Strategic Supply Chain Director, Power & Industrial

Jereh North America Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jereh North American Group and GenSystems Power Solutions seek a Supply Chain Director to lead strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier development, materials planning, inventory, and execution for our growing power generation and industrial equipment business.

The role requires building a robust North American supplier base, optimizing project costs, and ensuring manufacturing readiness as we expand our energy sector footprint in North America.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in progressive supply chain, sourcing, procurement, or materials management.
• Experience in industrial equipment, power generation, or capital equipment.
• Proven track record leading strategic sourcing and high-value contract negotiations.
• Experience building domestic and international supplier networks.
• Knowledge of supplier qualification, performance management, RFQ/RFP, cost analysis, and terms.
• Experience collaborating with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Project Management, and Operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the North American supply chain strategy across strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, materials planning, inventory, and logistics.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for gas turbine packages, rotating equipment, electrical systems, mechanical components, fabricated equipment, controls, balance-of-plant equipment, and other critical project materials.
• Identify, qualify, negotiate with, and develop North American and international suppliers supporting power generation and industrial equipment requirements.
• Lead major RFQ/RFP activity, supplier selection, commercial negotiations, contract development, pricing strategy, and long-term supplier agreements.
• Develop strategic supplier relationships with major OEMs and equipment manufacturers supporting turbine, power generation, electrical, mechanical, and microgrid projects.
• Evaluate supplier capability across cost, quality, technical capability, capacity, lead time, delivery performance, and commercial risk.
• Establish supplier scorecards, KPIs, performance reviews, corrective-action processes, and supplier-development programs.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Project Management, Field Service, Sales, and Finance to align sourcing plans with project and production requirements.
• Improve material availability while reducing excess inventory, lead times, expedited freight, supply risk, and total landed cost.
• Establish inventory planning, safety-stock, critical-spares, demand-planning, and working-capital controls.
• Support international sourcing, import/export activity, freight strategy, customs requirements, Incoterms, and supplier logistics.
• Build scalable supply chain processes, systems, reporting, and controls as the North American organization continues to grow.
• Provide executive leadership with visibility into supplier risk, sourcing strategy, cost reduction, inventory, delivery performance, and major supply chain initiatives.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Strategic sourcing

Procurement

Supplier development

Materials planning

Inventory management

RFQ/RFP processes

Contract negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or related discipline

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Jereh North American Group and GenSystems Power Solutions seek a Supply Chain Director to lead strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier development, materials planning, inventory, and execution for our growing power generation and industrial equipment business.

The role requires building a robust North American supplier base, optimizing project costs, and ensuring manufacturing readiness as we expand our energy sector footprint in North America.