Manager, Strategic Sourcing

DISCOVER — Are you a strategic thinker who enjoys building supplier partnerships, identifying opportunities for cost savings, and influencing business decisions through data and collaboration? If so, this could be your opportunity to make a lasting impact. As a Strategic Sourcing Manager, you'll play a critical role in developing and executing sourcing strategies that support business objectives across direct and indirect commodities.

About the role

You'll partner closely with internal stakeholders across engineering, finance, procurement, product management, sales, marketing, and operations to drive value, strengthen supplier performance, and support long-term business growth. This is a highly strategic leadership role focused on supplier development, commodity strategy, contract management, and cost down initiatives. You'll lead a growing sourcing function while helping shape the future direction of supplier partnerships, cost optimization initiatives, and sourcing capabilities. Success in this role requires a balance of strategic thinking, technical understanding, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams through data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of sourcing and commodity strategies that support organizational objectives and deliver measurable results.
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with suppliers, conduct supplier visits and audits, evaluate supplier capabilities, and support supplier development initiatives across North America.
• Drive cost savings initiatives, analyze market conditions and pricing trends, and develop creative strategies to achieve future savings targets while balancing quality, service, and risk.
• Monitor commodity markets, raw material pricing trends, and supplier performance to support informed decision making and challenge assumptions with facts and analysis.
• Partner with engineering, procurement, finance, product management, sales, marketing, and other internal teams to ensure sourcing priorities are aligned with business requirements and project objectives.
• Guide and mentor team members, share sourcing expertise, elevate team capabilities, and foster a collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement and results.
• Lead Supply Chain support for new product introductions, including supplier engagement, negotiations, implementation planning, qualification activities, and Bill of Material accuracy throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Travel to suppliers to establish strong partnerships (20-30% travel expected).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
• 8-10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract management, project management, or related supply chain functions.
• Ability to read and understand technical specifications, Bills of Materials (BOMs), and engineering-related documentation.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience managing supplier agreements and contracts.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
• Experience with ERP systems; SAP knowledge is helpful.
• Power BI knowledge preferred.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent organization, prioritization, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Experience leading teams and developing talent preferred.
• APICS, CPSM, CPM, or similar supply chain certifications preferred.
• Bilingual English/Spanish is preferred but not required.

Benefits

Our employees are eligible to receive exceptional health and wellness benefits, paid time off, company bonus, profit sharing, 401k match, education assistance, and much more.

Pay

Hiring range: $97,600.00 - $153,230.00. Many factors are taken into consideration in determining pay, including education and location.

Schedule

Full time, Shift 1.

The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.