Director Of Sourcing - Indirect

Acuity; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 131,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Sourcing to lead their Indirect Sourcing organization. This pivotal role involves directing a team of sourcing professionals to manage over $300M in annual spend across various categories. The successful candidate will leverage their expertise in sourcing strategies, supplier management, and negotiations to drive significant cost savings and enhance supplier relationships. With a focus on sustainability and innovation, this position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a forward-thinking company. Join a dynamic team that values collaboration and strives for excellence in every endeavor.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as Sourcing Manager in Indirect Sourcing.
• Deep experience with IT system integrations & Merger Acquisition integrations.

Responsibilities

• Direct a staff of 10+ sourcing professionals in category management.
• Lead development and implementation of Global Sourcing strategies.

Skills

Sourcing Management

Negotiation Skills

Supplier Relationship Management

Change Management

Communication Skills

Project Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management

APICS/NAPM, CPIM or CPM certification

Tools

Fieldglass

Job description

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We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come… for our customers, our communities, and our planet.

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We are positioned at the intersection of sustainability and technology. Our businesses develop technology that helps save our customers energy and reduce their carbon emissions. We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and location-aware applications.

The Director of Sourcing is responsible for directing the sourcing function for over $300M in annual spend for the Indirect Sourcing organization categories. They are responsible for understanding the global market, developing, and communicating market forecasts, maintaining applicable data integrity, facilitation of source selection with process partners and qualifications, monitoring supplier performance to drive improvement, encouraging the personal professional development of personnel and assuring competitive-plus value for each dollar spent. This leader will be expected to partner with matrixed representatives from other business functions to develop strategies that stand the test of time and deliver sustainable value to the organization. The successful candidate will build strong relationships with their internal business units and drive enterprise-wide sourcing, category management, contract negotiation and delivery of technology to the related spend categories. This role provides leadership, subject matter expertise and strategic direction in support of the company categories Sourcing and Buying activities for Professional Services, Travel, IT, MRO, and Facilities.

This position is primarily remote, with up to 80% of the duties and responsibilities being completed from a home office. The remainder of the 20% would be spent traveling to different business locations to support collaboration and building cohesive cross-functional internal and external relationships for holistic breakthrough results.

Essential Job Functions

• Direct a staff of 10+ sourcing professionals in their category management to ensure that significant opportunities are being addressed to the satisfaction of our customers through maintenance and communication of robust category strategies.
• Deep industry knowledge and experience of Indirect categories (Professional Services, Travel, IT, MRO, and Facilities).
• Lead development and implementation and governance of Global Sourcing strategies for major categories (considering process partner roadmaps) aimed at successful and controlled execution, net cost savings, free cash flow, and risk mitigation.
• Build common purpose with key business functional leaders to create a collaborative approach to category and supplier relationship management that are aligned with category roadmaps.
• Enhance global spending visibility and taxonomy to clearly define category spend baselines, supplier strategic designations for simplification and standardization.
• Ensure we address robust execution plans, business requirements and cost performance.
• Embraces collaboration, curiosity, and champion of change / life learner / owner’s mindset.
• Strong track-record of delivering repetitive success in leading and closing contractual negotiations across multiple categories, ensuring that essential supplier agreements are in place with best-in-class terms.
• Develop a clear channel of calendar, cadence, content for communication, alignment, and coordination between functional counterparts in the business units across all levels of the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated results in Indirect Sourcing spaces, specifically Professional Services, Travel, IT, MRO, and Facilities).
• Considered as a subject matter expert across multiple categories (ideal candidate will have managed all five categories.
• Deep experience with IT system integrations & Merger Acquisition integrations.
• Experienced with multi-step strategic sourcing processes in a range of categories is a plus.
• Skilled in negotiations, collaboration, communication, strategy, change management.
• Experience with complex leveraged agreements, multi-year contracts, and SOWs.
• Highly results-oriented and focused on business priorities with a successful record of accomplishments.
• Excellent supplier relationship management skills, ignores naysayers, positive “can do” attitude.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple assignments concurrently, including ability to assess and manage priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills. Must be able to build rapport with suppliers, business partners and cross-functional colleagues to foster collaborative relationships.
• Excels at communications, delivering results, managing complexity and ambiguity, being well organized, and influencing.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as Sourcing Manager in Indirect Sourcing, leading a team.
• Experience with Fieldglass to support contingency labor and recruitment is a plus.
• Experience with Direct Sourcing is a plus.
• Strong customer service skills are required.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Sourcing, or related business field.
• APICS/NAPM, CPIM or CPM certification or equivalent preferred.

We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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The range for this position is$131,000.00 to$235,700.00 . Placement within this range may vary, depending on the applicant’s experience and geographic location.

Nearest Major Market: Atlanta
Job Segment: Sustainability, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Manager, Supply Chain, Machinist, Energy, Operations, Manufacturing