Director, Global Supply Chain

Location: Waterbury, CT, US, 06705 Business Unit: Haydon Kerk Pittman Posting Date: Nov 6, 2026 Job Description: We are seeking a strategic, globally minded Director, Global Supply Chain to lead supply chain strategy and execution across our global manufacturing operations. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Operations, this leader will drive performance across inventory management, planning, strategic sourcing, supplier management, and logistics. A key priority will be improving planning effectiveness, reducing inventory and E&O, and improving working capital while maintaining customer service and supply continuity. The Director will establish greater discipline around demand and supply planning, inventory policies, safety stock, ERP parameters, and supplier lead times, while leading global sourcing initiatives that reduce cost, mitigate risk, localize supply, and improve supplier performance. The Director will directly lead the global sourcing team while providing functional leadership, standards, and guidance to planning, purchasing, materials, and logistics teams across manufacturing sites. This leader must be highly data-driven and hands-on, using analytics to identify root causes, challenge assumptions, establish accountability, and translate supply chain strategy into measurable operational and financial results. Key Responsibilities: Global Supply Chain Leadership Develop and execute global supply chain strategies that deliver measurable improvements in customer service, inventory, working capital, material cost, supplier performance, and lead times. Provide functional leadership and governance across global planning, purchasing, inventory, materials, and logistics activities, establishing common processes, metrics, and accountability across sites. Partner with site leaders and Operations, Finance, Sales, Engineering, and Quality to identify supply chain risks, resolve performance gaps, and drive execution. Inventory, E&O & Planning Lead global inventory and working-capital initiatives, establishing clear targets and driving sustainable reductions while protecting customer service and production continuity. Establish disciplined inventory management across raw materials, WIP, finished goods, safety stock, and strategic inventory, with particular focus on preventing and reducing excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory. Establish structured E&O reviews that identify root causes, assign ownership, drive disposition and consumption actions, and prevent recurrence through improvements in planning, sourcing, engineering, and commercial processes. Strengthen SIOP, demand, supply, and material planning processes to improve forecast accuracy, capacity alignment, material availability, and visibility to supply-demand gaps. Improve ERP planning discipline and parameters, including supplier lead times, safety stocks, reorder points, minimum order quantities, and order policies, using actual performance and data to appropriately balance inventory and service. Establish and routinely review data-driven supply chain metrics, including inventory turns, E&O, forecast accuracy, supplier lead times, material availability, past-due demand, and customer service, translating gaps into clear corrective actions. Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management Lead and develop the global sourcing team with clear objectives and accountability for cost, quality, delivery, lead-time reduction, supply continuity, and supplier performance. Develop and execute sourcing strategies, supplier negotiations, alternate-source qualifications, and localization initiatives that reduce total landed cost, shorten lead times, reduce inventory requirements, and strengthen supply-chain resilience. Establish structured supplier scorecards and reviews, using performance data to drive improvements in delivery, quality, cost, lead time, capacity, and responsiveness. Lead supplier selection, qualification, contracting, development, and performance improvement, p…

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