Senior Manager Sourcing

About the role

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at

Job Summary

The Senior Manager, Procurement leads the second pillar of Distech Controls' Procurement organization, covering all commodities (outside Electronics) as well as indirect spend, strategic projects, new product lines, and build-buy-partner decisions.

This role requires a diversified sourcing and supply chain leader who can move effectively across direct and indirect categories, manufacturing and service environments, make-or-buy analysis, supplier development, and enterprise transformation. The leader will build category strategies, strengthen governance, improve processes, and develop the team through clear priorities, common tools, disciplined execution, and measurable outcomes.

A critical part of the mandate is the management of strategic partners whose role extends beyond a conventional supplier-buyer relationship. The successful candidate will understand joint roadmaps, shared investments, intellectual property, capacity commitments, operating interdependencies, risk sharing, governance, and long-term value creation, while building strong partnerships across Distech Controls and other Acuity Group companies.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

Leadership & Sourcing Strategy

Team Leadership

Lead, coach, and develop a team responsible for direct commodities, indirect spend, and strategic supply chain initiatives.

Category Strategy

Own sourcing strategies for mechanical, plastics, packaging, services, and other indirect categories (excluding electronics).

Strategic Analysis

Lead structured make-or-buy analyses and develop scalable supply models for new product lines, from concept through industrialization.

Strategic Partnerships

• Manage key partners through executive governance, joint business plans, shared roadmaps, risk management, and co-development (with a focus on data center market expansion).
• Governance & Business Contribution (Distech & Acuity)

Financial Performance

Improve gross margin and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) through competitive sourcing, value analysis, and supplier productivity.

Indirect Spend

Establish robust governance for indirect spend, including preferred suppliers, competitive tendering, and compliance tracking.

Group Synergies

Collaborate across Acuity Group companies to align strategies, share market intelligence, and increase enterprise purchasing leverage.

Supply Resilience

• Strengthen the supply chain through risk mapping, alternate strategies, capacity planning, and business continuity.
• Process Improvement & Collaboration

Transformation

Design, standardize, and continuously improve sourcing and contracting processes to eliminate waste and reduce cycle times (Lean principles).

Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted strategic partner to Operations, Finance, Engineering, Quality, and IT to improve end-to-end value streams and coordinate trade-offs.
• Skills

Skills and Minimum Experience Required

Experience

• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, operations, or supply chain within a matrix or international environment.
• Proven expertise across multiple direct/indirect categories, make-or-buy decisions, and complex contract negotiations.
• Demonstrated success in governing strategic alliances, indirect spend management, and driving continuous process improvement.

Education & Assets

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Operations, or Finance (Master's/MBA is an asset).
• Professional designations (CIPS, CPSM, ISM, Lean, Six Sigma) are highly preferred.
• Experience with ERP implementation, value stream mapping, and contract drafting are considered strong assets.

Communication

Bilingual in French and English: to serve our clients and suppliers across Canada and the United States

Core Capabilities

Strategic leadership, financial acumen, cross-functional influence, and analytical rigor.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• A versatile sourcing leader with a broad business perspective.
• You combine commercial discipline with collaborative leadership, easily distinguishing a strategic partnership from a transactional relationship.
• You excel at translating complex make-or-buy, indirect-spend, and operating-model decisions into practical execution and measurable business value.