Sr. Field Sourcing Specialist

Sr. Field Sourcing Specialist

Location:

Long Beach, CA
- Management
- Regional Office

How will you contribute and grow?

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the unique perspectives of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders, and cultures across the world. We believe that a variety of backgrounds makes our team stronger and more innovative.

At Airgas, we respect, honor, and value diversity.

Airgas is hiring for a Field Sourcing Specialist in Long Beach, CA! We are looking for you!

Pay: $95,000-$115,000/year

Comprehensive family benefits:
Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including medical, dental, and vision plans, short-term and long-term disability, life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), pre-tax commuter transportation benefit, parental leave, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave, and paid holidays for all eligible full-time employees.

Support for parents:
We offer a 14-week paid child birth benefit to support growing families.

Future security: 401(k) retirement plan with company match, tuition assistance, paid holidays, vacation, and sick time

Early access:
Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment

As a Sr. Field Sourcing Specialist, you will deliver dedicated, professional sourcing services to your assigned business unit or operating zone, driving bottom-line value through safety, operational efficiency, compliance, and cost savings. In this high-ownership role, you will lead the full end-to-end procurement process—from managing bidder relationships, conducting job walks, and negotiating commercial terms to authoring contracts and executing regional frame agreements.

Operating as a critical link between supply chain strategy and plant operations, you will proactively manage risk and vendor performance, lead sourcing for high-stakes plant turnarounds (TAR), facilitate asset sales, and provide responsive, hands-on support—including after-hours emergency coverage—to meet core business needs.

Provide dedicated sourcing and value-creation services to assigned operating zones, directly supporting organizational safety, efficiency, compliance, and savings goals. Primary responsibilities span competitive bidding, proposal evaluation, price and terms negotiation, vendor management, and asset sales.

Bidding & Sourcing Execution

• Lead bidding and sourcing activities for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit (BU)
• Manage all contact between Air Liquide and bidders.
• Assist in developing technical specifications and/or scopes of work with internal customers.
• Investigate, qualify and recommend bidders.
• Develop and issue formal requests for quotes (RFQ's).
• Lead job walks and bid clarification meetings with internal customers.
• Issue clarifications or amendments to the specification or work scope to all bidders.
• Complete commercial bid tabulations.
• Complete technical bid tabulations including analysis with internal customers.
• Negotiate final price and commercial terms.
• Make sourcing recommendations to internal customers.
• Author and execute materials and services contracts as required.

Commercial Risk & Compliance Management

• Identify and address business risks during the bidding and sourcing process.
• Verify that all contractors are appropriately pre-screened for safety, and initiate the contractor pre-screening process for new contractors as required.
• Verify that hold harmless and indemnification documentation is in place as well as a current certificate of insurance is on file with all contractors. Initiate and negotiate hold harmless and indemnification documentation for new contractors as required.
• Verify that critical suppliers are on the approved supplier list, and initiate the critical supplier qualification process for new suppliers as required.

Capital, Maintenance & Turnaround (TAR) Sourcing

• Attend and actively participate in budget planning meetings for assigned BU or zone.
• Actively participate in TAR planning meetings.
• Lead TAR procurement planning process and pre-TAR supplier site visits.
• Maintain TAR activity…