Strategic Sourcing Lead

Belden; Montreal; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Belden in Montreal is seeking a regional sourcing leader to manage the supply strategy for regional raw materials and purchased finished goods, ensuring supply continuity and on-time delivery while optimizing supplier relations, contracts, and quality.

You will collaborate with PLM, R&D, and regional plants to support NPI, drive cost reduction and productivity improvements, and align with global procurement while traveling up to 20% as needed; a Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years in manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering required.
• Minimum 3 years in technical/manufacturing procurement.
• Experience in supplier management and negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Develop productivity improvement plans and lead cost reduction initiatives for regional materials and FG.
• Lead supplier negotiations, contracting, and quarterly reviews; maintain relationships with customers, suppliers, and logistics.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) to ensure on-time market launch.
• Handle customer quality requests (RFI, CoC) as needed.
• Coordinate with PLM, R&D and regional plants on FG third-party supplier needs.
• Collaborate with procurement peers to ensure strategic alignment and global support.
• Manage Phase-in / Phase-out (PIPO) processes.
• Drive continuous improvement to maximize customer satisfaction and group efficiency.
• Travel up to 20%.

Skills

Supplier management

Negotiation

Risk management

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

PLM software

Job description

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Propel your career at Belden, where innovation creates possibilities—for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve. We connect people, information, and ideas to solve the world’s most complex connectivity challenges, turning curiosity into meaningful impact. Here, you’ll take on work that challenges you, supports your growth, and empowers you to shape what’s next. You’ll collaborate with global teams, gain diverse perspectives, and contribute to solutions that extend beyond our business—creating value in the world around us.

Together, we are shaping the future of digitization and paving the way for the next generation of innovation.

Job Summary:

Manage the regional sourcing strategy for Tijuana Raw Material, X-Mark raw material and purchased FG. Responsible for ensuring supply continuity and on-time delivery, managing supplier relationships and contracts, supplier quality and driving productivity improvement for their assigned procurement within the region. Participating in strategy definition and implementation allowing to increase mitigation to risk. Also support NPI process to assure on-time to market.

Responsibilities:

• Develop productivity improvement plan and execute projects to achieve cost reduction targets and cost avoidance targets as well as risk mitigation, for Tijuana Raw Material, X-Mark raw material and purchased FG
• Lead supplier negotiations, contracting, quarterly business reviews (QBRs), as well as managing relationships for all-assigned procurement. Maintain a solid and continuous interaction between customer service, suppliers and shipping departments and/or with any other department
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) in order to deliver products on-time to market
• Support customer requests (quality complaint, RFI, CoC) as required
• Work with PLM, R&D and regional plant teams to support request related to FG third party suppliers
• Collaborating with the other Procurement lead to provide support and ensure strategic alignments, as well as supporting the global procurement structure as needed
• Manage Phase-in / Phase-out (PIPO) processes
• Develop, recommend and implement corrective measures for ongoing improvement of work methods to maximize customer satisfaction (internal and external) and group(s) efficiency
• Travel up to 20%

Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
• A minimum of three (3) years’ pertinent experience in technical/manufacturing environments involving sheet metal, stamping, plastic injection, machining production and any other related processes
• Supplier management & negotiation, risk management, and project management related to telecommunications industry

Let’s Create Possibilities Together.

Join a global community shaping the future of intelligent connectivity. At Belden, you’ll help push the boundaries of technology and write the next chapter of innovation, creating possibilities for your career, your future, and the world around you.

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