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• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impacton the world around you.
• Growing your expertiseand expanding your skillset with every project.
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At Veralto, our unifying purpose of Safeguarding the World's Most Vital Resources is more than words: it's a proven path towards positive change, improvement for our planet, and development for yourself.

Whether we're ensuring the continued availability of clean drinking water, protecting our waterways, or enhancing the traceability, color accuracy, and packaging of everyday essentials, the work we do every day contributes to a safer world and a more sustainable future.

When you join Veralto's vibrant global network of 14 operating companies and 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you'll have boundless opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career.

Reporting to the Vice President, Corporate Procurement & Supply Chain, the Director, Global Sourcing - Mechanical & Chemical will play a key enterprise leadership role in shaping how Veralto sources the critical materials that power our global operating companies. This role will set and execute sourcing strategies across mechanical commodities, chemical categories, and related manufacturing inputs-driving measurable impact through cost productivity, supplier performance, supply assurance, risk mitigation, responsible sourcing, and commercial excellence.

This is a high-visibility opportunity to influence across a global, matrixed organization, leverage Veralto's scale, and partner with leaders across the business to strengthen our supply base, improve margins, and deliver meaningful results.

This position is part of the Corporate Procurement & Supply Chain team based in Waltham, MA and will follow a hybrid work model. Candidates who can work hybrid from Wood Dale, IL, Loveland, CO, or Glen Allen, VA will also be considered.

This role includes domestic and international travel up to 40% of the time.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

Lead Enterprise Category Strategy

• Develop and execute global category strategies for mechanical and chemical sourcing categories, including metals, castings, machined components, plastics, fabricated assemblies, resins, solvents, reagents, specialty chemicals, packaging, and related manufacturing inputs.
• 3-5 year category roadmaps that align with Veralto's business priorities, margin expansion goals, and operating company needs.

• Leverage market intelligence, should-cost analysis, commodity trends, chemical feedstock dynamics, regulatory considerations, and total cost of ownership tools to support decision-making and budgeting, and executive business reviews.

Deliver Sourcing Excellence

• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier negotiations, contracting activities, and supplier selection processes.
• Deliver validated productivity improvements, cost reductions, and supplier consolidation opportunities across operating companies.
• Manage category productivity funnels and ensure achievement of annual savings commitments.

Strengthen Supplier Performance & Governance

• Establish preferred supplier programs and executive-level supplier governance models.
• Monitor supplier performance across quality, delivery, cost, innovation, sustainability, and risk.
• Expand enterprise adoption of strategic supplier relationships and global framework agreements.

Manage Risk, Compliance & Sustainability

• Develop sourcing strategies that improve supply continuity and reduce exposure to geopolitical, tariff, logistics, and commodity-market risks.
• Partner with regulatory, quality, and EHS teams to ensure compliance and responsible sourcing practices.
• Leverage EcoVadis and similar tools to improve supplier sustainability visibility and performance.

Influence Across the Enterprise

• Partner with sourcing leaders, engineering, operations, finance, legal, and executive stakeholders across Veralto operating companies.
• Support acquisition integration and sourcing synergy initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement through the Veralto Enterprise System, including Kaizen events, standard work, and cross-functional problem solving.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience leading strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or operations initiatives within a global manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience developing and executing category strategies across mechanical components, and chemical categories. Additional direct-material category management is a plus.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide sourcing initiatives and influencing stakeholders in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Strong commercial acumen, including supplier negotiations, contract management, cost productivity, total costs, cost drivers, and value creation.
• Experience leveraging spend analytics, market intelligence, and digital procurement tools to support sourcing decisions.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as business needs require for up to 40% of the time.

It would be nice if you also possess:

• Advanced degree (MBA or Master's) and/or professional certifications such as CPSM, CPM, or CIPS.
• Experience with regulated manufacturing environments, chemical sourcing, supplier qualification, or global regulatory frameworks.
• Experience with supplier sustainability, responsible sourcing, EcoVadis, and supplier risk management programs.
• Experience supporting M&A, integration activities, or enterprise-wide transformation initiatives.
• Experience with Lean, DBS, VES, or other continuous improvement operating systems.
• Experience with AI tools and e-sourcing tools.

We anticipate this requisition will be open for a minimum of five days, though it may be open for a longer period of time. We encourage your prompt application.

We offer:

• Bonus/incentive pay and equity awards for eligible roles
• A flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• Paid holidays and a permissive paid time off policy emphasizing flexibility and trust
• Ongoing investment in your career through dedicated training, on-the-job development, and coaching
• Total rewards that support your success at work and beyond, including comprehensive health benefits, a 401(k) savings plan with employer match, and associate wellbeing programming with rewards

With annual sales of$5.5 billion, Veralto is a global leader in essential technology solutions with a proven track record of solving some of the most complex challenges we face as a society. Our industry-leading companies with globally recognized brands are building on a long-established legacy of innovation and customer trust to create a safer, cleaner, more vibrant future.

Veralto's Water Quality companies-Aquatic Informatics, ChemTreat, Hach, Kipp & Zonen, McCrometer, Ott, Sea-Bird Scientific, Trojan Technologies, and XOS-manage, treat, purify, and protect the global water supply, from municipal and wastewater treatment facilities to lakes, rivers, watersheds, and oceans. And our Product Quality & Innovation companies-Esko, Linx, TraceGains Videojet, and X-Rite Pantone-protect the world's food, medicine, and essentials by tracking and authenticating the billions of goods that travel the global supply chain every day. Veralto is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with 300+ locations worldwide.

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The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate's position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

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