Senior Director, APAC Sourcing

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Hillenbrand

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5001 - 10000 employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Food & Beverage • Consulting • Logistics

Hillenbrand is a global provider of highly engineered, mission-critical processing equipment and systems, serving a diverse range of industries including durable plastics, food, and recycling. With a commitment to innovation and sustainability, Hillenbrand focuses on shaping solutions that impact lives and drive growth in a continually changing world. The company emphasizes excellence and continuous improvement, ensuring their products not only meet present-day needs but also anticipate future demands.

📋 Description

• Lead all APAC sourcing activities in support of regional and global business objectives • Develop and execute sourcing strategies improving cost competitiveness, quality, delivery performance, and supply continuity • Identify, assess, qualify, and develop strategic suppliers across APAC • Lead supplier scouting, market intelligence, localization, and new supplier qualification activities • Drive supplier capability development and continuous improvement across cost, quality, delivery, capacity, innovation, and responsiveness • Manage supplier performance through scorecards, business reviews, corrective actions, and development plans • Lead commercial negotiations concerning pricing, productivity, capacity, quality improvements, and contracts • Optimize total cost of ownership while maintaining quality and service requirements • Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, and business unit leadership • Lead, develop, and mentor a regional APAC sourcing team • Establish objectives, priorities, and performance expectations and build organizational capabilities • Travel throughout Asia-Pacific and globally up to 30% of the time

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required • MBA, Master's degree, or relevant professional certification preferred • Extensive procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier development, supply chain, or manufacturing experience in a global industrial or manufacturing environment • Experience leading sourcing organizations and teams across Asia-Pacific • Demonstrated success identifying, qualifying, and developing strategic suppliers • Strong knowledge of APAC supply markets, manufacturing capabilities, cost structures, and sourcing practices • Experience supporting localization initiatives and global sourcing programs • Proven track record delivering productivity improvements, cost reductions, and supplier performance improvements • Strong supplier relationship management and negotiation capabilities • Experience working closely with engineering, operations, quality, and supply chain functions • Ability to assess supplier capabilities, manufacturing processes, quality systems, and operational performance • Strong analytical, commercial, and strategic thinking skills • Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management capabilities • Ability to work effectively across cultures, regions, and global organizations • Ability to travel throughout Asia-Pacific and globally up to 30% of the time