Global Supply Chain & Sourcing Director
Miami, Florida
Heavy Manufacturing
One of the Nation's leading Heavy Manufacturers is currently seeking the ideal Supply Chain Professional for a Director of Global Supply Chain & Sourcing position. This position is newly created, as the organization is expanding. This is an opportunity to contribute to the Supply Chain department at one of the top manufacturing organizations in our country!
Responsibilities:
- Lead cross functional teams and manage supply chain goals improving value-to-cost relationship
- Identify, lead and communicate cost reduction opportunities across multiple plants and businesses
- Understand supplier and industry market conditions and global economics to the task of identifying opportunities to leverage existing vendor relationships in order to reduce expenses, enhance efficiency's, improve product quality and drive company profits.
- Review of vendor performance, monitor contract budget performance, identifying variances and recommending corrective actions.
- Assess and audit existing suppliers, provide feedback, explain expectations and follow-up to assure improvement.
- Develop and implement sub-category strategies for multiple divisions/sites to optimize cost.
- Manage key supplier performance where necessary to ensure uninterrupted supply
- Conducts negotiations with potential and/or current major suppliers to obtain maximum value in terms of packaging specification and design.
- Contribute to building a culture within Supply Chain that is focused on developing purposeful and sustainable relationships with internal clients while at the same time being capable of constructively challenge and influence suppliers, clients and other internal functions to ensure the company's best interests are met.
Key Qualifications:
- Bachelors' Degree Required
- Graduate Degree preferred but not required
- Minimum 10+ years of Sourcing experience in Heavy Manufacturing
- Minimum 7+ years of Global Sourcing experience
- Experience leading teams as well as project management
- Strong communication skills
- Execution skills including persistent drive for results
- Strategic thinking skills