Director of Supply Chain

Director, Supply Chain

Work Model: You'll work in a hybrid model, onsite at your designated Regal Rexnord location at least 3 days per week (Monday–Thursday), with flexibility to work remotely up to 2 days, including Friday.

Position Summary

The Director, Supply Chain provides Division leadership for sourcing, procurement, and materials management across the Aerospace Division in Automation and Motion Control group at Regal Rexnord. This role is accountable for developing and executing integrated sourcing and materials strategies that enable business growth, improve OTD performance, optimize working capital, and deliver measurable cost and productivity improvements across a global, multi-site footprint.

This leader partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and Business Leadership to strengthen supplier performance, build organizational capability, and ensure a resilient, scalable supply chain aligned to both near-term execution and long-term strategic priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Divisional Strategy & Leadership

• In partnership with the Enterprise Sourcing Team, define and execute the end-to-end sourcing and materials strategy across Aerospace plants, aligned to business, operational, and financial objectives.
• Lead and develop a global organization spanning strategic sourcing, direct materials, inventory planning, supplier development, and materials management.
• Establish clear operating models, governance, and accountability across businesses while enabling flexibility where business needs differ.

Sourcing & Supplier Management

• Develop and deploy enterprise commodity strategies to drive cost, quality, delivery, and risk mitigation outcomes.
• Lead supplier selection, negotiation, contracting, and performance management for critical suppliers across both businesses.
• Strengthen supplier development and partnership models, including dual sourcing, localization, and risk mitigation strategies.

Materials Management & Execution Excellence

• Drive standardized, best-in-class materials planning and inventory management practices across sites.
• Accountable for performance across key KPIs including On-Time Delivery (OTD), inventory turns, working capital, PPV, and material cost productivity.
• Partner with Operations to support production readiness, new product introductions, capacity transitions, and demand volatility.

Business Partnership & Integration

• Act as a strategic advisor to Aerospace leadership teams on supply chain risks, trade-offs, and strategic investments.
• Partner closely with Engineering and Quality to support new product development, supplier qualification, and cost-to-design initiatives.
• Enable greater alignment and leverage across Aerospace plants through shared suppliers, processes, and analytics where appropriate.

People, Talent & Capability

• Build strong leadership capability and succession across sourcing and materials teams.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and collaboration across geographies and functions.
• Lead organizational design, talent development, and capability-building to support future scale and complexity.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in sourcing, materials, or supply chain within complex, global manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated success leading multi-site, multi-business organizations with senior-level leadership accountability.
• Strong experience in strategic sourcing, materials planning, inventory optimization, and supplier management.
• Proven ability to drive measurable improvements in cost, delivery, quality, and working capital.
• Up to 40% travel required

Preferred

• Experience operating across multiple business units or segments with differing customer, product, and regulatory requirements.
• Background in regulated or highly engineered manufacturing environments (e.g., industrial, motion control, defense, or aerospace).
• Lean / Continuous Improvement expertise with a track record of enterprise transformation.
• Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) a plus.

Leadership Competencies

• Enterprise and systems thinking
• Strong executive presence and influencing skills
• Data-driven decision making and financial acumen
• Change leadership in complex environments
• Talent development and organizational leadership

Compensation :

Expected Base Salary Range: $210,000 - $235,000

The salary range provided is intended to display the value of the company's base pay compensation for this position. Salary is dependent on a multitude of factors, including but not limited to the physical worksite location, the geographic market of that location, candidate's skill set, level of experience, education and internal peer compensation comparisons among other potential factors.