Director, Global Sourcing (Vernon Hills, IL)

The Mom Project is excited to partner with Rust-Oleum in their search for a Global Sourcing Director. This role is on-site in Vernon Hills, IL.

Rust-Oleum Corporation is a worldwide leader in protective paints and coatings for both home and industry. We offer a wide range of products including decorative fashion paints, durable industrial roof repair coatings and, of course, our famous rust-fighting formula that started it all.

About the Role:

The Director, Global Sourcing, is responsible for leading all global procurement efforts to efficiently and effectively enable spend owners, such as business units and functional partners, to maximize the value they receive from suppliers to meet their objectives. They will work with each business unit to lead centralized direct and indirect sourcing and procurement efforts.

Responsibilities:

• Creation and ongoing value creation with a world-class supply base
• Development of organizational procurement strategy
• Creation and management of short-, mid-, and long-term goals and objectives
• Creation and improvement of best practice-based processes (e.g., leadership of high value/
• global sourcing efforts)
• Management of business process outsourcing activities
• Identification and realization of cost-saving and cost-reduction opportunities
• Selection and management of procurement systems
• Management of procurement staff in (and across) sourcing, contracting, transactional purchasing, supplier management, and miscellaneous internal procurement support activities
• Creating a talent management process in coordination with HR to ensure that the right resources are in place.
• Managing the skills and competency development of procurement staff, including training development and knowledge management capabilities
• Leadership of cross-functional teaming across other business functions and initiatives
• Budget management for categories under management – and for procurement itself
• Development of benchmarks and scorecards to be used for continuous improvement.
• Building a Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE) to help transform Procurement and support broader transformation of the value chain and the enterprise.

Skills and Qualifications:

• BS/BA preferred
• Experience in raw materials procurement within chemical or manufacturing-adjacent industries is preferred; pharmaceutical procurement experience is generally less relevant.
• Strong leadership skills
• Team player at executive levels to collaborate with business units and functional partners like IT, finance, HR, legal, etc.
• Solid operational management, general business skills, and savvy
• Working knowledge of finance and/or accounting in terms of budgeting, cost management, financial accounting, treasury, risk management, etc.
• Industry knowledge in terms of broad industry dynamics on the buy-side (and the sell-side), but also the internal knowledge and “language of the business.”
• Excellent communication skills and even better listening skills that allow the incumbent to get the “voice of the internal customer” and to understand the company culture and how to best communicate procurement’s value to it
• Ability to “sell” procurement’s value and to run procurement as a services business like any other well-run professional services business
• In-depth knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices.
• Strong negotiation skills to use for large commercial deals
• Experience with modern sourcing and procurement systems
• Familiarity with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements, as well as an understanding of standard contractual terms and conditions to mitigate legal risk
• Strategic mindset and problem-solving skills
• Change management skills and self-awareness to take varying approaches with a dynamic set of stakeholders (e.g., expert model vs. facilitative model)
• Knowledge of enterprise risk management and business continuity planning
• An analytical mindset, but also creativity to seek, encourage, and find non-traditional approaches that have historically “boxed in” procurement
• Ability to travel to potential vendors (50%)

Salary: $170,000 - $210,000 annual salary and bonus eligible

From big benefits to small, we take care of our associates! After 30 days of employment, you will be eligible for a benefits package that includes medical, dental, life, disability and business travel insurance, flexible spending accounts, EAP, stock purchases and vacation/sick days/parental leave.

We also offer a 401(k) plan after three months of employment. Associates are vested in the RPM Pension plan after completing five years of service. Rust-Oleum offers 9.5 paid holidays and one floating holiday per year. You are also eligible to earn three weeks of vacation on an annualized basis.

Rust-Oleum is an equal opportunity employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class.