Procurement Director – Electronics & FC/RM (EE Cluster)

Schneider Electric; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Procurement Director - Electronics & FC/RM (EE Cluster) to lead a regional team and drive strategic sourcing across North America. The role focuses on building and deploying commodity strategies, coordinating with five business units and 42 manufacturing sites, and strengthening supply chain resiliency.

You will steer strategy for Electronics in North America, collaborating with global peers to share best practices, tools, and market analytics, while defining

Qualifications

• Leads Regional Category Managers and Category Buyers teams across Electronics and FC/RM.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy and sourcing of Electronics for North America, collaborating globally with procurement peers on processes, tools, best practices, and market analytics.
• Define strategic supplier panels by geographic zone based on needs segmentation, while assessing and mitigating supplier risks (quality, financial, supply continuity, etc.).
• Contribute to the development and deployment of regional cost models and supplier scoring tools, and continuously optimize the supplier base.

Job description

Schneider Electric is seeking a Procurement Director - Electronics & FC/RM (EE Cluster) to join the North America Procurement Organization. This role is responsible for building and leading a team of Regional Category Managers and Category Buyers across Electronics and Finished Components/Raw Materials (FC/RM). The organization defines, promotes, and ensures the deployment of EE regional commodity strategies across five business units and 42 manufacturing sites, while driving negotiation performance and strengthening supply chain resiliency. In addition, the EE Cluster Procurement Director will be accountable for FC/RM category management across the eight EE factories in North America.

What will you do?

You will lead the strategy and sourcing of Electronics for North America, while collaborating globally with procurement peers on processes, tools, best practices, and market analytics.

Strategy

• Conduct needs and market analyses for Schneider Electric entities across North America, segmenting category requirements and identifying key market trends.
• Define strategic supplier panels by geographic zone based on needs segmentation, while assessing and mitigating supplier risks (quality, financial, supply continuity, etc.).
• Contribute to the development and deployment of regional cost models and supplier scoring tools, and continuously optimize the supplier base