This Director level position provides strategic leadership and enterprise-wide oversight of global procurement and transactional purchasing activities across assigned business segments.
Requirements
- Provide strategic leadership and oversight for local, regional, and global procurement and transactional purchasing across assigned segments.
- Serve as the primary procurement business relationship manager to segment presidents, business unit leaders, functional GMs, finance leadership, and corporate executives, ensuring alignment, engagement, and governance.
- Influence long-term enterprise strategy through data-driven insights, executive engagement, and leadership on matters of significant corporate consequence.
- Develop, implement, and manage procurement organizational structures, processes, systems, and programs that enable global integration, centralization, scalability, and best-in-class performance.
- Direct and control procurement activities through multiple levels of management across regions and business units; allocate resources across divisions to meet enterprise priorities.
- Evaluate current-state procurement operations, tools, systems, and methods; identify efficiency and effectiveness improvements and lead implementation of corrective actions.
- Own the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) procurement forecast, coordinating with divisions and regions to define targets, assumptions, and risks.
- Develop, track, and report procurement KPIs related to cost savings, supplier reduction, payment terms, compliance, productivity, and value delivery.
- Lead global supplier and category strategies to deliver best total cost of ownership, ensure continuity of supply, and mitigate supply risk.
- Serve as senior escalation point and negotiation authority for high-impact supplier engagements, including long-term agreements (LTAs) and strategic partnerships.
- Enforce the company’s 5-Step Strategic Sourcing Process and ensure compliance with global procurement policies.
- Provide focused procurement leadership across assigned segments, including Semiconductor Devices, Engineered Materials, and SiC LLC.
- Act as Commodity Manager for Rare Earth and Critical Materials, leading end-to-end sourcing strategy and development of supply bases outside China to enhance resilience and compliance.
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global procurement organization, including leadership development, functional depth, and succession planning.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and data-driven decision-making.
- Partner with divisional and regional leadership to support ESG and sustainability initiatives aligned with corporate objectives and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure strong supplier quality management, corrective action programs, and compliance with applicable quality management systems and standards.
Benefits
- Comprehensive career development platform
- Competitive compensation program
- Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
