Director, Inbound Strategic Sourcing Operations

About the role

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Director to lead its global Inbound Strategic Sourcing Operations organization, working primarily from an HPE office. The role owns operational performance and strategic alignment across HPE operations, defines global and regional supply chain strategies, and oversees supply continuity, supplier performance, Buy/Sell execution, HPE-owned inventory, shortage mitigation, supplier onboarding and the transformation of the inbound sourcing operating model. It also governs about $10 billion in annual spend and about $9 billion in invoices processed through RSPs.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a global team covering Buy/Sell operations, end-to-end tactical procurement, supplier enablement and operational governance across commodities and regions, including memory, SSD, CPU, GPUs, HDDs and silicon suppliers.
• Own supplier performance management, define supplier scorecards and quality, delivery and operational metrics, and monitor supplier financial health, credit capacity, liquidity, payment exposure and credit holds.
• Serve as the approval authority for Buy/Sell opportunities that mitigate shortages and secure strategic components, overseeing pricing, SKU setup, supplier onboarding, warehouse strategy and utilization.
• Ensure supplier onboarding, sourcing commitments and cross-border flows comply with import, export, sanctions, customs and trade-control requirements.
• Lead business continuity planning, assess geographic, logistics, financial and compliance risks, and coordinate recovery plans with suppliers.
• Act as escalation point for shortages, constrained materials, inventory positioning, backlog recovery and alternate sourcing, working with Supply Planning and Operations.
• Drive transformation through simplification, automation, standardization and governance of supply-gap processes, sourcing enhancements and system upgrades.
• Develop and coach leaders, set succession plans and represent the function in executive reviews and business-planning forums.

Required profile

• First-level university degree or equivalent experience; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in supply chain, with progressive people leadership experience.
• Experience managing large teams and/or organizations.
• Significant supply chain and operations background, preferably across multiple disciplines such as manufacturing, planning and logistics.

Required skills

• Superior understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes and strategy requirements.
• Advanced understanding of marketplace and industry architecture standards.