Director of Sourcing

Millwood, Inc.; Vienna Township (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Millwood, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Director of Sourcing to shape national and regional sourcing strategy and to build a high-performing team of Sourcing Managers.

This senior leader partners with executive leadership to protect supply continuity, drive cost discipline, and advance profitability across Millwood's pallets, wood handling, and related services. You will coach, develop, and align talent with core values while delivering measurable improvements.

Qualifications

• Eight (8) or more years of progressive experience in sourcing or supply chain management.
• At least three (3) years in a people-management or team-lead role.
• Proficiency with Salesforce or comparable CRM.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel up to 35%.
• Experience in pallet manufacturing, lumber, or packaging is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Sourcing Managers across regions with clear goals.
• Own workload distribution and staffing, mitigating gaps before disruption.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones, feedback, and performance reviews.
• Create development plans and oversee succession planning.
• Collaborate with Operations, Finance, Quality, and manufacturing facilities.
• Travel 25–40% to support regional sourcing and supplier reviews.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Negotiation

Communication

Project management

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Supply Chain related field

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Director of Sourcing

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1460

Millwood Inc. Mission – for all who come in contact with Millwood to clearly see the love of Christ in all that we do.

Millwood, Inc. is a leading provider of pallets, unit load technology, custom engineered material handling solutions, and erosion control, wood waste recycling and removal services across the continental United States. Millwood continually seeks innovative solutions for clients through a collaborative, custom-engineered solutions approach based on customer-specific needs.

Millwood brings a broad platform of products, engineered solutions, and service capabilities with over 1,800 dedicated employees across more than 30 locations in the continental United States.

Millwood is committed to fulfilling its mission and the growth of 1) people, 2) presence, 3) products, and 4) profitability, both for this and future generations of Millwood team members.

Position Summary

The Director of Sourcing is a senior leadership role responsible for the performance, development, and strategic direction of Millwood's national and regional sourcing organization. This role sits above the Sourcing Manager level and is accountable for building a high-performing sourcing team, managing workload and capacity across the group, and coaching Sourcing Managers toward their full potential.

Beyond people leadership, the Director of Sourcing serves as a critical business partner to executive leadership — regularly assessing the health of the sourcing function, identifying what is working, diagnosing what isn't, and translating those insights into clear recommendations that protect supply continuity, profitability, and growth. This individual must be equally comfortable coaching a team member through difficult supplier negotiation and presenting a candid business review to senior leadership.

Reporting Relationships

The Director of Sourcing reports directly to the VP of Sales and serves as the primary leader of Millwood's Sourcing Manager team. This role works closely with the Director of Sales, Regional Sales Managers, Customer Support Managers, Operations Leadership, Finance, and Quality to align sourcing strategy with Company objectives. Sourcing Managers across assigned regions report directly to this role.

The Successful Candidate

The successful candidate is a proven people leader with strong strategic sourcing and supply chain expertise, capable of managing a team through changing business conditions while maintaining supply continuity and cost discipline. The individual must demonstrate unquestioned integrity, sound judgment under pressure, and a genuine commitment to developing others — paired with the business acumen to make and defend critical calls about where the sourcing function is succeeding and where it needs to change.

This individual must be capable of balancing workload across a team with varying regional demands, identifying and closing skill or capacity gaps, and communicating both wins and setbacks to executive leadership with equal candor. Adaptability is essential: priorities, supplier markets, and team composition will shift, and this role is expected to adjust strategy and resourcing accordingly rather than defaulting to a fixed playbook.

Success in this role will be measured through team performance and retention, supply continuity across the region, cost savings and margin protection, the quality and timeliness of business assessments delivered to leadership, and the overall maturity of the sourcing function under this individual's leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of Sourcing Managers across assigned regions, setting clear expectations, priorities, and accountability standards.
• Own workload distribution across the team — monitoring capacity, rebalancing account and category assignments, and escalating resourcing gaps before they impact supply continuity or customer commitments.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones, team meetings, and performance check-ins; provide timely, constructive feedback and address performance issues directly and fairly.
• Build individual development plans for each Sourcing Manager, identifying strengths, growth areas, and a path toward increased scope or advancement.
• Recruit, interview, and onboard new Sourcing Managers as the team grows; own succession planning for key sourcing roles.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement consistent with Millwood's mission and values.

Strategic Business Assessment

• Conduct regular, structured reviews of the sourcing function's performance — synthesizing supplier, pricing, and market data into a clear picture of what is working and what isn't.
• Prepare and deliver business reviews to the VP of Sales and executive leadership covering sourcing successes, emerging risks, competitive or market pressure, and recommended course corrections.
• Proactively surface challenges (supplier risk, cost pressure, capacity constraints, regional underperformance) before they become escalations, along with a recommended path forward.
• Own root-cause analysis on missed cost, continuity, or performance targets, and drive corrective action plans with the responsible Sourcing Manager(s).
• Evaluate the effectiveness of sourcing strategies, tools, and processes on an ongoing basis, and lead the redesign of any that are underperforming.

Sourcing & Supplier Strategy

• Set regional and category-level sourcing strategy in alignment with Company growth, profitability, and supply continuity objectives.
• Oversee supplier identification, qualification, negotiation, and performance management activities led by the Sourcing Manager team, stepping in directly on the highest-value or highest-risk supplier relationships.
• Maintain visibility into pricing by material and region across the team's portfolio to identify inconsistencies, risk, and opportunity.
• Approve or escape sourcing decisions that fall outside established costing methodologies or authority levels.
• Own contingency and risk-mitigation sourcing plans across the region to protect against supply chain disruption.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Operations, Finance, Quality, and Millwood manufacturing facilities on costing, supplier performance, and quality initiatives that require sourcing leadership involvement.
• Represent the sourcing function in strategic planning activities, providing input on regional growth, profitability, and resourcing decisions.
• Serve as an escalation point for significant supplier or key account issues that exceed the authority or bandwidth of individual Sourcing Managers.
• Support annual sourcing objectives, supplier diversity initiatives, and cost savings goals set by executive leadership, and hold the team accountable to them.
• Maintain accurate, current reporting on team activity, supplier relationships, and business outcomes within Salesforce and other Company systems.
• Travel as required (approximately 25-40%) to support the team, key supplier relationships, and business reviews across the assigned region.
• Other duties as assigned by leadership.
• Ability to embrace and model Millwood's core values and culture, and to instill that culture across the team.
• Proven people leadership: coaching, performance management, workload planning, and talent development.
• Strong strategic and critical thinking; able to assess business performance objectively and communicate hard truths constructively.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the judgment to know when to lead directly versus delegate.
• Ability to synthesize market, supplier, and performance data into clear, decision-ready insights for executive leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships across departments, regions, and external business partners.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including comfort presenting to senior leadership; bilingual English/Spanish a plus.
• Superior organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple regional priorities simultaneously.
• Adaptability — able to adjust strategy, priorities, and resourcing in response to changing business, supplier, or market conditions.

Required Education, Experience, Certifications, Licenses, Registration

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Eight (8) or more years of progressive experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management, including at least three (3) years directly managing or leading a team.
• Demonstrated success building and developing a team, managing workload across multiple people or regions, and delivering business results through others.
• Proficiency in Salesforce or comparable CRM required.
• Current and valid driver's license with a clean driving record, and the ability to rent a car.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) required.
• Experience within pallet manufacturing, lumber, wood products, packaging, logistics, or industrial manufacturing environments strongly preferred.
• Up to 35% travel is to be expected.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to sit, use hands, and talk or hear. The team member is frequently required to stand and walk. The team member is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to see color.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level varies based on the work environment.