Sr Strategic Sourcing Manager

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies aligned with business objectives, demand forecasts, and market dynamics.
• Analyze global supply markets, cost structures, and risk profiles to inform sourcing decisions.
• Drive total cost of ownership (TCO) improvements through negotiation, supplier collaboration, value engineering, and demand optimization.
• Lead make/buy assessments and sourcing decisions supporting new product development, scale-up, and process changes.
• Identify, qualify, and segment suppliers to support supply assurance, innovation, and sustainability objectives.
• Lead RFx processes, commercial negotiations, and supplier selection decisions for strategically important categories.
• Negotiate and manage contracts, including pricing mechanisms, service levels, allocation terms, and risk-sharing provisions.
• Establish and review supplier performance metrics covering cost, quality, delivery, innovation, and EHS compliance.
• Drive supplier development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proactively assess and mitigate supply risks, including capacity constraints, regulatory exposure, geopolitical risk, and single-source dependencies.
• Develop and maintain contingency plans, dual-sourcing strategies, and inventory risk mitigation approaches.
• Lead sourcing response efforts during supply disruptions and business continuity events.
• Serve as a trusted business partner to Operations, Planning, R&D, Quality, EHS, Finance, and Legal.
• Provide governance and guidance to Buyers and Strategic Sourcing Specialists on execution against sourcing strategies.
• Support organizational change initiatives related to procurement processes, systems, or policies.
• Communicate sourcing strategies, risks, and performance to senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field.
• 7–12 years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing or procurement, preferably within specialty chemicals, materials, or regulated manufacturing.
• Demonstrated success in category strategy development, contract negotiation, and supplier management.
• Strong financial, analytical, and commercial acumen.
• Experience managing supply risk in complex, global supply markets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience sourcing specialty chemicals, custom/intermediate materials, or toll manufacturing services.
• Familiarity with chemical industry quality, regulatory, and EHS requirements.
• Experience leading or mentoring procurement professionals.
• Professional certifications such as CPSM, CSCP, or CIPS.
• Experience with ERP and e-sourcing tools (e.g., SAP, Ariba, Coupa).

PAY RANGE

The annual base salary range for this position is $164,613-205,766. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Solstice considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations. This position is incentive plan eligible.

Benefits

Of Working For Solstice Advanced Materials
In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Solstice Advanced Materials employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays.

About Us

About Solstice Advanced Materials
Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science.