Director, Global Sourcing

<strong>At Senneca, we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit of the innovators that created our brands from traffic doors, to cold storage doors to fiberglass doors and beyond. We are committed to exceeding our customers&rsquo; expectations and to provide doors that offer safety and protection to our customers&rsquo; most important assets&hellip;people, products, capital investments and processes.</strong>

United States

Senneca Holdings

<strong>Senneca Holdings is a diversified management and holding company whose companies are focused on the specialty door industry. Senneca oversees the operations of its companies, allocates resources among them, and helps to improve the performance of its operations. Senneca seeks out acquisition opportunities that strengthen our position in a business segment as well as companies that will diversify our portfolio of specialty doors.<br /><br /><em>Note: You will always speak directly with a Senneca team member before receiving any offer of employment. Senneca will never extend a job offer without a formal interview process.</em><br /></strong> https://senneca.com/

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Full Time

Overview: We are searching for an experienced Director, Global Sourcing at our Remote facility.
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Design and implement an effective sourcing strategy to ensure product conformance at a competitive market cost while adhering to sourcing policies and processes.</li> <li>Focused programs on Steel, Plastics, Hardware and Electrical systems.</li> <li>Develop and monitor inventory for global products and assist to increase growth.</li> <li>Maintain supplier contracts and evaluate all performance according to contract and ensure efficient flow of all conditions in contract.</li> <li>Supervise negotiations and prepare appropriate documents for same.</li> <li>Monitor sourcing strategies and policies and ensure achievement of business objectives and perform appropriate negotiations with suppliers.</li> <li>Coordinate with vendors on prices of products and recommend ways to reduce costs of components and finished products and prepare non-disclosure agreement for various sources.</li> <li>Collaborate with internal key stake holders and initiate appropriate changes to engineering team and manage research and development process.</li> <li>Manage communication with supply chain team and identify all standardized materials.</li> <li>Administer commodity sourcing activities and coordinate with stakeholders and cross-functional team members to consolidate processes and select appropriate materials.</li> <li>Analyze customer requirements and prepare appropriate contracts and negotiate for purchase materials.</li> <li>Develop new suppliers.</li> <li>Monitor and influence regional spending to positively influence budget while maintaining established quality and service levels.</li> <li>Accountable for delivering and measuring savings</li> </ul> <br /><br />
Requirements: <ul> <li>Proven work experience as a Sourcing Manager, Supply Chain Manager or Procurement Manager</li> <li>Knowledge of Direct (Metals, Resins, Hardware, Glass, Electrical) and or Indirect Material</li> <li>Experience with commodity markets and Forecasting</li> <li>Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software</li> <li>Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement</li> <li>Strong project management and leadership skills</li> <li>Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships</li> <li>Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing and interpreting data</li> <li>Solid judgement with ability to make good decisions</li> <li>Experience working in a global environment, ability to liaise/communicate effectively at different management levels</li> <li>Ability to develop innovative and creative output based on interpretation and analysis</li> <li>Demonstrated success in Operational Excellence and major change management initiatives</li> <li>Self-leadership, motivation and innovation</li> <li>High personal integrity, demonstrated in working relationships with colleagues, suppliers and customers</li> <li>Possesses global strategic mindset</li> <li>Result-oriented with good interpersonal, analytical and presentation skills</li> </ul>