Sourcing Manager

Overview

The Infrastructure Sourcing Manager provides leadership to the people, processes, and systems supporting North American sourcing for IEWC’s Infrastructure Division. This position is responsible for ensuring that quality products and services are secured at the best total value to support our customer and manufacturing supply needs across the Infrastructure business. The manager partners with suppliers to deliver cost savings, supply assurance, and innovation, while developing and nurturing healthy, vibrant, value‑added partnerships over time. The role maintains a close working relationship with Materials Management, Commercial, Finance, and Operations teams to align sourcing strategies with business objectives.

Position Relationships

The Infrastructure Sourcing Manager reports directly to the Global Sourcing Director and works collaboratively with members of the Supply Chain and Infrastructure Commercial Leadership Team, as well as Managers, Directors, Division and Country Leaders across the organization. This position provides direct supervision to the North American Infrastructure Sourcing team and works closely with the Commercial, Finance, and Materials Management teams to align sourcing strategies with customer needs, pricing strategies, and long‑term business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy: Continuously monitor and assess trends affecting IEWC’s Infrastructure sourcing strategies; benchmark against industry best practices; provide thought leadership through process improvement, tools, and technology; create a North American Infrastructure sourcing strategic plan that supports market vertical business plans; develop policies and processes for consistent practices; collaborate across divisions and functions; drive a customer‑focused culture by partnering with sales and offering strategic alternatives; serve as a role model for the Company’s Values and Core Leadership Competencies.
• Leadership: Provide coaching, guidance, and daily operational direction for the North American Infrastructure Sourcing team; empower team members to resolve issues; communicate a clear vision; foster high‑performance teamwork while balancing empowerment with controls; prioritize activities and resource allocation; lead cross‑functional teams for continuous improvement; ensure governance understanding of the New Product Introduction Process; champion effective partnership with Sales; confirm solid working knowledge of divisional and corporate role intersections.
• Supplier Relationship Management: Foster and develop supplier relationships to achieve preferred status; oversee negotiation of material prices, terms, and cooperative programs; partner with suppliers and internal teams to develop joint business plans and identify innovation opportunities; drive strategic supplier positioning through consolidation, volume leverage, and simplification; engage suppliers on target markets, product roadmaps, capacity strategies, and new product introductions.
• Cross‑Functional Support: Serve as the knowledge expert on assigned product categories; ensure build and maintenance of should‑cost libraries, rebate/price governance tools, and sourcing dashboards; support Commercial team in shaping price strategy; analyze cost‑savings opportunities and implement sourcing initiatives; work with Commercial and Materials Management to solve supply issues; collaborate with Product Development and Commercial on New Product Introduction.
• Market Intelligence / Continuous Improvement: Leverage Qlik, Rubicon, SAP, and BI tools for reporting and sourcing analytics; develop dashboards to monitor supplier performance, pricing trends, and KPIs; provide insight‑driven recommendations for cost reduction and margin improvement; perform market and capacity analysis to identify risks and opportunities; create and support process enhancement initiatives; improve sourcing cycle time and win rate through data‑driven enhancements; lead automation and analytics projects that scale sourcing performance; ensure process efficiency and scalability without increasing headcount; manage Vendor and Material Master Data in Rubicon.

Values and Competencies

Support IEWC’s commitment to its Vision, Values, and Purpose.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of progressively responsible related experience; or a combination of education and experience.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to obtain a valid passport.

Technical Skills

• Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; interpret a wide variety of technical and business information and manage both abstract and concrete variables.
• Computer Applications Skills: Proficient in a Windows environment; advanced Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, formula calculations), PowerPoint, and Word; experience with AI interfaces (Claude, ChatGPT) and prompt writing to assist in continuous improvement and task expediting; SAP experience preferred.

Physical Demands

• Movement: Frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel; regularly sit and talk or hear; occasionally stand, walk, reach above shoulders, stoop, kneel, crouch; occasionally lift or move up to 25 lb.
• Vision: Close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus are required.
• Work Environment: Occasionally exposed to a distribution center or manufacturing environment, outside weather conditions, fumes, airborne particles, moderate to high noise levels, and risk of electrical shock.
• Travel: Occasionally required for work‑related travel.
• Reasonable Accommodation: May be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.