Sourcing Specialist

Job Description

Industry: Manufacturing & Production

Job Category:
Materials Management
- Supply Chain

Support supply related activities for a facility to deliver excellence and integration between procurement and the team supporting facility.

• Develop Supplier Roadmaps
  • Create, maintain, and continuously improve roadmaps for assigned categories.
  • Ensure roadmaps align with organizational goals, future market trends, and global supply chain strategy.
  • Drive standardization, automation, and consistency of supplier planning tools and systems across the organization.
• Supplier Market Intelligence
  • Maintain deep knowledge of global supplier markets, emerging technologies, and alternative manufacturing methods.
  • Identify new sourcing opportunities, potential suppliers, and disruptive capabilities that enhance competitiveness and supply chain resilience.
• Supplier Capacity & Scalability Analysis
  • Assess and monitor supplier production capacity, scalability, and contingency capabilities to ensure alignment with demand forecasts and growth plans.
  • Support sourcing decisions with robust capacity and risk evaluations as sourcing strategies mature.
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain risks, including capacity constraints, geopolitical exposure, and supply continuity threats.
  • Develop and maintain contingency and risk mitigation plans in collaboration with value stream and stakeholders.
• Cross Functional Collaboration
  • Work closely with Engineering, Operations, Finance, and other internal teams to align strategies with business needs, technical requirements, and financial objectives.
• Continuous Improvement
  • Monitor supplier performance metrics.
  • Implement best practices and continuous improvement initiatives to drive efficiency, resilience, and cost savings across the supply base.

• Business or Engineering degree
• Extensive experience in a sourcing role
• Experience in supply chain sourcing, ideally in machining and forging.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization.

It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of essential job functions as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

• Base Salary - USD $128,470 to $192,710
• Full-time
• Benefits
  - Full
• Relocation Assistance Available
  - No
• Commission Compensation
  - No
• Bonus Eligible
  - No
• Overtime Eligible
  - No
• Interview Travel Reimbursed
  - No

• 5+ to 7 years experience
• Seniority Level
  - Mid-Senior
• Management Experience Required
  - No
• Minimum Education
  - Bachelor's Degree
• Willingness to Travel
  - Never
• Security Clearance Required
  - No
• Visa Candidate Considered
  - No