Sr. Field Sourcing Specialist

About the role

Airgas is Hiring for a Field Sourcing Specialist in Long Beach, CA. As a Sr. Field Sourcing Specialist, you will deliver dedicated, professional sourcing services to your assigned business unit or operating zone, driving bottom-line value through safety, operational efficiency, compliance, and cost savings. In this high-ownership role, you will lead the full end-to-end procurement process—from managing bidder relationships, conducting job walks, and negotiating commercial terms to authoring contracts and executing regional frame agreements. Operating as a critical link between supply chain strategy and plant operations, you will proactively manage risk and vendor performance, lead sourcing for high-stakes plant turnarounds (TAR), facilitate asset sales, and provide responsive, hands-on support—including after-hours emergency coverage—to meet core business needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide dedicated sourcing and value-creation services to assigned operating zones, directly supporting organizational safety, efficiency, compliance, and savings goals.
• Primary responsibilities span competitive bidding, proposal evaluation, price and terms negotiation, vendor management, and asset sales.
• Lead bidding and sourcing activities for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit (BU).
• Manage all contact between Air Liquide and bidders.
• Assist in developing technical specifications and/or scopes of work with internal customers.
• Investigate, qualify and recommend bidders.
• Develop and issue formal requests for quotes (RFQ's).
• Lead job walks and bid clarification meetings with internal customers.
• Issue clarifications or amendments to the specification or work scope to all bidders.
• Complete commercial bid tabulations.
• Complete technical bid tabulations including analysis with internal customers.
• Negotiate final price and commercial terms.
• Make sourcing recommendations to internal customers.
• Author and execute materials and services contracts as required.
• Identify and address business risks during the bidding and sourcing process.
• Verify that all contractors are appropriately pre-screened for safety, and initiate the contractor pre-screening process for new contractors as required.
• Verify that hold harmless and indemnification documentation is in place as well as a current certificate of insurance is on file with all contractors.
• Initiate and negotiate hold harmless and indemnification documentation for new contractors as required.
• Verify that critical suppliers are on the approved supplier list, and initiate the critical supplier qualification process for new suppliers as required.
• Attend and actively participate in budget planning meetings for assigned BU or zone.
• Actively participate in TAR planning meetings.
• Lead TAR procurement planning process and pre-TAR supplier site visits.
• Maintain TAR activity tracking sheet for each major TAR.
• Maintain current listing of active and upcoming tactical (capital and expense) sourcing initiatives.
• Develop business plan strategies / opportunities for BU or zone spend in unmanaged categories.
• Document and report all cost savings associated with sourcing activities.
• Provide supporting documentation on sourcing activities as backup to purchase orders.
• Maintain current listing of contractors utilized in assigned BU or zone.
• Provide competency and leadership in contract and terms negotiations (including commercial terms, hold harmless terms and certificates of insurance).
• Understanding of the details of operation and maintenance of equipment utilized in the Zone or Business Unit to which the Field Sourcing Specialist is assigned.
• Training and mentoring new Field Sourcing Specialists.
• Provide reports and execute special initiatives as instructed by a Field Sourcing Specialist Manager.
• Participate in Category Management strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Champion use of managed suppliers (frame agreements).
• Report events of non-compliance (leakage) of frame agreements to appropriate category manager.
• Identify opportunities for creation of frame agreements.
• Participate in relevant supplier relationship management meetings.
• Provide other related value creation services to internal customers.
• Manage and resolve quality or performance issues with non-managed suppliers.
• Provide on-site sourcing support during major plant turn arounds (TARS).
• Facilitate the sale of surplus assets.
• Provide support and best purchasing practices to field buyers within assigned BU or zone.

Requirements

• College degree with 2 years purchasing experience supporting operations or manufacturing, or 2 years operations with strong commercial skill sets.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Supply Chain Management organizations.
• Office environment primarily, plant environment occasionally.

Pay

$95,000-$115,000/year

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
• 14-week paid child birth benefit
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time
• Benefits start after just 30 days of employment
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Pre-tax commuter transportation benefit
• Parental leave
• Floating holidays
• Jury duty and funeral/bereavement leave
• Discounted college tuition for eligible employees' dependents
• Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children