Senior Procurement Director

About the Role

The position reports to the VP of Business Procurement PP and Strategic Outsourcing Procurement and involves leading a team of Business Procurement leaders and assistants, fostering communication, empowerment, and teamwork with adjacent organizations. • Drive delivery of competitive advantage and best‑in‑class quality from suppliers in collaboration with the team. • Develop and communicate a procurement strategy aligned with the Business Roadmap and Global Procurement strategy. • Define and execute a procurement business plan focused on customers and value creation through robust supplier choices and market knowledge. • Contribute to Offer Innovation processes by leveraging technology knowledge and fostering continuous learning. • Lead a team of Business Procurement leaders and assistants, emphasizing communication, empowerment, and teamwork with adjacent organizations. • Connect business strategy and future needs with supplier market risk and opportunities, challenging and deploying category strategy and SOCs. • Participate in OTM, Innovation, and Investigation phases, driving choices on core technologies and ensuring project and supplier performance. • Advocate for technical productivity, resilience, and standardization, managing pipeline/idea generation and resource allocation escalations to the LoB. • Uphold performance criteria such as project target cost, time‑to‑market, supplier innovation, employee engagement, multisourcing, standardization, and QVE/COS productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸procurement strategy
• ▸supplier selection
• ▸tech evaluation
• ▸team leadership
• ▸innovation management
• ▸performance metrics

What You Bring

Schneider Electric seeks a recognized leader in the procurement community within Power Products and Power System Engineering. The role emphasizes exceptional project management and transformation skills in the fabricated components/raw materials market. It is based in Nashville, TN with hybrid work options and up to 30% travel across North America. • Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Electronics Engineering or related field (Master’s preferred). • Over 10 years of experience in fabricated components/raw materials market, offer creation, and brand labeling. • NPI knowledge/experience, managing sheet‑metal commodities, and securing supplier capacity. • Strong focus on mechanical categories in raw materials and capacity. • Proven ability to build R&D relationships through DFM and product management in the oil and gas industry. • Experience managing global teams and developing high‑performance cultures. • Strong strategic vision, excellent negotiating and analytical skills. • Superior communication skills with ability to understand diverse viewpoints.

Requirements

• ▸bachelor’s
• ▸10+ years
• ▸npi
• ▸mechanical
• ▸dfm
• ▸project management

Benefits

The company offers a robust benefits package, flexible work arrangements, and encourages candidates of diverse backgrounds to apply even if they do not meet every listed requirement. • Flexible work arrangements and a robust benefits package supporting employees.

Work Environment

Hybrid