Sr. Sourcing Lead

At Polaris Inc., we have fun doing what we love by driving change and innovation. We empower employees to take on challenging assignments and roles with an elevated level of responsibility in our agile working environment. Our people make us who we are, and we create incredible products and experiences that empower us to THINK OUTSIDE.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Sourcing Lead to drive strategic sourcing initiatives that deliver long-term value, cost optimization, and supply assurance across assigned categories. This role plays a critical part in shaping sourcing strategies, strengthening supplier partnerships, and mitigating risk in a complex, global environment. The Senior Sourcing Lead will lead high-impact sourcing engagements, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and support business objectives at both regional and global levels while contributing thought leadership and capability development within the sourcing organization.

• Master's degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a related field
• Experience with in the automotive, powersports, or assembly manufacturing industries
• Strong understanding of Polaris products, business model, and sourcing needs
• Demonstrated passion for Polaris products and a continuous improvement mindset

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, or procurement
• Proven experience leading complex negotiations and managing high-value contracts
• Proficiency in English and Spanish with strong written and verbal communication skills

The Senior Sourcing Lead is responsible for leading end-to-end strategic sourcing activities, including opportunity assessment, RFX development, negotiations, contracting, and implementation.

The role develops and executes multi-year category strategies aligned with business, financial, and risk objectives while identifying cost-saving, value-engineering, and supply-assurance opportunities. This position partners closely with Legal to ensure contracts meet compliance requirements and effectively protect company interests. Responsibilities include ensuring post-award execution and value realization, managing supplier performance, and identifying and mitigating supply, geopolitical, financial, and capacity risks. The Senior Sourcing Lead translates business needs into commercially sound sourcing strategies and influences stakeholders without direct authority to align on decisions.

The role also supports ESG, sustainability, and supplier diversity initiatives where applicable and ensures sourcing activities comply with company policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements. In addition, the Senior Sourcing Lead mentors junior sourcing professionals, contributes best practices, and supports process improvements and capability-building efforts. Oversight of asset management systems is required to ensure legal compliance. Key deliverables include developing supplier identification matrices, establishing business relationships with public and private sourcing channels, conducting rapid plant assessments during supplier visits, supporting supplier localization efforts, delivering regular stakeholder updates, and driving year-over-year cost savings, supplier performance improvements, and risk reduction.

This role operates in a fast-paced, hybrid office environment and requires frequent global travel, approximately 50-60% of the time.

We are an ambitious, resourceful, and driven workforce, which empowers us to THINK OUTSIDE.

As the global leader in powersports, Polaris Inc. (NYSE: PII) pioneers product breakthroughs and enriching experiences and services that have invited people to discover the joy of being outdoors since our founding in 1954. Proudly headquartered in Minnesota, Polaris serves more than 100 countries across the globe.

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