic Sourcing
Has deep Store Experience strategic sourcing capability and supplier knowledge
Partners with department leaders to identify needs and plan development and skill building for Strategic Sourcing Talent
Lead the Strategic Sourcing function responsible for the selection of indirect procurement related goods and services such as financial services, IT services, facilities, corporate services, professional services and engineering services
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Director, Strategic Sourcing Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Director, Strategic Sourcing
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPM, CPIM, APICS, CPSM, CIRM, RFQ, ISM, C.P.P, PMP, CSCMP
Education for Director, Strategic Sourcing
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the director, strategic sourcing job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, MBA, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Management, Business/Administration, Education, Graduate, Accounting
Skills for Director, Strategic Sourcing
Desired skills for director, strategic sourcing include:
Contract law
MRP
Strategic sourcing
Another language an advantage
Category product portfolio available at CHI
Each to achieve Supply Chain goals
Financial accounting
Remains current on products in the market
Standard Software applications
Supplier Management tools
Desired experience for director, strategic sourcing includes:
Experience managing employees (Strongly Preferred)
Business/Finance/Marketing related degree (Preferred)
CPM/CPSM/FCCM or other similar certification (Preferred)
Has a good understanding of media planning and buying (traditional and digital), television and theatrical marketing research, marketing print services, creative services, social media, advertising, digital media, promotional items, publicity and events
Advanced project management skills and ability to handle multiple projects at the same time
Organized and effective multitasking
Director, Strategic Sourcing Examples
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Director, Strategic Sourcing Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a director, strategic sourcing. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for director, strategic sourcing
- Manage a team of resources in the US and/or India
- Grow and maintain relationship with key business partners
- Understand, train and support the team in the use of procurement tools
- Strong management capabilities to manage and develop the Sourcing Specialists
- Knowledge of eProcurement and eCatalog management systems
- Responsible for contributing to the assessment of vendor risk within your respective procurement category
- Lead the development and implementation of supplier and subcontractor management strategies including identification of strategic capabilities, make vs
- Be part of the regional PMC (Packaging Materials Center) and other Packaging decision- making forums
- Close collaboration with enterprise leaders to identify areas of value creation, supplier optimization, and communication strategies out to the organization
- Build and maintain strong relationships with enabling departments, such as Legal, Compliance
Qualifications for director, strategic sourcing
- Learn quickly and apply knowledge
- Deep telecom sourcing experience
- Excellent academic qualifications with a degree in a technical, numeric or business-related subject
- Ability to lead small matrix teams focused on multiple initiatives
- Must have the legal right to work in London
- Must have the legal right to work in UK
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a director, strategic sourcing. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for director, strategic sourcing
- Design and implement a Sourcing organizational model based on global best practices
- Establish world-class category management organization model and metrics
- Launch and manage financial KPI’s for Sourcing, such as deflation, productivity, and working capital optimization
- Lead major supplier negotiations (contracts over $100M) and competitive bidding to support cost-effective growth of the Company well beyond $1B in revenue
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for Sourcing staff in global locations (India, Brazil, China, and elsewhere)
- Assure a strong governance culture by monitoring and enforcing compliance with policies and procedures
- Partner proactively with Engineering, Quality, Operations, Procurement, Planning, Installation Project Management, and other groups within the Company
- Collaborate with Quality organization to proactively perform audits of suppliers
- Establish positive and effective rapport with staff, vendors, and customers
- Develop and manage the operating budget for the Sourcing organization
Qualifications for director, strategic sourcing
- Solid people, project management and reporting skills with ability to manage complex situations and multiple priorities with a committed dedication to providing a high level of customer service
- Dynamic manager
- Evaluate and develop strategies to minimize risks associated with global sourcing such as currency exchange rate fluctuations, duties, taxes, payment terms, lead time and country-specific market dynamics
- Develop and direct implementation of category sourcing and lead sourcing initiatives for particular commodities and/or services
- Lead global sourcing teams in developing specifications, sourcing strategies and supplier negotiation strategies for global procurements
- Requires a minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible sourcing/vendor management experience with a minimum of 5 years management experience preferred
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Our growing company is looking for a director, strategic sourcing. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for director, strategic sourcing
- Provide thought leadership around Food and Nutrition trends and solutions
- Represent the Food and Nutrition category in support of sales activities
- Act in accordance with highest ethical standards in performance of duties
- Exceed contracting goals established in performance plan
- Develop contracting strategies and gain consensus from both management and clients on financial and operational improvements with associated contract award recommendations
- Enhance and expand contracting portfolio by staying up to date on the opportunities and weaknesses associated with assigned portfolio
- Manage and communicate project status and results with internal departments and clients
- Ensure associated team performance of duties in accordance with policies and procedures
- Resolve client and vendor product or service issues
- Provide leadership for new, complex and non-routine projects that deliver superior client value
Qualifications for director, strategic sourcing
- Prior Executive recruitment experience working in a fast-paced, corporate environment is preferred
- Demonstrated ability to develop and drive search strategies for senior level positions and other key roles
- Demonstrated ability and track record managing, designing and implementing executive level staffing solutions for a rapidly changing business environment through the use of a multi-faceted recruiting strategy inclusive of the Internet
- Demonstrated Human Resources Management Experience in Recruiting and Executive Search
- BA/BS in business, purchasing or related field
- High productivity, excellent time management skills and strong work ethic
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a director, strategic sourcing. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for director, strategic sourcing
- Demonstrate sound judgment and creative resolutions to significant business issues and legal terms
- Align allocation strategy with functional leads
- Manage and drive cross functional strategic initiatives
- Direct team in the recruitment, screening and interviewing of internal and external candidates for administrative, support staff, skilled trades, professional, technical, executive and management positions
- Work with the businesses to design and implement staffing plans and programs to determine the optimal mix of internal and external staffing activity in order maximize performance for the organization
- Manage and develop effective diversity outreach programs and pipeline sources
- Evaluate current state processes and identify points for improvement
- Monitor and maintain compliance with applicant tracking and other business requirements
- Manage ongoing and new vendor relationships with a focus on governance, issues and risk mitigation
- Manage supplier contracts and product data, including catalogue content, product spec
Qualifications for director, strategic sourcing
- At least 13 years' working experience in Procurement, FMCG is preferred
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to effectively deal with third parties
- Superior influencing skills specially external world
- Builds appropriate rapport
- 15+ years total experience across supply chain, sourcing, procurement, materials management, and operations
- Possess advanced knowledge of relevant sourcing approaches, measurements, best practices, and systems
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of director, strategic sourcing. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for director, strategic sourcing
- Representation of Procurement in CRO’s Strategic Partnership Governance Forum
- Act as subject matter expert on company’s business requirements and the supply and demand markets for the R&D and Clinical outsourcing categories and their impact
- Prepare requests for proposals for materials/services within assigned area
- Lead supplier selection process, identification of alternative sources, supply base rationalization programs and other relevant strategies to optimize the supply base
- Own initiation to completion resolution of supplier/service related issues in assigned categories
- Ability to independently draft commercial contract language
- Leads development, negotiation, and implementation of cost savings projects
- The complexity of category and projects require high quality project and program management skills and a proven ability to manage change both internal and external through to successful completion
- Proactively manage all aspects of implementation including entry and exit of suppliers and ensuing complex change management issues
- Oversee process to select and manage suppliers
Qualifications for director, strategic sourcing
- Demonstrated skill and savvy in negotiating complex supply agreements
- Preference for active professional certifications
- Demonstrated experience in leading transformation of sourcing processes and teams in a global business
- Possesses a strong network across various suppliers in the electronics industries
- Seasoned builder of strong relationships across functional boundaries, such as engineering, finance, operations, SIOP, product management
- Bachelor's Degree required in technical domain