Sourcing Engineer

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Sourcing Engineer

Sedalia, MO;
Springfield, MO; or Bentleyville, PA

Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission‑critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability.

Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end‑markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset.

We are seeking a highly skilled, motivated, and results‑oriented Sourcing Engineer to support our NASH, Hibon, Fruitland, Excelsior Blower Systems, and Stamford Scientific International Aeration. The Sourcing Engineer will be a member of our Process Flow Technologies Sourcing Organization providing Ingersoll Rand with optimal supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality, and delivery performance. The Sourcing Engineer builds and leverages strong working relationships with our engineering, operations and quality teams and key suppliers to ensure achievement of cost, quality, and delivery targets, as well as work towards good supplier relationships to achieve maximum results for Ingersoll Rand and our customers.

• Lead negotiations and supplier selection
• Continuously look for new savings opportunities through analysis of data (spend, purchase price variance, etc.) and hands‑on review of materials in the production areas
• Lead Request for Proposal (RFP) process with all stakeholders
• Work with suppliers and internal team members to qualify new parts
• Negotiate key items with suppliers including pricing, payment terms, lead time, and inventory programs
• Lead Supplier Development initiatives for chronic poor performance suppliers
• Record and track information as required for timely and accurate measurement of performance regarding sourcing activities and savings
• Support the plants to help local teams efficiently resolve escalated issues
• Identify gaps to goals and collaboratively develop and support countermeasures and activities to close the gap and exceed targets
• Work to align strategies between commodity and sector localization, plant rationalization and similar
• Work with suppliers to address significant and/or systemic issues with performance (quality, delivery, warranty, etc.) as may be required in support of plant Manufacturing, Purchasing and Quality teams
• Coordinate with commodity teams, materials, operations, engineering, finance, quality, and field operations to complete projects and achieve expected benefits within project timeline
• Create continuous improvement ideation sessions for responsible plants. Generate and evaluate new ideas and opportunities aligned with plant priorities and strategies
• Participate in and represent Sourcing function during plant or product Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) or Major Model Review (MMR) events. Responsible for collecting and communicating commodity actions following event
• Perform additional duties as assigned and participate in special projects as required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years of sourcing experience
• 1+ years of experience using Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Word. Proficiency using Excel at an advanced level (use financial and logical…