Sourcing Engineer

Sourcing Engineer
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Job Title:
Sourcing Engineer

Locations:
Campbellsville, KY; Sidney, OH; Mocksville, NC; Buffalo, NY. Can be located at one of our Compression Systems manufacturing locations in United States.

About Us
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. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.

Job Overview:
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Sourcing Engineer to support sourcing for our North American compressor products. This person will be a member of our Industrial Technologies & Services Americas Sourcing Organization, supporting the development, implementation, and management of standard and engineered to order products to provide Ingersoll Rand with optimal supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality, and delivery performance. The Sourcing Engineer builds and leverages strong working relationships with our engineering teams and key suppliers to ensure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met, as well as works towards good supplier relationships to achieve maximum advantage for Ingersoll Rand and their customers.

Responsibilities:

Lead negotiations and supplier selection

Continuously looks for new savings opportunities through analysis of data (spend, purchase price variance, etc.) and hands on review of materials in the production areas.

Leads Request for Proposal (RFP) process with all stakeholders.

Works with suppliers and internal team members to qualify new parts.

Negotiates key items with suppliers including pricing, payment terms, lead time, and inventory programs.

Records and tracks information as required for timely and accurate measure of performance regarding sourcing activities and savings.

Support the plants to help local teams efficiently resolve escalated issues.

Leads Procurement NPD activities through preferred supplier programs and RFQ's.

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

Works 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

Responsible for coordinating with commodity teams, materials, operations, engineering, finance, quality, and field operations to complete projects and achieve expected benefits within project timeline.

Creates 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.

Performs additional duties as assigned and participates in special projects as required.

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or equivalent

5+ years' experience of progressively responsible job-related experience

3+ years' experience using Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Word, is required.

5+ years' experience well-developed negotiation skills and assessing vendors.

Core Competencies:

Complex Decision-Making

Impeccable time-management

Supply Chain Acumen

Project Management

Relationship Management

Strong bias for action and results orientation

Must be a self-starter; motivated with expert overall sourcing expertise.

Incumbent must have strong written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated effective leadership and influencing skills and practices

Experience coordinating, facilitating discussions, consultation and conflict resolution skills

Ability and willingness to understand and interact with diverse groups and cultures

Evidence of skills & attributes including effective listening, gathering complete information, ensuring accuracy, problem-solving, negotiating, researching discrepancies, and handling conflict are critical.

Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, meet compressed deadlines, and handle frequent interruptions is essential.

Ability and willingness to respond quickly and appropriately in a dynamic, fast paced work environment and the flexibility to withstand challenging situations

Preferences:

Background in engineering or technical sourcing.

Oracle & SAP experience in a global environment is beneficial.

Experience in manufacturing environment.

Demonstrated career progression.

Proficiency using Excel at an advanced level (use financial and logical functions; work with multiple worksheets and work

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