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Honeywell Sr Director, Strategic Sourcing – Installation Category Management in Atlanta, Georgia
Honeywell is seeking a Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing to lead the Installation Center of Excellence as part of the Projects Center of Excellence. This is a transformation role, not business as usual, with a mandate to modernize how Honeywell sources, contracts, and partners with installation and subcontracting suppliers globally.
The role owns the enterprise subcontracting strategy across Honeywell businesses, representing approximately $500M in annual external spend, and is accountable for driving cost, speed, and competitiveness through standardized processes, fitforpurpose contracting, shouldcosting, value engineering, and AIenabled automation.
This position requires a leader who can define strategy and execute it alongside the team, with a hands-on leadership style and the ability to personally engage in analysis, executive materials, and critical discussions. The role operates in a highly matrixed environment and relies on influence, credibility, and delivery to achieve results.
Enterprise Strategy and Transformation
Lead Honeywell’s global installation and subcontracting sourcing strategy across businesses
Drive transformation from fragmented, manual practices to standardized, scalable operating models
Act as senior change leader to ensure enterprise adoption and value realization
Financial and Performance Ownership
Own pre and postaward savings delivery in partnership with business teams
Drive RFQ cycletime reduction, bid quality improvement, margin expansion and winrate enablement
Establish and track performance metrics across savings, speed, and preferred supplier utilization
Process, Commercial and Risk Excellence
Deploy standardized value engineering and postmortem processes for major projects
Partner with Legal to implement fitforpurpose subcontracting and risk frameworks
Support and lead escalation of complex, highimpact subcontracting negotiations
Tools, Digital and AI Enablement
Lead deployment of shouldcosting, RFQ tools, and AIenabled process automation
Serve as key stakeholder and decision preparer for sourcing technology investments
Ensure tools materially simplify daytoday execution and drive measurable outcomes
Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement
Lead a global, matrixed team of regional Installation COE leaders
Influence senior business, project, and functional stakeholders without direct authority
Represent Honeywell with strategic subcontractor partners globally
What Success Looks Like (18–24 Months)
Shouldcosting, value engineering, and AI automation are fully deployed and embedded in daily project execution
Subcontracting processes are faster, simpler, and consistently adopted across regions and businesses
Preferred subcontractor frameworks are active, scaled globally, and used by the businesses
Sustainable savings are delivered above AOP while improving execution quality and subcontractor engagement
Sourcing is viewed as an enabling partner that improves speed, competitiveness, and outcomes
Must Have
Significant experience in Strategic Sourcing
Proven track record leading largescale transformations in complex, matrixed organizations
Strong problem-solving capabilities and comfort operating in ambiguity
Handson leadership style with the ability to personally drive analysis and executive materials
Experience influencing senior stakeholders across multiple functions and regions
Strongly Preferred
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or supply chain management
MBA in Supply Chain Management
Experience with projects, EPC, installation, or subcontracting sourcing
Exposure to construction or trade subcontracting environments
Experience with shouldcost modeling and contract management
Familiarity with digital sourcing tools and AIenabled process automation
Global experience working across diverse regional markets
Additional Information
Expected travel less than 25 percent
Location is flexible between Atlanta, Houston, and Charlotte
Role requires both strategic leadership and hands-on execution
Honeywell International Inc. (Nasdaq: HON) invents and commercializes technologies that address some of the world’s most critical challenges around energy, safety, security, air travel, productivity, and global urbanization. We are a leading software-industrial company committed to introducing state of the art technology solutions to improve efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and safety in high growth businesses in broad-based, attractive industrial end markets. Our products and solutions enable a safer, more comfortable, and more productive world, enhancing the quality of life of people around the globe. Learn more about Honeywell: click here (https://www.honeywell.com/us/en)
Honeywell helps organizations solve the world's most complex challenges in automation, the future of aviation and energy transition. As a trusted partner, we provide actionable solutions and innovation through our Aerospace Technologies, Building Automation, Energy and Sustainability Solutions, and Industrial Automation business segments – powered by our Honeywell Forge software – that help make the world smarter, safer and more sustainable.
Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.