Global SCM Director

THE POSITION

The Global SCM Director is part of the Global Supply Chain Leadership Team and is responsible for establishing and leading a unified global operational purchasing and program procurement lead organization across Asia, Europe and US.

This role represents a strategic consolidation from a regional structure to a globally integrated operating model. The Global SCM Director will architect and drive a high-performing global procurement execution platform that assures supply, optimizes working capital, strengthens supplier operational performance, and enhances customer delivery reliability.

The Global SCM Director is accountable for translating global sourcing strategies into disciplined operational execution, ensuring supply continuity and inventory optimization across all sites. The role partners closely with the Global Category Management Director to ensure seamless alignment between strategy and execution, creating an integrated and performance-driven procurement ecosystem.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Global Operating Model & Organizational Leadership

• Design and lead a globally integrated operational and program procurement lead organization

supporting all regions.

• Establish a harmonized global operating model, governance framework, KPIs, and performance management cadence.

• Drive organizational capability uplift, succession planning, and leadership development across regions.

• Embed a culture of accountability, execution excellence, and customer-centric supply assurance.

2. Assurance of Supply & Customer Delivery Excellence

• Own material availability performance across sites, ensuring resilient supply continuity in dynamic market conditions.

• Strengthen proactive risk identification, escalation governance, and mitigation strategies.

• Partner with Sales, Program Management, and Operations to ensure procurement readiness for NPI, ramps, and strategic customer programs.

• Elevate procurement's role as a strategic enabler of customer delivery performance (On Time Delivery, Margin Expansion, Working Capital turns and related KPIs).

3. Inventory & Working Capital Transformation

• Drive structural improvement in inventory turns and working capital efficiency without compromising supply resilience.

• Implement globally aligned inventory governance, safety stock optimization, and demand-supply synchronization.

• Reduce excess and obsolete exposure through disciplined planning, supplier collaboration, and execution rigor.

• Partner with Finance to ensure procurement actions translate into measurable financial impact.

4. Supplier Operational Performance & Execution Discipline

• Institutionalize a global supplier operational performance management framework.

• Drive measurable improvements in delivery reliability, lead time adherence, responsiveness, and operational stability.

• Ensure operational execution consistently aligns with global category strategies, negotiated frameworks, and long-term agreements.

• Lead structured executive-level supplier engagements where operational performance impacts strategic accounts.

5. Strategic Collaboration with Global Category Management

• Act as the execution counterpart to Global Category Management, ensuring sourcing strategies translate into sustainable operational outcomes.

• Provide real-time operational market intelligence and supplier performance feedback to inform category strategies.

• Strengthen integration between sourcing, contracting, and operational procurement to eliminate disconnects and value leakage.

6. Performance, Governance & Transformation

• Establish a global KPI framework linking supply assurance, supplier performance, inventory efficiency, and customer delivery.

• Drive data transparency and performance reviews at executive level.

• Continuously evolve procurement execution capabilities to meet the Group's growth and complexity trajectory.

• Champion cross-regional collaboration and standardization to eliminate regional silos.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Bachelor's or University Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of progressive leadership experience in procurement and supply chain within a global, multi-site environment.
• Demonstrated success in leading regional or global procurement organizations through structural transformation.
• Strong track record in supply assurance, inventory optimization, working capital improvement, and supplier operational performance enhancement.
• Experience in contract manufacturing environments, preferably in analytical, industrial automation, aerospace, or semiconductor industries.
• Proven ability to lead in matrixed, multicultural, and fast-paced organizations.
• Strategic, yet operationally disciplined; able to drive both transformation and execution excellence.
• Strong executive presence and stakeholder management capability.
• Fluent in English and willing to travel globally as required.