Director of Global Sourcing – Mechanical Components

Director of Global Sourcing – Mechanical Components - Hybrid

Towson, MD, United States OR Valley City, OH, United States

Come make the world and accelerate your success.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:  

As a Director of Global Sourcing – Mechanical Components, you’ll be part of our Strategic Sourcing and Procurement team working as a hybrid employee. You’ll get to:  

• Develop and lead strategic sourcing efforts for Mechanical Components across all Stanley Black and Decker businesses. Leads a team of 8 category leaders to create and drive global sourcing category strategy for assigned categories. These categories include: Castings, Bearings, Tires, Hardware, Powdered Metal, Plating & Heat treating services etc.  Critical to the success of the role are building multi-year, multidimensional category plans with an emphasis on value-based savings, continuous improvement, lead time reduction, continuity of supply, quality and risk mitigation. This position is expected to contribute to the organization’s thought leadership in the respective categories and to ensure Company executes on global sourcing initiatives.

• Responsible for effectively managing ~$650M of spend This involves identifying key aggregation opportunities, and creating programs to leverage spend at the highest possible level for the maximum possible impact.

• Lead and Develop category leaders, providing strong cultural influence of engagement and ONE TEAM mind set.

• Responsible for partnering with the key internal stakeholders to understand requirements and drive global, value-based year over year sustainable sourcing strategies across the category spectrum to ensure quality, value-cost optimization, service performance and business continuity are developed and sustained to grow the business.

• Create and manage strategic supplier partnerships to ensure continual performance expectations are met and year over year productivity targets are achieved by conducting proper supplier management techniques.

• Act as business owner to influence the organization across and through functional and business unit levels to ensure alignment and commitment to financial targets and category strategies.

• Leverage cross company sourcing initiatives and oversee the review of sourcing proposal and negotiation as well as supplier identification and selection in responsible categories.

• Keep current on category market, cost drivers and economic outlook to guide category strategy and keep company updated on developments.

• Manage supporting personnel in the execution of the multi-step strategic sourcing process.

• Support strategy development and negotiations for all major global business agreements.

The Person:  

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• Bachelor’s degree required- Engineering Degree highly preferred, Business, Finance, or Supply Chain preferred.

• Minimum of 10 years strategic sourcing experience of which five must be in electronics in a global, multi-site manufacturing environment.

• Excellent leadership experience in building highly collaborative, high performing teams.

• Experience in leading large, global complex supply management solution projects required.

• International travel experience required; will travel a few weeks per year.

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement.

• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.

• Belong: Experience an aweso