Sourcing Engineer

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Sourcing Engineer

Onsite in Mocksville, NC or Buffalo, NY or Charlotte, NC

Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.

Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sourcing Engineer to join our Compression Systems & Services Americas Sourcing Organization. This role involves supporting the development, implementation, and management of sourcing strategies to provide optimal supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality, and delivery performance. The Sourcing Engineer collaborates with engineering, operations, and quality teams, as well as key suppliers, to meet cost, quality and delivery targets while fostering positive supplier relationships.

• Lead supplier selection, negotiations, and RFP processes, including pricing, payment terms, lead times, and inventory programs, while fostering strong supplier relationships.
• Identify and implement cost‑saving opportunities through data analysis, hands‑on material reviews, and continuous improvement ideation sessions aligned with plant priorities.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to qualify new parts, address supplier performance issues, and ensure alignment with operational strategies like localization and plant rationalization.
• Support new product development (NPD) activities by managing preliminary project costs, driving procurement efforts, and aligning with business cases through product launch.
• Track and report sourcing activity metrics and savings, ensuring timely and accurate performance measurement while supporting plant teams in resolving escalated issues.
• Coordinate with cross‑functional teams—including commodity, materials, operations, engineering, finance, and quality—to complete projects within timelines and achieve expected benefits.
• Represent the sourcing function in Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) and Major Model Review (MMR) events, ensuring post‑event actions are executed effectively.
• Promote continuous improvement through ideation sessions, aligning strategies to business priorities and addressing systemic supplier performance issues in quality, delivery, and warranty.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience working in an industrial manufacturing environment with either sourcing experience or experience working with suppliers.
• 2+ years of experience with vendor assessments and negotiating supplier agreements.
• 2+ years of experience with Microsoft Excel.

• Complex decision‑making
• Supply chain acumen
• Project management
• Relationship management

• Lean manufacturing experience.
• Experience using an ERP or CRM tool, preference is either Oracle, SAP or QLIK.

• Onsite with up to 20% travel.

The pay range for this role is $80,000- $90,000. The pay range considers a wide range of factors that include a candidate’s skills; experience and training; licensure and…