Global Sourcing Director

Global Sourcing Director

Location : On-Site — Chapel Hill, NC

🌍 Summary

A rapidly scaling clean-energy manufacturer is opening a new U.S. production site in North Carolina and is seeking a Global Sourcing Director to architect and lead its sourcing strategy across the U.S., Asia, Europe, and South America.

This leader will own the global sourcing roadmap, develop supplier partnerships, negotiate pricing and contracts, drive cost and quality performance, and build the procurement team that ensures secure, reliable supply for core product categories—including connectors, cables, inverters, panels, BESS equipment, services, and logistics.

This is a high-impact role requiring deep global experience, operational discipline, and the ability to collaborate across engineering, operations, and production to ensure steady execution in a fast-growth environment.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

• Lead global sourcing for connectors, cables, inverters, panels, BESS equipment, services, and logistics
• Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing procurement team
• Negotiate contracts, pricing, SLAs, and delivery terms across multiple regions
• Manage supplier relationships, performance reviews, and corrective action plans
• Develop multi-sourcing strategies to reduce risk and improve supply resiliency
• Partner cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and production teams
• Improve logistics flows and optimize delivery lead times and cost
• Track and report cost savings, supplier performance metrics, and on-time delivery

🎯 Requirements