Director, Sourcing Job Description
Director, sourcing
provides strategic consulting and analytic perspective to global and regional management and key business stakeholders on sourcing strategies and risks.
Director, Sourcing Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Counsel candidates on benefits, salary, and healthcare environment
Provide sourcing counsel and guidance to hiring managers with hiring and employment data
Arrange offers of employment
Participate in employment events
Develop skills and category expertise of Sourcing Specialists and provide performance review reporting
Support customer satisfaction through implementation activities and effective customer feedback initiatives
Identify large-scale business opportunities and improvement initiatives that maximize profitability
Facilitate change management with colleagues and key contacts throughout the organization
Originate new concepts and innovative approaches for the organization
Champions best practice processes, tools, and commitment to provide quality procurement products / customer service
Director, Sourcing Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Director, Sourcing
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPM, CPIM, APICS, CPSM, CIRM, C.P.P, C.P.M, NAPM, ISM, MCIPS
Education for Director, Sourcing
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the director, 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, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Business/Administration, Education, Management, Economics, Technical
Skills for Director, Sourcing
Desired skills for director, sourcing include:
Excel
Competitors and dynamics to identify potential
Key global industry players
Oracle
Previous experience utilizing Procure-to-Pay and Contracting modules
Standard Software applications
BI Apps
Business ethics and Starbucks Ethical Sourcing Requirements
Charting programs
Global market analysis
Desired experience for director, sourcing includes:
Proven strategic planner
Excels at relationship management
Strong negotiator and be able to guide team on successful win-win negotiations
Graduate degree / MBA are highly desirable
Bachelor´s Degree in a related field from an accredited college or university, MBA an advantage
Strong influencing, stakeholder mangement and leadership skills are essential
Director, Sourcing Examples
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of director, sourcing. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for director, sourcing
- Provide leadership and coordination to get projects prioritized, resourced, approved and implemented at sites or within the function or region
- Coordinate and communicate with Category Managers/Directors and/or Regional Procurement Leaders regarding implementation needs and status for all categories impacting the assigned sites, functions or regions
- Establish and proactively building effective strategic and operational relationships across the assigned global stakeholder communities, influencing sourcing decisions and processes within
- Works in close alignment and collaboration with regional procurement leaders and category strategy leaders
- May be a member of the Extended Procurement Leadership Team, and if so, contributes to overall functional strategy and STP process improvements
- Accountable for implementation of a range of projects across the supply base and affected plants, sites, and functions to achieve in excess of 4% year-on-year return while maintaining supplier ethics and internal values
- Successful project planning and execution of tactics under sourcing strategies
- Accountable to Procurement Leadership for execution, program management and an agreed to forward-looking pipeline of implementation projects
- Team member performance, development and retention are additional areas of responsibility for this role
- Impacts business, site, functional and/or region budgets through successful completion of agreed projects emanating from sourcing strategies
Qualifications for director, sourcing
- Fabric and trim projections are completed on time to ensure on time bulk production delivery
- 10 years of experience in apparel sourcing and production management
- Excellent people management/delegation skills and able to influence others
- Working knowledge of technical systems and platforms (SharePoint)
- Expertise in market analysis and sourcing planning to dissect market size, players, customers, growth, technology replacements/forecasts, pricing trends, to formulate sourcing strategies
- Ability to lead and manage all RFP-related activities
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Our company is looking for a director, sourcing. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for director, sourcing
- Effectively and efficiently manage cross functional projects in a matrix organisation
- Influence and maintain strong relationships with business partners by serving as a partner, and providing sourcing and procurement services that meet expectations
- Communicate and report to management the status of any critical relationships that could affect planning and decision-making
- Analyse marketing industry trends and conditions that affect internal stakeholders and external suppliers and/or pricing
- Lead complex and/or large scale RFPs and RFIs to obtain optimal value including
- Partner with departmental leadership
- Employ strong knowledge of key industry players, competitors and market dynamics to effectively plan the procurement strategy of procurement for supply chain, distribution and transportation
- Effectively develop and lead complex short-term and longer term sourcing strategies, effectively manage suppliers and internal networks to deliver best in class performance for the relevant spend area
- Consistently deliver measurable and strategic goals to enable bottom-line and top-line company growth, superior customer service levels and corporate social responsibility leadership
- Drive direct sourcing business in partnership with the brand overseas offices, ensuring alignment with business trends and financial goals
Qualifications for director, sourcing
- Deep knowledge of facilities categories and retail and critical environments
- Significant exposure to or prior experience in marketing roles is preferred
- Highly skilled in cost management, finance, budgeting, and strategic negotiations using in-depth analytics, problem solving, market research, competitive analysis, and execution planning
- Extensive experience in Change Management and Service Level Management
- Strong leadership skills and highly collaborative
- Experience in leading a team through coaching and mentorship
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of director, 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, sourcing
- Drive strategic cost optimization efforts through process improvements, contractual efficiencies and elimination of wasteful spending
- Collaborate with the businesses and functional leadership to support with developing procurement strategies for claims & contributions, bringing both global and regional functional expertise deep market and industry knowledge
- Be responsible to ensure the team is achieving and reporting (weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually ) results for claims & contributions global productivity and R&O improvement results
- Develop and maintain a dynamic and robust pipeline for claims & contributions (including quality, delivery, IP claims and ensuring all NPI/Contract extensions come with contributions) for both US and international sites
- Be responsible for achieving and reporting the progress of key procurement improvement initiatives – , High Growth Region (HGR)
- Working with key business stakeholders, develops innovative solutions to their procurement needs
- Provide leadership across the organization on all Sourcing and Commodity Spend throughout the regions
- Act as a thought leader and participate in strategic planning activities and function as a change agent within the area of responsibility
- Establishing, tracking and evaluating the costs, benefits and performance criteria for project success for all commodity sourcing
- Managing weekly and monthly data to monitor supplier performance, identify cost reduction opportunities, and create competition
Qualifications for director, sourcing
- M.B.A., legal certification, and/or C.P.M
- BS/BA degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Information Systems, or related field required
- 10 + years of Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management experience in either or both Manufacturing and Services environments
- Hiring and staffing for high performing teams
- Organizing and delegating work product
- At least 5 years of experience developing and implementing requirements to execute and enhance day to day sourcing activities
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of director, sourcing. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for director, sourcing
- Summarize monthly price/inventory forecasts and market update commentary for each category with input from Sales
- Facilitate meetings that drive cost savings initiatives
- Lead effort to translate processes into an ERP system procurement platform
- Lead, plan and set standard expectations for negotiation process in alignment with seasonal and replenishment development cycles
- Create and implement cost savings, quality improvement and risk mitigation activities
- Develop aggregate buying and nomination material supplier strategy for broad area of responsibility
- Lead purchase order conformity process to ensure OTB accuracy
- Prepare and conduct presentations to management and vendors
- Lead departmental cross functional meetings, as required
- Assess and prioritize departmental KPI’s to maximize the achievement of business goals
Qualifications for director, sourcing
- Understand dynamics of related supply markets, remain current with market trends, proactively identify new technologies and solutions, and enhance sourcing strategy as this supplier area evolves
- Significant, multi-year industry experience or 5-7 years post-MBA previous professional consulting experience with a recognized strategy consulting firm or
- Ability to develop and socialize strategies
- Fifteen+ years' experience in biotech or related industry, minimum 10 years
- Frequent contacts with internal personnel and outside customer representatives at various management levels concerning operations or scheduling or specific phases of projects or contracts
- Functions as an advisor to a unit regarding tasks, projects, and operations
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of director, sourcing. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for director, sourcing
- Provide oversight and evaluate ethical procurement practices of contracted goods and services which includes compliance with corporate and departmental policies and procedures federal, state and local regulations
- Performs financial analysis for purchases and renewal decisions based on contractual terms and business inputs
- Influences and/or manages demand requirements by working closely with stakeholders
- Prepares purchasing documents and administers the procurement life cycle such as document routing, obtaining signature approvals, and supplier procurement placement for computer hardware and software acquisitions as required to support assigned projects/supplier relationships
- Monitors supplier quality and intervenes where necessary to assure strong supplier performance
- Oversees maintenance of accurate record-keeping and tracking of purchasing documents and contracts to assure responsive information retrieval to customer status requests
- Provides point of contact for customer’s inquiries regarding procurement of goods and/or services
- Serve as role model for key competencies within Strategic Sourcing to include but not limited to
- Maintains in-depth knowledge of category product portfolio available at CHI
- Develops and maintains vendor relationships and acts as gatekeeper for the organization
Qualifications for director, sourcing
- Strategic planning (establishing goals, objectives, budget, and monitor/evaluate results)
- Motivate, counsel, and resolve conflicts
- Successful track record in operational and people management, in managing external collaborations and CRO relationships
- Strong organization, interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills (oral and writing) are essential
- Experience managing (senior) scientists in a drug discovery setting
- Ability to perform in an international pharmaceutical company shaped by multiple cultural perspectives