Director Of Procurement Jobs

The Senior Director of Commodities will lead a team of highly specialized commodity and materials program professionals to deliver value to the business by maximizing the marketplace, driving year-on-year cost reductions, driving operational efficiency, ensuring continuity of supply, and managing risk.

This role will be responsible for sourcing new products and production parts, establishing strategic partnership and contracts, as well as developing and enhancing the team’s commodity management and sourcing skills.

The Senior Director of Commodities will lead the Commodity Management Teams, providing a central point of contact for both internal and external parties that affect development and manufacturing, and will provide guidance and leadership to achieve the best cost, delivery, quality, service, and reliability in the industry.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and support to the team on advance developments, Design for Manufacturing reviews, continuous improvements, discussions, and problem resolution
• Maximize leverage in the marketplace through supplier relationship management, market intelligence, and innovation
• Lead and conduct innovations forums with suppliers and the Engineering team to ensure FreeWire is accessing the latest innovation that the market has to offer
• Identify process inefficiencies and lead the commodity team in related projects for continuous improvements
• Effectively lead a team, including making personnel decisions (such as hiring, performance management, coaching/counseling, termination, etc.) and steering the team to achieve expected results
• Manage and track contractual terms to ensure adherence
• Monitor and report materials quarterly cost reductions
• Lead and drive commodity and engineering alternated sourcing initiatives
• Ensure key suppliers receive a periodic forecast of future demand
• Develop Key Supplier technology roadmaps
• Lead and drive strategic sourcing goals to ensure quality, continuity of supply, and cost minimization
• Continuously evaluate and assess suppliers’ performance to ensure that the agreed supply requirements are consistently reported and complied with in key areas such as quality, service, and delivery targets
• All other duties as assigned
• Maintain in-depth understanding of suppliers’ capabilities, capacity, and overall financial stability
• Lead Commodity Management Team to develop commodity strategies that will ensure year-on-year cost reductions and minimize supply risk
• Provide commodity roadmap and monthly commodity updates to leadership team
• Provide periodic updates and commodity/sourcing key performance measurements to management
• Develop, establish, and lead strategic agreements with key suppliers

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent and/or CIP qualified
• Ability to analyze data
• Demonstrable track record of delivering extensive bottom-line benefits
• Ability to interpret or understand mechanical design drawings and specifications
• Ability to work cross functionally and in a high-pressure environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Minimum 10 years’ leadership management experience and proven record for developing team members
• Travel: 30%
• Exposure to complex manufacturing build with extensive number of parts to procure
• Microsoft Office – Excel, PowerPoint, & Word
• Vlookup, Pivot Tables
• Strong negotiation skills
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in supply chain, strategic sourcing (preferably in related industry), and procurement roles
• Experience in presenting and preparing PowerPoint presentations to senior leadership.

Preferred:

• Global Sourcing experience
• MBA and/or CIPs
• Experience in the EV or Motor Vehicle sector
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business, or Finance highly preferred