Director Purchasing - IT
Mohawk Industries

Are you looking for more?

At Mohawk Industries, we're committed to more - more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what's important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.

What we need:

Mohawk is looking for a Director Purchasing - IT who can do more for Mohawk's Flooring North America brands.

This position will manage IS and IT Category Procurement and Sourcing for multiple divisions of Mohawk. Responsibilities include oversight of both the tactical Procure-to-pay process and the Strategic Sourcing process. Other key responsibilities include meeting group KPIs, monitoring supplier performance levels (cost, delivery, quality, service levels), implementing process improvements, and ultimately ensuring that quality materials and services are purchased in a timely fashion at competitive total cost.

What you'll do:

• Develop and support the Procurement needs of our global IS/IT organization.
• Align procurement strategies with the IS/IT Organization's business objectives.
• Develop and execute Category Strategies for hardware, software, contract labor, and other categories according to our Strategic Sourcing process with support from internal stakeholders.
• Prepare and evaluate RFx and make recommendations to business stakeholders. Negotiate and finalize supply agreements in partnership with our legal team.
• Manage supplier relationships and contract compliance while maintaining highest code of ethics and conduct.
• Oversee cradle-to-grave process from intent to purchase, new supplier on-boarding, performance, and supplier exit. Track performance using dashboards for quality, delivery, service and cost.
• Achieve departmental objectives by measurement of KPIs, including cost savings and avoidance, process automation, purchase spend compliance (minimize tail-spend), etc.
• Develop and implement initiatives to aggregate spend across all Mohawk Business Units to optimize cost and number of suppliers. Leverage enterprise-wide spending, resources, and champion best practices.
• Evaluate automation opportunities within Procurement, using SAP and other tools available (Smartsheet, PowerBI, RPA, AI, etc).

What you have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or Engineering.
• NAPM or CPM certification desired.
• 6+ years of purchasing/supply chain experience with at least 4 years at the management level
• IS/IT Procurement experience desired.
• Strong knowledge of procure-to-pay process (SAP preferred), strategic sourcing, contract negotiation, related laws and regulations.

What you're good at:

• Analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong Excel and data analytics capability.
• Excellent leadership, negotiation ability, passion for results, and ability to execute.
• Oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communications skills; ability to effectively interact with internal and external customers, as well as senior leadership.
• Ability and willingness to accept responsibility, willingness to challenge established practices and draw relevant conclusions, including to stimulate, market and sell new ideas within the organization.
• Strong sense of personal and professional ethics. Acting with honor and character.
• Builds relationships, identifies business needs and recommends solutions

What else?

• While we're a primarily in-office team, we thrive on flexibility and ensuring our people can balance personal and professional time.
• We're located in a pretty great spot - check outthis videoto see what we mean.

Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk's vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world's largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don't Work participant.

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