Director, Inbound Strategic Sourcing Operations

Director, Inbound Strategic Sourcing Operations This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: Position Summary Lead the global Inbound Strategic Sourcing Operations organization, with accountability for operational performance, strategic alignment, and integration across HPE operations. Define global and regional supply chain strategies while overseeing supply continuity, supplier performance, Buy/Sell execution, HPE-owned inventory, shortage mitigation, supplier onboarding, and transformation of the inbound sourcing operating model. Establish and lead cross-functional, cross-regional teams that translate physical and financial supply flows into scalable processes, systems, and operating models. Serve as a key decision-maker, escalation point, and executive advisor across Strategic Sourcing, Supply Planning, Finance, suppliers, manufacturing partners, third-party inventory partners, and executive leadership to ensure material availability, financial compliance, operational continuity, and execution of business plans. Set policy and direction for distributed tactical procurement and inbound sourcing operations in alignment with HPE’s regional footprint and tax strategies. Govern approximately $10 billion in annual spend and approximately $9 billion in invoices processed through RSPs, including financial metrics for high-value and strategic components. Use benchmarking, financial results, operational metrics, and statistical data to identify improvements, address inefficiencies, evaluate business opportunities, and communicate recommendations across the organization. Key Responsibilities Strategic Sourcing Operations Leadership • Lead a global team responsible for Buy/Sell operations, e2e tactical procurement execution, supplier enablement, and operational governance across multiple commodities and regions. • Direct operational execution for critical supply chain activities involving memory, SSD, CPU, GPUs, HDDs, silicon and suppliers supporting SOI models. • Establish operational priorities and drive alignment across sourcing, supply planning, procurement, finance, and manufacturing partners. Supplier Performance Management • Own and govern supplier performance management processes for IIH. • Define, review, and communicate supplier scorecards, quality, delivery, and operational metrics to executive leadership, GCMs and SRM teams. Buy/Sell Program Governance • Serve as the consulting and approval authority for Buy/Sell opportunities that mitigate shortages and secure strategic component availability. • Evaluate and authorize Buy/Sell opportunities to mitigate supply shortages and secure strategic component availability. • Oversee Buy/Sell execution, including pricing, SKU setup, supplier onboarding, operational readiness, and warehouse strategy, utilization, and optimization in partnership with GLO. Supplier Risk & Financial Exposure Management • Monitor IIH supplier financial health, credit capacity, liquidity, payment exposure, financing limitations, credit holds, SBLC constraints, and related supply risks; lead mitigation actions to protect continuity. • Lead mitigation strategies for supplier financing limitations, credit holds, SBLC constraints, and payment-related supply risks. • Ensure procurement and financial exposure controls meet SOX requirements for approvals, segregation of duties, evidence retention, audit readiness, and remediation of control gaps. • undefined • Partner with Global Trade Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Logistics to ensure supplier onboarding, sourcing commitments, procurement transactions, and cross-border material flows comply with import, export, sanctions, customs, and trade-control requirements. • Lead ISSO Business Continuity Planning by assessing geographic, logistics, financial, and compliance risks; maintaining continuity and recovery plans; reviewing readiness; and coordinating mitigation with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders. Supply Continuity & Shortage Management • Serve as the executive escalation and decision point for shortages, constrained materials, allocations, inventory positioning, backlog recovery, and alternate sourcing, working with Supply Planning and Operations to protect revenue and customer commitments. • Drive cross-functional decisions regarding inventory positioning, material allocation, backlog recovery, and alternate sourcing strategies. • Work closely with Supply Planning and Operations teams to determine the most effective actions to protect revenue and customer commitments. Transformation & Process Governance • Lead operational transformation through simplification, automation, standardization, and governance of IIH, supply-gap processes, sourcing enhancements, system upgrades, and new sourcing and planning workflows developed with business process owners. • Provide leadership oversight for Inbound Inventory Hub (IIH), supply gap governance, sourcing process enhancements, and system upgrades. • Partner with business process owners to develop and implement new sourcing and planning workflows. People Development & Empowerment • Build and empower a high-performing global organization by setting clear expectations, delegating decision authority, and holding teams accountable for business outcomes. Develop leaders and team members through feedback, development plans, stretch assignments, strategic exposure, succession planning, continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and cross-regional collaboration. • Coach and mentor leaders and team members through regular feedback, development planning, stretch assignments, and exposure to strategic initiatives that expand capabilities and prepare talent for broader responsibilities. • Establish succession plans and strengthen the leadership pipeline for critical roles while promoting continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and cross-regional collaboration. • Foster an inclusive, trusted, and recognition-focused culture that values diverse perspectives, encourages innovation and constructive challenge, and visibly acknowledges contributions. Executive Stakeholder Engagement • Represent ISSO in executive reviews, leadership meetings, supply reviews, and business-planning forums; provide strategic recommendations and operational risk assessments; and influence sourcing strategy, supplier engagement models, and operational policy. • Provide strategic recommendations and operational risk assessments to senior operations leadership. • Influence sourcing strategy, supplier engagement models, and operational policy decisions. Education and Experience Required: • First level university degree or equivalent experience; advanced university degree preferred. • 12+ years of experience in Supply Chain, with demonstrated progressive people leadership experience. • Must have experience managing large teams and/or organizations. • Significant Supply Chain and Operations background preferred, with experience in multiple disciplines (e.g., manufacturing, planning, logistics, etc.). Knowledge and Skills: • Superior understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes and strategy requirements. • Advanced understanding of