Job Description Summary
The Lead Sourcing Specialist is responsible for defining and executing sourcing strategies at the business or plant level. This role partners closely with crossfunctional teams to achieve optimal cost, quality, delivery, and supplier performance while ensuring compliance with company policies and internal customer satisfaction. The position operates with a moderate degree of autonomy and applies analytical thinking to solve complex, daytoday sourcing challenges
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Lead costout initiatives, including alternate source identification and qualification
- Manage supplier and part qualification processes in collaboration with engineering, quality, and operations teams
- Analyze supplier markets, competitive dynamics, and differentiators to support informed sourcing decisions
- Serve as a resource and mentor for less experienced colleagues; provide guidance and share best practices
- Drive alignment and consensus across crossfunctional stakeholders
- Communicate performance expectations and address sensitive supplier or internal issues as needed
- Apply judgment to propose solutions beyond established parameters for complex sourcing challenges
- Use technical experience, analytical thinking, and data prioritization to support decisionmaking
- Leverage multiple internal and limited external data sources to arrive at sound sourcing decisions
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Sourcing, Materials or Global Supply Chain Experience
- Strong financial/ quantitative, analytical skills, data driven
- Working knowledge in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access & PowerPoint), Tableau.
Desired Characteristics
- Experience in supplier development
- Experience with SAP ERP system
- Commodity/ FX Risk Management Experience
- Highly motivated/ results/ metrics driven with a desire to learn and grow in sourcing /supply chain
- Demonstrated negotiation and contract management skills, as well as ability to leverage data to prioritize
- Capable of challenging the status quo, driving process improvements, direct material productivity and cost out.
- Strong oral and written communication skills
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
