Global Sourcing Leader – $300M Spend | On‑Site Travel

ITT Inc.; El Monte (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ITT Inc. in California is seeking a Global Sourcing Manager to lead supply chain strategies and supplier management across ITT's Connect & Control Technologies.

The role oversees approximately $300M in global spend and drives supplier relationships and risk mitigation across multiple sites. This on-site role can be located in Orchard Park, Valencia, Irvine, or El Cajon, CA with up to 50% travel; collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams is essential to drive value and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited 4-year college or university in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, or equivalent is required.
• Minimum of 10 years of broad and global sourcing leadership experience, preferably in a highly regulated manufacturing organization, across a large multi-location, global business.
• Global Sourcing contract negotiation skills. Experience in a mixed mode manufacturing environment, Engineer to Order, Low Volume / High Mix, and Configure to Order environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively interact with all levels of external and internal customers and stakeholders. Demonstrated experience influencing executives.
• Working knowledge of procurement processes and supplier management.

Responsibilities

• For the assigned categories, develop and implement sourcing / supply chain strategies to harness economies of scale, drive economic value, manage supply chain risk, and enable business growth at a global level in a multi-market-culture environment.
• Lead complex and critical negotiations utilizing extensive professional knowledge of principles and techniques of negotiation in the purchasing cycle. Provide global leadership for the major OEM suppliers.
• Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities, and the supplier's reputation and history.
• Leverage supplier management, category / commodity management and total cost principles to oversee the supplier selection process within the respective businesses / sites and encourage productive relationships with appropriate suppliers that drive meaningful value.
• Search, identify , qualify, develop, and manage suppliers to secure the best possible terms (cost, payment, inventory, etc . ) while ensuring operational performance (quality, OTD, lead time, cost, etc . ).
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, quality and other category managers to drive value analysis and engineering (VAVE) savings.
• Partner with NPD teams to obtain early supplier engagement to set expectations, optimize quality, supply reliability, while reducing risk and cost for new product launches.
• Identify and introduce new materials, technologies, and supply chain capabilities to meet current and future needs of ITT products.
• Other responsibilities as assigned .

Skills

Global Sourcing

Negotiation

Supplier Management

Cross-functional Leadership

Supply Chain

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, or Supply Chain

Job description

ITT Inc. in California is seeking a Global Sourcing Manager to lead supply chain strategies and supplier management across ITT's Connect & Control Technologies.

The role oversees approximately $300M in global spend and drives supplier relationships and risk mitigation across multiple sites. This on-site role can be located in Orchard Park, Valencia, Irvine, or El Cajon, CA with up to 50% travel; collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams is essential to drive value and