Sr Sourcing Specialist- hybrid in Charlotte, NC

Senior Sourcing Specialist

Position at Weisiger Group

Join the Weisiger Group Team

As a family-owned company under our fourth generation of leadership, we have built our business based on the principles of trust, integrity, and a desire to help our customers and employees succeed.

Since 1926, we've supported the strength of our communities by supplying equipment for critical infrastructure and commerce, and by funding programs that advance social and economic vitality. Being around for nearly 100 years means we change and pivot to capture opportunities and avoid challenges. We make smart investments in our company and continuously improve as part of our vision to be a trailblazing company that's built to last.

We're looking for hard-working, team-oriented professionals who enjoy working on new challenges every day. We believe our employees are the key to our success, and we're committed to providing a work experience that helps our team grow to their full potential.

Join a leading solutions provider and be a part of a group of highly skilled technicians, sales and support team members who exist to serve as a trusted partner to our customers, communities, and fellow employees.

Summary

The Senior Sourcing Specialist is a key member of Weisiger Group's Procurement & Sourcing Group (PSG), responsible for independently executing competitive sourcing events, negotiating supplier agreements, and driving measurable value across multiple indirect spend categories. As Weisiger Group continues its procurement transformationshifting from decentralized purchasing to a more strategic, category-led operating modelthis role plays a critical part in translating strategy into disciplined execution.

In addition to leading sourcing activities, the role actively manages vendor onboarding, compliance, and purchasing execution in SAP for assigned categories, while supporting broader strategic sourcing and category initiatives across the enterprise.

This position requires a proactive, self-starting professional who takes ownership, partners effectively with stakeholders, and thrives in a fast-evolving environment. The Senior Sourcing Specialist ensures procurement strategies align with business objectives by delivering cost savings, mitigating risk, consolidating suppliers, and reinforcing governance and compliance standards.

Essential Functions

• Own assigned categories and sub-categories end-to-end, executing sourcing events, RFx development, supplier evaluations, negotiations, and award recommendations, while tracking implementation progress and realized savings.
• Drive category performance and optimization through spend analysis, supplier consolidation, cost reduction and avoidance, specification standardization, and ongoing category-level reporting on spend under management, supplier performance, and contract utilization.
• Partner with business stakeholders and suppliers to align sourcing strategies to operational needs, service levels, and compliance standards, including participation in supplier reviews and continuous improvement efforts.
• Actively manage procurement ticket intake for assigned categories, including vendor onboarding, compliance, and SAP vendor master data; evaluate new supplier requests against sourcing strategy and risk; and manage new and existing POs and master data updates to ensure compliant, timely execution.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualifying individuals to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• 68 years of progressive experience in procurement, sourcing, or supply chain roles, with strong focus on indirect procurement.
• Demonstrated success leading competitive sourcing events and contract negotiations for categories such as MRO, Facilities, IT, Fleet, Professional Services, and Corporate Services.
• Working knowledge of vendor onboarding, sourcing, purchasing, and contract compliance processes. Ability to analyze spend data and supplier information to support sourcing decisions.
• SAP S4/Hana experience.
• Self-starter with ability to work under pressure effectively and professionally, in a team-oriented, agile environment, with frequent changes in deadlines and priorities. Adaptability and resilience in a growing, evolving procurement business unit.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; experience with PowerBI

Workplace Requirements

• Standard office environment; hybrid model in Charlotte, NC (3 days a week onsite).
• Prolonged computer-based work required.
• Occasional travel to support sourcing initiatives or regional operations.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must frequently lift, carry, push, pull and/or otherwise move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this Job, depending on site location, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and equipment. The employee may occasionally be exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee may occasionally be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in some work environments is occasionally loud.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

We require all employees to treat all our employees and candidates as equals. All personnel actions are conducted in the spirit of equal employment. We're committed to recruit, train, promote and retain associates without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.