Director, 3rd Party Materials - Global Procurement

Location: Maplewood, Minnesota, United States; on-site at the hirify.global Center at least four days per week. Travel may include 10–20% domestic and international travel. Relocation may be authorized. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship.

Salary: $287,281–$351,122, including base pay and variable incentive pay if eligible.

Company

hirify.global develops creative solutions across diverse businesses, products, technologies, and global markets.

What you will do

• Develop and execute global category strategies for molding, metals, electronics, tapes, abrasives, and films across the Americas.
• Translate raw-material trends, supplier capacity, technology shifts, and competitive dynamics into sourcing strategies.
• Lead global consumer-business new product introduction procurement, from early material selection through product launch.
• Build supplier pipelines, qualify suppliers, manage performance, and drive supplier-led materials and process innovation.
• Lead complex negotiations, long-term supply agreements, cost-reduction initiatives, and total-cost-of-ownership analyses.
• Strengthen supply resilience, sustainability, responsible sourcing, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation while leading and developing a global procurement team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field.
• At least 10 years of experience in sourcing, procurement, logistics, supply chain, engineering, and/or manufacturing.
• At least 5 years of leadership or people-management experience.
• Strong negotiation, communication, financial-analysis, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience managing complex projects and collaborating with stakeholders across manufacturing, engineering, R&D, quality, operations, finance, and procurement.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship is required.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in sourcing, procurement, logistics, supply chain, engineering, or manufacturing.
• Experience with digital procurement initiatives and category-management best practices.
• Experience supporting new product introduction programs and supplier innovation.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with colleagues across global locations, businesses, technologies, and products.
• Medical, dental, vision, health savings, flexible spending, disability, life insurance, paid absence, and retirement benefits may be available.
• Support for physical and financial well-being through comprehensive employee programs.
• Employees contribute to environmental health and safety, policy compliance, and continuous improvement.