Director, Sourcing
About this role
JOB TITLE: Director Sourcing
Club Car boasts a 60+ year history of industry-leading innovation and design, initially focused on golf cars and then expanding to commercial utility vehicles and personal-use transportation.
GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION
With over 60 years of innovation and design experience in producing small-wheel vehicles, Club Car is a leading manufacturer of gas and electric golf, utility, and personal transportation vehicles. Founded in 1958, the Club Car product portfolio has grown to include much more than golf cars, now encompassing vehicles for commercial and consumer markets, built with an uncompromised desire for superior performance. As an industry leader in electrification and sustainability, Club Car is proud to be at the forefront of environmentally responsible Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) technologies.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
• Build supply capability to increase daily production of vehicles: • Stabilize tier 1 suppliers but working with those suppliers to improve operations, fix tooling, improve their ability to deliver on time, etc. • Ensure that Priority Recovery actions with suppliers/categories identified as 'high risk' are implemented and maintained, including new tooling enhancements, dual sourcing strategies, etc. • Secure supply from stable vendors with the ability to meet the vehicles per day objective. • Communicate supply requirements to planning regularly • Develop contingency plans/risk management program to meet any supply disruptions whether due to suppliers themselves or logistics issues • Implement the New Procurement Organization and develop a capability building program: • Review newly developed procurement organization structure and suggest any changes. • Quickly identify talent gaps within Sourcing and develop, then execute a hiring plan. • Establish KPIs, Metrics and clear roles and responsibilities for each direct report. • Evaluate the organization's performance. • Determine gaps to best-in-class performance and develop a capability building program. • Implement the first capability building session within allotted timeframe. • Build a supplier quality capability that is effective at identifying and remedying
Deliver annualized run-rate cost reduction:
• Address direct materials, indirect materials, and transportation. • Maintain or improve service and quality levels. • Institutionalize the strategic sourcing process used to deliver the savings. • Work with engineering on select VAVE projects to drive savings
Develop and implement supplier, commodity and sub-commodity strategies: