Director of Supply Chain Management

About the role

Reporting to the VP of Manufacturing, you will set the strategic direction for global sourcing and procurement, leading a high-performing supply chain organization across multiple regions. This role serves as a key executive partner in driving innovation, cost leadership, and operational resilience, ensuring Tritium maintains a sustainable competitive advantage in the procurement of capital, materials, and services worldwide. This role is based in Middle Tennessee.

What You'll Do

• Procurement & Sourcing: Define and own the enterprise-wide procurement and category sourcing vision, setting multi-year strategies for supplier selection, contract negotiations, and total cost of ownership while ensuring supply continuity and long-term competitive positioning.

• New Product Introduction & Technology Roadmap: Champion supply chain integration at the executive level across all product development initiatives, shaping technology roadmaps, directing contract manufacturer relationships, and establishing Tritium as a leader in emerging supply technologies.

• Supplier & Risk Management: Direct enterprise-wide supplier governance, strategic rationalization, and performance frameworks while setting organizational risk tolerance and leading mitigation strategies across all supply chain risk categories (commodities, lead times, obsolescence, logistics, geopolitical, cyber).

• Compliance & Trade: Establish and enforce global trade compliance policies, proactively navigating tariff regimes, customs frameworks, and evolving international trade regulations to protect margin and ensure uninterrupted operations.

• Operational Efficiency: Set the strategic direction for end-to-end supply chain infrastructure, overseeing systems architecture, freight strategy, warehouse network design, and material flow to achieve best-in-class delivery performance and cost structure.

• Performance & Data Insights: Own the supply chain analytics and reporting function, establishing KPIs and executive dashboards that enable data-driven decision-making at the board and C-suite level, and driving a culture of continuous performance improvement.

• Process Improvement & Collaboration: Champion enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, partnering with leadership to align supply chain strategy with business objectives and drive measurable improvements in cost, speed, and quality.

• Leadership & Talent Development: Architect and evolve a world-class global supply chain organization, defining structure, capabilities, and succession plans while attracting, developing, and retaining top-tier talent.

What you'll Bring

• Proven executive track record in building and scaling global supplier partnerships, with demonstrated success in high-value strategic contract negotiations.
• Deep experience integrating global procurement strategies with product development and technology roadmaps at a senior leadership level.
• Advanced ability to translate complex supply chain data into executive-level insights and board-ready reporting that drives strategic decisions.
• Recognized expert in designing and implementing enterprise risk governance frameworks across multifaceted, global supply chain environments.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide transformation programs that deliver step-change improvements in operational excellence and manufacturing performance.
• Executive-level influencer who shapes organizational strategy by building alignment across C-suite, product, finance, and operations stakeholders.
• Extensive experience leading supply chain organizations across multiple geographies, navigating cultural complexity and diverse regulatory environments.
• Visionary, customer-centric leader who sets bold goals, holds teams accountable, and consistently delivers results in fast-moving, high growth environments.
• Sophisticated financial and commercial acumen, with the ability to model, defend, and optimize multi-million-dollar supply chain budgets and investment cases.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years of supply chain experience, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles.
• Experience in the electronics and automotive industry
• Strong background in manufacturing environments.
• Expertise in Lean & Six Sigma methodologies.