SVP Sourcing

Job Description At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success -- so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to thrive and deliver your best. Behind our doors you'll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to support the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you'll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen. Learn more about our story HERE. Your Role on Our Team The Senior Vice President of Sourcing – North America, is responsible for the strategic leadership, planning, execution, development, and organizational structure of the North American sourcing team that supports all Milwaukee Tool business units. This key leader will closely partner with executive and functional leadership to ensure alignment and execution of their strategic goals. You will be Empowered to effect change through these duties and responsibilities: Responsible to lead and drive all aspects of the sourcing function, including developing and managing a North American sourcing team, defining and articulating strategy and vision, negotiating, measuring and maintaining relationships with vendors, and optimizing total costs, quality, delivery, and safety. Build and develop a high energy, talented sourcing team. Encourage open employee communication and engagement via development, training, and performance management. Modeling and driving the Milwaukee culture through their team. Foster a continuous improvement, think big innovative culture through the organization and supply base. Own the supplier relationship development and management for all Milwaukee Business Units. Create sourcing strategies that reduce direct material cost and optimize quality, service, and working capital to achieve annual service, cost, quality capital and growth objectives. Drive strategy and execution of parts localization into USA, Mexico, and Canada that support the needs of the operations and business units. Establish leadership, teams, metrics, and strategies for indirect spend for North America including Facilities, MRO, Office Supplies, Sales/Brand, Merchandizing, Capital. Build out technology and solutions to track metrics and data real time to drive faster decision making and execution. Develop suppliers and explore joint development opportunities to deliver on aggressive new product goals. Define and calculate vendor performance metrics. Meet with vendors periodically to review their performance based on quantitative metrics and develop strategy and plans to ensure suppliers continually improve their performance in quality, supply chain and cost. Work closely with global teams to understand product requirements and develop appropriate sourcing strategies and tactics. Identify suitable suppliers for the manufacturing of product platforms, acquire quote packages, and negotiate best total costs while ensuring achievement of quality, service, and innovation. Develop detailed recommendations for capital, operating and staffing budgets. Provide fiscal oversight of allocated resources, assets, and expenses. Make necessary decisions to adjust for variations in projected budget income caused by fluctuating volumes and other external factors. The TOOLS You’ll Bring With You Bachelor's degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Business, or a technical field. Advanced degree desirable. 15 or more years of strong progressive management experience in Sourcing or Supply Chain Operations role/function with Team leadership and Strategic Sourcing direction setting experience. Strong experience supporting New Product Development. Proven ability to develop USA and Mexico based suppliers to enable core business strategies and performance metrics required. Proven negotiating skills with very strong Project Leadership experience required. Strong analytical skills required. Ability to communicate candidly and encourage candid feedba…

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