Sourcing Engineer

About the role

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Sourcing Engineer to support sourcing for our Norther 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.

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.
• Supports the plants to help local teams efficiently resolve escalated issues.
• Leads Procurement NPD activities through preferred supplier programs and RFQ's.
• Identifies gaps to goals and collaboratively develops and supports countermeasures and activities to close the gap and exceed targets.
• Works 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.
• Coordinates 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. Generates and evaluates new ideas and opportunities aligned with plant priorities and strategies.
• Participates in and represents 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.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and interpret data, confirming its accuracy and adequacy, and using it to drive decisions as well as present results and business cases to management.
• Ability to travel up to 10%

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

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 workbooks; edit and use macros/ import and export information) is strongly preferred.
• Previous lean manufacturing or 6 Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt experience a plus.