Sourcing Managers #IN1271

Manage sourcing and purchasing strategies aimed at reducing cost, minimizing risk, and optimizing business processes. Manage regional, commodity and new product purchasing teams, and promote alignment of purchasing strategy with business unit and supply chain goals. Implement policies and metrics to ensure the best combination of cost, quality and delivery. Establish category strategy using Total Value Performance (TVP) approach to define the Supply Base, Tooling and Technology Strategy to meet all current and future needs. Identify, plan, and implement continuous improvement opportunities within the supply chain, and validate sourcing and contract activities of sourcing teams. Critically identify an issue’s scope and parameters while analyzing it from multiple perspectives, and determine the root cause as well as broad implications of issues by applying a variety of analytical tools and processes, including Six Sigma. Utilize extensive experience with managing execution to coordinate performance across regions, teams, and departments on complex projects and work flows, and effectively delegate to ensure completion of complex product projects. Utilize knowledge of Supply Base Risk Management to manage and leverage supplier selection and dual sourcing opportunities as a first line of defense against supplier risk. Develop the strategy for and lead negotiations with suppliers to consistently deliver contracts that are easily managed by functional owners, and be responsible for Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Ensure that capacity planning is accurate and negotiate capacity requirements in supplier contracts to deliver the lowest TCO through extensive understanding of the interrelationship between capacity management and product quality. Assimilate available data performance metrics and create a TCO pricing model, analyze supplier financial risk, define the business, technical, and qualitative requirements, and accommodate differences in competencies and expectations so that supplier responses may be evaluated objectively. Develop piece-part cost models utilizing extensive knowledge in product cost management and the manufacturing process involved in producing parts, including castings, fabrications, machining process, and injection molding. Determine and help businesses manage demand and supplier capacity. Avoid supplier engagement that may compromise supplier sourcing, selection and management processes and seek counsel to ensure compliance applying Procurement Ethics. Manage the relationship of suppliers using agreed Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) process with established work plan, senior sponsor meetings and scorecards, and define a collaborative relationship with key/strategic suppliers to deliver value to the organization and the supplier.

Positions require a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering or Supply Chain Management, or related field and 3 years of experience as a Supply Chain Analyst or Planner, Sourcing Specialist or related position. Alternatively, the employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or Supply Chain Management, or related field and 5 years of experience as a Supply Chain Analyst or Planner, Sourcing Specialist or related position. Experience to include: Supply chain purchasing strategy; Total Value Performance (TVP); Six Sigma tools and processes; Manage execution; Supply Base Risk Management; Total Cost of Ownership (TCO); Supplier contract negotiation; Supplier financial risk analysis; Product cost management; Demand and supplier capacity management; Procurement Ethics; Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) process.

Start Date of Posting: 8/6/26
End Date of Posting:  8/21/26

Location: Columbus, IN and various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S. 

Position:  REMOTE
 

*Annual USD Salary Minimum – Maximum 

$133,578 – 154,800