Director Global Strategic Sourcing

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John Zink, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, is seeking a Director of Strategic Sourcing to convert global supply markets, supplier capability and commercial rigor into a competitive advantage. This leader will build and operate a center-led category-management system across direct materials, fabricated components, engineered systems, lifecycle services, indirect spend and logistics. 

The role is accountable for translating business strategy, product and project demand, aftermarket priorities and manufacturing needs into an executable multi-year sourcing portfolio. The successful candidate will lead through ten global category managers, reporting through four regional supplier-development resources and focused capability leaders, while preserving clear technical, quality and expenditure decision gates. 

What You Will Do

• Develop and execute the multi-year Strategic Sourcing agenda, category portfolio, talent plan and operating cadence in alignment with John Zink growth, cost competitiveness, project execution and aftermarket objectives. 
• Establish clear global commercial ownership across the category portfolio and develop fact-based strategies that connect demand, supply markets, cost drivers, risk and implementation to business priorities. 
• Lead portfolio prioritization across equipment, engineered systems, contract manufacturing, local-content, low-cost-country development, aftermarket/revamps and enterprise categories. 
• Sponsor the highest-value or highest-risk negotiations, make-versus-buy analyses, contract-manufacturing decisions and supplier-relationship interventions. 
• Build a Finance-validated value pipeline that distinguishes realized hard savings, cost avoidance, cash and operational value; ensure implementation and leakage are visible. 
• Ensure sourcing is involved at proposal, design and project gates early enough to influence requirements, total cost, capacity and lead time without compromising Engineering design authority. 
• Establish supplier panels, executive supplier relationship management, category councils and recurring reviews that connect category strategy to product and regional execution. 
• Deploy supplier-development resources under GCM strategies to expand qualified capacity in the Americas, EMEA, India and APAC. 
• Partner with Procurement Operations to translate category decisions into compliant purchase-order execution and with Supplier Quality to enforce qualification, control-plan and release gates. 
• Develop succession, coaching, performance standards and capability-building plans for the Strategic Sourcing team. 

Decision Rights and Boundaries 

• Approves category strategies, supplier panels and commercial award recommendations within delegated authority; escalates exceptions and commitments outside authority. 
• Owns Strategic Sourcing standards, category-governance design, accountable-owner assignment, portfolio sequencing, talent, and sourcing-process integrity; approves or escalates strategies and commercial recommendations within delegated authority. 
• Engineering owns requirements, design authority, and technical acceptance; Supplier Quality owns supplier/process qualification and quality hold/release. 
• The accountable business or value-stream leader owns make-versus-buy and expenditure approval; Finance validates recognized value. 
• Procurement Operations owns purchase-order execution after an approved handoff. This role may not bypass legal, compliance, customer, technical, quality, or delegation-of-authority gates. 

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience leading strategic sourcing, category management, procurement or supply-chain in a complex manufacturing, engineer-to-order or project-delivery environment. 
• Experience leading global teams, developing talent, and driving organizational change. 
• Experience building and executing multi-year category strategies across direct materials, fabricated components, engineered packages and/or services. 
• Experience leading negotiations, contracting, total-cost analysis, supplier risk management, and strategic supplier relationships. 
• Experience partnering with Engineering, Operations, Finance, Project Management and/or Supplier Quality in technical and schedule-critical work. 
• Experience with subcontracting or contract manufacturing, including supplier identification, business-case development, qualification coordination and controlled implementation. 

What Will Put You Ahead

• Leadership experience in combustion, emissions control, process equipment, oil and gas, refining, chemicals, power, industrial EPC or another safety-critical engineered-products environment. 
• Experience with global supplier development, nearshoring, local programs and total-landed-cost modeling. 
• Experience with demand-driven planning, ERP transformation, spend analytics, e-sourcing, contract lifecycle management and supplier-performance systems. 
• Professional procurement, supply-chain, project or continuous-improvement certification. 

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

John Zink, a Koch Engineered Solutions business, is the leading global combustion and emission control partner, delivering exceptional, tailored solutions including industrial burners, flares, thermal oxidizers, and vapor control systems. Backed by decades of proven performance, unrivaled research and development, plus expert service and support, we tackle the industry’s most challenging demands and foster transformative, collaborative partnerships. Our enduring commitment to excellence not only shapes our legacy but also our future, by delivering reliable solutions that drive progress and ensure lasting impact for decades to come. 

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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