Strategic Sourcing and Contracting Specialist

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Tapestry Solutions, A Boeing Company, brings over 30 years of industry experience designing, implementing, training, and supporting high-quality, cost-effective information technology and business intelligence solutions. With a dedicated team of approximately 500 professionals, we proudly serve 75 defense, commercial, and government clients across more than 50 U.S. locations and 9 countries worldwide.

As a trusted partner, our employees embody our core values by consistently delivering excellence, taking full ownership, and developing innovative solutions that enable critical missions and ensure the safety of our global customers and team members. Joining Tapestry Solutions means enjoying the best of both worlds: access to the vast resources of Boeing combined with the agility and people-focused, family-oriented culture of a small business where your contributions truly matter.

This role will work alongside The Boeing Company’s Indirect Supply Chain (ISC) organization within the Information, Digital Technology & Security (IDT&S) team. As a Strategic Sourcing and Contracting Specialist, you will own end-to-end procurement activities including early engagement with stakeholders, sourcing strategy development, RFP authoring, proposal analysis, terms and conditions negotiation, and purchase orders. The successful candidate will have strong knowledge of the procurement lifecycle, experience in supplier negotiations, and an established record of managing supplier relationships with mutually beneficial outcomes.

• Evaluate supplier capabilities, performance, and market offerings
• Develop source selection, negotiation, and contracting strategies that satisfy customer needs
• Negotiate long‑term agreements (terms and conditions)
• Create and oversee strategic contracts
• Engage in stakeholder and contract lifecycle management
• Support the objectives of other teams: legal counsel, security, procurement, trade compliance, manufacturing, program office, engineering, program controls, supply chain, and quality assurance
• Support the development and implementation of category strategies
• Demonstrate strong business and financial insight
• Recommend and implement supply chain process improvements
• Participate in cross‑functional teams to identify and develop implementation plans
• Support and collaborate with strategic Boeing subsidiaries
• Ensure supplier compliance with company Terms and Conditions and other trade compliance/legal requirements
• Support FAR/DFARS compliance activities and ensure team adherence to internal processes in alignment with DCAA audit requirements and AS9100 standards

• 3+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, supply chain, or contracts
• 1+ years of experience collaborating with IT suppliers and negotiating IT contracts

• 3+ years of experience negotiating, interpreting, and editing terms and conditions leveraging the support of a contracts team
• 3+ years of experience collaborating with IT suppliers and negotiating IT contracts
• 3+ years of experience implementing process and/or strategy improvements
• Project leadership skills and the ability to build positive working relationships
• Professional verbal and written communication skills, frequently leveraged when presenting to all levels of an organization
• Experience working with international suppliers
• Familiarity with FAR/DFARS and relevant procurement regulations
• Knowledge of industry regulations and compliance requirements
• Experience with Deltek Costpoint software

We are a Drug Free Workplace where post‑offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.