Mgr, Strategic Sourcing

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HVAC Segment SPX Technologies’ HVAC Segment delivers mission-critical heating, cooling, and engineered air movement solutions for the world’s most demanding environments — including healthcare, life sciences, data centers, high demand industrial and commercial operations, and essential infrastructure. We operate a market-leading portfolio of trusted brands that set the standard for how HVAC systems are designed, selected, and evolved — delivering purpose-built, sustainable solutions for engineers, owners, and contractors across critical environments worldwide.

Our technologies support environments where performance, reliability, and precision are essential enabling safe, efficient, and resilient operations when it matters most.

Manage a category of materials/parts, including owning category strategy, supplier selection and approval process, negotiation, contracts and while adhering to the HVAC SS business processes. This position will be responsible for leading all sourcing strategy development to support both short- and long-term strategies of the businesses, including year over year improvements in current and new product material cost, quality, availability and inventory.

As a member of the HVAC Strategic Sourcing Team, the Logistics Category Manager will own strategic sourcing for transportation and warehousing / 3PL services, along with other categories. This role leads supplier selection and negotiation, drives cost and performance improvements, and mitigates risk to support on‑time delivery and business growth.

While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:

• Develop and execute short and long-term sourcing strategies that support technical, quality and commercial requirements.
• Optimize cost and supply chains
• Regularly adapt sourcing strategies in relation to market trends and business requirements to enhance effectiveness
• Incorporate risk mitigation, LCC sourcing
• Develop exit strategies for suppliers that don’t meet SPX supplier standards
• Lead the strategic sourcing process including supplier identification, selection, RFX, negotiation, supplier/contract negotiation.
• Subject Matter Expert for assigned category; uses knowledge/expertise of category to manage cost drivers, changing supply base, and market innovation to capture lower costs and/or high value alternatives to meet stakeholder needs
• Acquires a deep understanding of the supply markets that provide material, products, or services. Assesses the supply market, our current and future state to develop sourcing strategies and risk mitigation.
• Establish relationships with functional and divisional peers and leaders to ensure sourcing strategies align with our business goals and objectives.
• Proven track record in driving productivity and value-add through negotiations and supplier management.
• Utilize formal sourcing processes for category strategy, supplier selection, qualification, contracting and ongoing management.
• Support and influence NPD (New Product Development) programs in a cross functional setting with product management, engineering, manufacturing, and quality.
• Identifies and aggregates technical, commercial, risk, opportunity, and demand requirements for contract negotiation. Lead negotiation and execution of agreements.
• Work with the CoE regarding Supplier Management strategy and approach including Supplier Relationship Management, Performance Management, Issue Resolution, and the qualification of new suppliers
• VA/VE - Work closely with long term suppliers to manage this core supply base for productivity/cost down initiatives using VA/VE tools.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the world-class supply chain process to ensure that existing processes are targeted to attain excellence versus industry benchmarks.

We each bring something to the table, and we are looking for someone who has:

• 5 to 8 years’ relevant work experience in…