Director Global Strategic Supply

Tennant Company is a recognized leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer, healthier world. With a vision to become a global leader in sustainable cleaning innovation that empowers our customers to create a cleaner, safer and healthier world, Tennant creates solutions that are changing the way the world cleans.

The Director of Global Strategic Supply will drive and deliver the strategic goals of the Supply organization in coordination with multiple corporate and regional functions. The role will lead a global strategic supply team focusing on the direct materials supply chain concentrating on velocity and continuous improvement of this key operational element. Success in this role is dependent on leading and developing a high performing global supply team, collaborating with cross functional resources and delivering customer focused results.

* The Director of Global Strategic Supply will lead the Direct Material Supply Team and will have responsiblity for strategy development and deployment, supplier relationship and performance management, total cost management and supply chain execution. * Establish and maintain relationships with key organizational leaders and stakeholders across multiple regions and functional departments * Provide leadership and mentorship as well as establish development plans for managers, analysts, and other staff in the Global Strategic Supply-Direct materials function. * Develop and drive global category/commodity strategies taking into account internal requirements and limitations as well as current and future external market conditions for the organizationsglobal footprint. * Manage and continuously imprve the Global Strategic Supply Base utilizing lean manufacturing principles/methodologies and total cost models * Understand end to end business goals and anticipate and mitigate Global Supply related issues that may prevent these goals being achieved * Capture and report on key performance indicators for Global Strategic Supply using enterprise data, information and reporting mechanisms

* Bachelor level degree in Engineering with Industrial focus or Business with a concentration in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Material Management, or related field * Minimum of 5 years managing a team of individuals in a category or speciality in Supply * 10+ years work related experience in a related field * Minimum of 5 years managing a team of individuals in a category or specialty in Supply * MS Office, SAP or related ERP experience * E2E business experience * Manufacturing and/or Distribution and Logistics experience * Knowledge and exposure to the concepts of Material Flow * Experience and knowledge working wth regulatory issues, commodity markets, and currency * Deep knowledge of global economics and impact on Tennant * Lean Manufacturing experience