Sr. Director Supply Chain at Daikin… · Corfu

Make your mark at the world's largest HVAC company!

Why You’ll Love Working for Daikin:

• We’re a group who operates with a people-centered mindset, believing in the unlimited potential of each employee, with a goal of driving our company to its fullest potential.
• Our goal is to “Perfect the Air”. We do this through cutting edge innovation & sustainability efforts while meeting the HVAC needs of thousands of customers - expanding over 160 countries!
• Our culture is unrivaled. Daikin operates under 8 Core Values which are embedded into every aspect of our business. It’s through these values that we continuously strive to build a place where everyone can be authentic, feel valued and heard, and have a sense of purpose and belonging.

The Sr Director SC will be responsible for leading the end-to-end supply chain strategy, ensuring supply continuity, optimizing procurement and supplier management, and driving operational excellence. This role requires a strong balance between strategic leadership and hands-on execution to align supply chain operations with the company's long-term business objectives. This position will oversee direct and indirect procurement, inventory management, and supplier relationships. This position will work closely with global and regional teams to enhance cost efficiency, quality, risk management, and sustainability in the supply chain.

Main Functions

Procurement & Supplier Management

• Set and execute short- and long-term procurement strategies aligned with business goals.
• Develop and implement commodity strategies to achieve cost reduction and operational targets.
• Lead strategic supplier relationships, ensuring performance, risk management, and business continuity.
• Drive supplier risk monitoring and maintain detailed mitigation plans for critical components and at-risk
• suppliers.
• Oversee and execute top commercial negotiations, ensuring competitive agreements and long-term value creation.
• Manage $600M direct material spend and $200M indirect & capital expenditures.
• Align with Global Sourcing and Procurement strategies with (Daikin Global Procurement) and ensure local
• execution.
• Align all procurement activities to Daikin standard work, and common procurement practices.

Inventory Management

• Oversee demand planning and forecasting, working closely with operations, sales, and finance teams.
• Optimize inventory management, balancing cost efficiency with production requirements.

Quality, NPI & Operational Excellence

• Collaborate with Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) to reduce supplier defects and improve quality.
• Support successful NPIs launches by ensuring supplier readiness and material availability.
• Develop technical product and manufacturing process knowledge to strengthen value chain contributions.
• SAP Introduction in DMMX.

Daikin is the world's industry leader in air conditioning with sales over 27 billion dollars, comprised of over 300 companies around the globe. Its cutting edge air conditioning products and services using environment friendly technologies are widely distributed and marketed in more than 170 countries, from residential A/C to commercial A/C market. As its global headquareter, Daikin Industries, Ltd. is continually leading air conditioning history with its business strategies & technological breakthrough in the area of environment friendly air comfort solutions. In challenging the needs of the future with new innovations using AI/IoT technologies, Daikin will continue its commitment to growth of the business and contribution to the society.