Senior Director, Global Sourcing & Purchasing

Jowat Corporation; High Point (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K) with match

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Company Contribution to HAS

Job summary

Jowat Corporation, based in High Point, NC, seeks a Senior Director of Purchasing & Global Sourcing to lead U.S. sourcing, develop global strategies, and build supplier partnerships across North America and internationally.

The ideal candidate will combine strategic vision with hands-on execution in a manufacturing setting, negotiating high-level agreements while ensuring supply security and competitive costs. Travel domestically and internationally is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Chemistry, Engineering, or a related discipline. An advanced degree or relevant professional certification is a plus.
• Significant progressive experience in strategic purchasing, procurement, or global sourcing, including senior-level responsibility within a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated success sourcing raw materials and components internationally and developing suppliers across multiple regions.
• Strong track record of negotiating complex commercial agreements and delivering sustainable cost improvements.
• Experience with chemical raw materials, specialty chemicals, adhesives, coatings, polymers, resins, or related process industries is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead purchasing and strategic sourcing activities for our U.S. manufacturing operations.
• Develop and execute global and regional sourcing strategies for raw materials, packaging, and other key spending categories.
• Identify, evaluate, qualify, and develop suppliers in North America and international markets.
• Negotiate supply agreements, pricing, payment terms, logistics conditions, and other commercial terms.
• Continuously identify opportunities for cost reduction, value improvement, and total-cost optimization without compromising quality, service, or supply security.
• Monitor global raw-material markets, supply-and-demand developments, geopolitical risks, tariffs, logistics constraints, and other factors affecting availability and cost.
• Develop sourcing alternatives and contingency strategies to improve supply-chain resilience and reduce single-source dependencies.
• Build strategic relationships with key suppliers and conduct regular supplier and commercial reviews.
• Partner closely with Production, R&D, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and Finance to ensure purchasing strategies support operational and commercial objectives.
• Collaborate with purchasing colleagues and other stakeholders across our international organization, particularly our European headquarters and global manufacturing network.
• Support the qualification and commercialization of alternative raw materials and suppliers in cooperation with technical and quality teams.
• Establish and track meaningful purchasing KPIs, savings initiatives, supplier performance, and sourcing projects.
• Lead, develop, and mentor the U.S. purchasing organization.
• Ensure purchasing activities are conducted in accordance with company policies, ethical standards, contractual requirements, and applicable regulations.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Global supplier relationships

Negotiation at executive level

Cost reduction

Market/price analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or related

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

Job description

Jowat Corporation, based in High Point, NC, seeks a Senior Director of Purchasing & Global Sourcing to lead U.S. sourcing, develop global strategies, and build supplier partnerships across North America and internationally.

The ideal candidate will combine strategic vision with hands-on execution in a manufacturing setting, negotiating high-level agreements while ensuring supply security and competitive costs. Travel domestically and internationally is required.