Sourcing Specialist

# Sourcing SpecialistROSENBERG, TX 77471## Overview Position Type Full Time Category Supply  Chain## Description# Position Summary The Sourcing Specialist is a hands-on, execution-focused role responsible for keeping pricing accurate and current, fulfilling sample requests, reporting on pricing and market activity, managing underperforming vendors, and serving as the primary point of contact for incoming requests from suppliers and plants. The role supports direct chemical raw materials and indirect categories across the company's five U.S. manufacturing sites and is central to maintaining clean, defensible pricing data and reliable supplier service levels.

The position is structured as approximately 70 percent tactical execution and 30 percent strategic support. The Specialist works closely with the Manager of Strategic Sourcing in Texas and coordinates on a dotted-line basis with site leadership in South Carolina and Massachusetts to ensure consistency across all locations. In addition to sourcing duties, the role supports inventory management, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), and integration initiatives.

The successful candidate is well organized, approachable, and available as needed to provide responsive support in a busy supply chain environment.#

Key Responsibilities ## Pricing Accuracy and Maintenance (Primary)
* Maintain accurate, current pricing across all raw material and indirect categories in the ERP systems, ensuring purchase order pricing matches contracted and quoted terms.
* Validate price changes, surcharges, and freight terms against supplier agreements and published benchmarks before they are loaded.
* Identify and resolve pricing discrepancies between vendor invoices, purchase orders, and contracts in coordination with Accounts Payable.
* Create and maintain costing templates and landed-cost models, ensuring freight, duty, tariff, fees, and tax are accurately applied so total landed cost is correct in the system.
* Enrich and clean item and pricing data across multiple plant sites and ERP environments to support data integrity standards.## Sample Requests and Supplier Coordination
* Fulfill and track sample requests from plants and internal stakeholders, coordinating with suppliers on timing, documentation, and delivery.
* Serve as the central intake point for incoming requests from suppliers and plant locations, triaging and routing items to the correct owner and following them to closure.
* Maintain responsive, professional communication with suppliers and internal customers across all five sites.## Pricing and Market Reporting
* Prepare and distribute recurring pricing reports, including price and lead-time movement on key materials.
* Track surcharges and market indicators, supporting close-the-loop responses with supplier representatives.
* Compile bid comparisons and quote summaries to support sourcing decisions and negotiations.## Underperforming Vendor Management
* Monitor supplier performance against expectations for pricing accuracy, delivery, quality, and responsiveness.
* Document and manage underperforming vendors through a structured process, escalating unresolved issues to sourcing leadership.
* Support de-sourcing and alternate-source qualification activities as directed.## Strategic Support
* Support RFP and competitive bidding events, including data preparation, supplier outreach, and analysis.
* Develop should-cost and total cost of ownership (TCO) models to support negotiations and sourcing decisions.
* Support capital expenditure (Cap Ex) sourcing, including quote collection, bid summaries, and supplier evaluation.
* Apply negotiation techniques in supplier discussions to secure accurate pricing, favorable terms, and cost reductions.
* Contribute to…