Director, Sourcing

Club Car; Aiken (SC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Club Car seeks a Director of Sourcing to lead procurement strategy for a multi-vehicle product line. You will build supplier capability, stabilize key suppliers, and drive cost reductions across direct materials and logistics.

You will establish KPIs, develop talent, and implement a unified procurement organization. The role requires a strong EBITDA mindset and cross-functional leadership in a growth-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree and certifications preferred.
• Experience leading strategic initiatives in electrical components procurement.
• Proven track record managing $350M+ spend as director-level.
• Experience transforming procurement with supplier capacity expansion.
• Strong EBITDA mindset and focus on Total Cost of Ownership.

Responsibilities

• Build supply capability to increase daily vehicle production.
• Stabilize tier-1 suppliers and improve tooling and delivery performance.
• Implement recovery actions for high-risk suppliers and dual sourcing.
• Develop contingency plans to meet supply disruptions.
• Establish KPIs, metrics, and clear roles for reports.
• Lead the platforming and standardization program across products.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Cross-functional leadership

Cost reduction

Supplier relationship mgmt

Supply chain risk mgmt

Financial acumen

Lean manufacturing

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Clean sheet cost analysis

Linear performance pricing

Procurement tooling

Job description

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Director, Sourcing

Purchasing/Sourcing Operations Aiken, SC, US

JOB TITLE: Director Sourcing

Club Car boasts a 60+ year history of industry-leading innovation and design, initially focused on golf cars and then expanding to commercial utility vehicles and personal-use transportation.

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION

With over 60 years of innovation and design experience in producing small-wheel vehicles, Club Car is a leading manufacturer of gas and electric golf, utility, and personal transportation vehicles. Founded in 1958, the Club Car product portfolio has grown to include much more than golf cars, now encompassing vehicles for commercial and consumer markets, built with an uncompromised desire for superior performance. As an industry leader in electrification and sustainability, Club Car is proud to be at the forefront of environmentally responsible Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) technologies.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES

• Build supply capability to increase daily production of vehicles:
• Stabilize tier 1 suppliers but working with those suppliers to improve operations, fix tooling, improve their ability to deliver on time, etc.
• Ensure that Priority Recovery actions with suppliers/categories identified as ‘high risk’ are implemented and maintained, including new tooling enhancements, dual sourcing strategies, etc.
• Secure supply from stable vendors with the ability to meet the vehicles per day objective.
• Communicate supply requirements to planning regularly
• Develop contingency plans/risk management program to meet any supply disruptions whether due to suppliers themselves or logistics issues
• Implement the New Procurement Organization and develop a capability building program:
• Review newly developed procurement organization structure and suggest any changes.
• Quickly identify talent gaps within Sourcing and develop, then execute a hiring plan.
• Establish KPIs, Metrics and clear roles and responsibilities for each direct report.
• Evaluate the organization’s performance.
• Determine gaps to best-in-class performance and develop a capability building program.
• Implement the first capability building session within allotted timeframe.
• Build a supplier quality capability that is effective at identifying and remedying

Deliver annualized run-rate cost reduction:

• Address direct materials, indirect materials, and transportation.
• Maintain or improve service and quality levels.
• Institutionalize the strategic sourcing process used to deliver the savings.
• Work with engineering on select VAVE projects to drive savings

Develop and implement supplier, commodity and sub-commodity strategies:

• Supplier
• Supplier risk management and mitigation strategy
• Supplier Score Cards 3-year plan for incumbent and potential new suppliers
• Dual-supply relationship plan
• Low-Cost Country Sourcing options
• Commodity
• Supply Market and Porter’s Five Forces analysis

Implement policies and procedures for the Procurement organization:

• Define and communicate procurement processes.
• Define and receive approval for procurement policies and spend authorization.
• Define the cadence with which key activities (e.g., go to market) are conducted by the procurement organization.

Implement a platforming and standardization program:

• Ensure that procurement is represented in the NPD process and that Club Car leverages current components in new products, where possible.
• Standardize components across Club Car’s products, where possible.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE JOB

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree and certifications preferred.
• Experience in managing and executing strategic initiatives with electrical commodities: including batteries, motor controllers and wiring harnesses
• Prior Director level procurement experience managing $350 million+ in spend.
• Proven turn around / restructuring record of returning margin-enhancing growth via procurement strategies; a transformation mindset proven out through previous success in procurement transformation. Specific experience building additional supplier capacity to keep up with growing customer demand.
• EBITDA mindset and financial acumen capable of adding margin via multiple procurement levers; focus on Total Cost of Ownership; leverage advanced sourcing tools such as clean sheet cost analysis, linear performance pricing, etc.
• Team and Capability Building: Proven capabilities of identifying talent, building teams, working in environments where process maturity is required. With the ability to teach and foster continuous improvement and to install systems and processes where they have not existed or are sub-standard.
• Leadership: Clear communicator can articulate a vision and direction; successful particularly in situations with significant change. Comfortability making decisions under uncertainty and with imperfect information.
• Motivational: Comfortable in situations with little structure or established processes. Works collaboratively with PE partners and promotes visibility of key n-1 and n-2 personnel.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Strong facilitation, coaching, project-management, and change-management skills.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing engineering principles and process improvement methodologies.
• Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance systems.
• Working knowledge of tooling, fixturing, automation, robotics, and industrial controls.
• Strong understanding of maintenance and facilities management best practices.

Expertise in Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, root cause analysis, and operational excellence.

• Strong project management and capital planning capabilities.
• Financial acumen with ability to develop business cases and evaluate ROI.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to influence at all levels of the organization.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Requires occasional lifting of objects of objects 25 to 50 pounds.
• Work requires periodic stooping/bending and frequent walking/standing.
• Work involves activities that require special safety precautions, e.g., working around moving parts, machines, or vehicles.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen.
• This position may be required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to feel; reach with hand and arms, and stoop, kneel or crouch as needed.
• Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Club Car is a diverse and inclusive environment. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, dedicated to hiring a diverse workforce including individuals with disabilities and United States qualified protected veterans.

Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated at Club Car.