Sourcing Engineer

About the role

Ingersoll Rand is a technology leader with over 160 years of history, operating with startup energy to make life better through innovative flow creation and life science technologies. The company serves life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more across 80+ brands.

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 our customers.

Locations: Campbellsville, KY; Sidney, OH; Mocksville, NC; Buffalo, NY. Can be located at one of our Compression Systems manufacturing locations in the United States. Ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiations and supplier selection
• Continuously look for new savings opportunities through analysis of data (spend, purchase price variance, etc.) and hands‑on review of materials in the production areas
• Lead Request for Proposal (RFP) process with all stakeholders
• Work with suppliers and internal team members to qualify new parts
• Negotiate key items with suppliers including pricing, payment terms, lead time, and inventory programs
• Record and track information as required for timely and accurate measurement of performance regarding sourcing activities and savings
• Support the plants to help local teams efficiently resolve escalated issues
• Lead Procurement NPD activities through preferred supplier programs and RFQs
• 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 initiatives
• Work 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
• Coordinate with commodity teams, materials, operations, engineering, finance, quality, and field operations to complete projects and achieve expected benefits within project timeline
• Create 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
• Perform additional duties as assigned and participate in special projects as required

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years' experience of progressively responsible job‑