Sourcing Engineer

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Job Title:
Sourcing Engineer
Location: Based in Mocksville, NC, Campbellsville, KY, or Davidson, NC

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sourcing Engineer to join our Compression Systems & Services Americas Sourcing Organization. This role involves supporting the development, implementation, and management of sourcing strategies to provide optimal supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality, and delivery performance. The Sourcing Engineer collaborates with engineering, operations, and quality teams, as well as key suppliers, to meet cost, quality, and delivery targets while fostering positive supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier selection, negotiations, and RFP processes, including pricing, payment terms, lead times, and inventory programs, while fostering strong supplier relationships.
• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities through data analysis, hands-on material reviews, and continuous improvement ideation sessions aligned with plant priorities.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to qualify new parts, address supplier performance issues, and ensure alignment with operational strategies like localization and plant rationalization.
• Support new product development (NPD) activities by managing preliminary project costs, driving procurement efforts, and aligning with business cases through product launch.
• Track and report sourcing activity metrics and savings, ensuring timely and accurate performance measurement while supporting plant teams in resolving escalated issues.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams-including commodity, materials, operations, engineering, finance, and quality-to complete projects within timelines and achieve expected benefits.
• Represent the sourcing function in Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) and Major Model Review (MMR) events, ensuring post-event actions are executed effectively.
• Promote continuous improvement through ideation sessions, aligning strategies to business priorities and addressing systemic supplier performance issues in quality, delivery, and warranty.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible job-related experience.
• Advanced negotiation skills and vendor assessment expertise.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word, with advanced Excel skills preferred.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and present data for decision-making.
• Oracle and SAP experience in a global environment is beneficial.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.

Preferences

Previous lean manufacturing or 6 Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt experience.

Key Competencies

• Complex decision-making
• Impeccable time management
• Supply chain acumen
• Project management
• Relationship management

Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements

Up to 20%.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.