Lead Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Honeywell INC.; Rosemont (IL); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave and life insurance

Job summary

Honeywell is seeking a Lead Strategic Sourcing Specialist for the UOP Inorganics Portfolio. The role develops global category strategies for inorganic inputs, drives savings, risk management, and supply continuity through supplier collaboration and market insight.

You will partner with multiple functions to support growth and operational excellence, with a hybrid work schedule and an initial 90-day onsite period for new hires.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management.
• Experience sourcing industrial or specialty chemicals, inorganic materials, or related process materials.
• Proven success developing global sourcing strategies and managing complex supplier relationships.
• Strong negotiation and contract-management experience with significant spend.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders across sites/regions.
• Strong analytical, financial, and business acumen, including market evaluation.
• Experience assessing supply-chain risk and implementing continuity strategies.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop multi-year global strategies for inorganic materials and related inputs.
• Analyze spend, cost drivers, and supplier capabilities to identify savings and resilience.
• Lead RFIs/RFPs, supplier selection, implementation, and benefits realization.
• Optimize total cost of ownership through negotiations and supply-network improvements.
• Build executive-level supplier relationships and negotiate long-term agreements.
• Implement supplier segmentation, KPIs, and governance routines.
• Develop market-based pricing models and manage complex contracts.
• Monitor market developments and translate insights into category actions.
• Provide risk updates and decision recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Contract negotiations

Cross-functional leadership

Financial analysis

Market intelligence

Risk management

Category management

Travel ability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or related field

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Spend analytics

Should-cost modeling

Procurement digitalization

Responsible sourcing

Job description

Job Description

The Lead Strategic Sourcing Specialist, UOP Inorganics Portfolio, develops and executes global category strategies for inorganic raw materials, chemicals, minerals, catalyst and adsorbent inputs, and other process-critical materials supporting UOP manufacturing and technology businesses.

This role drives value through supplier partnerships, market intelligence, cost and working-capital optimization, innovation, risk management, and supply continuity. The position partners with Integrated Supply Chain, Operations, Technology, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Legal, Product Management, and Commercial teams to support growth and operational excellence.

This position reports to the Director of Strategic Sourcing on a Hybrid work schedule. Note: New Hires may need to work 100% onsite Monday - Friday for the first 90 days

Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Sourcing & Category Management

• Develop multi-year global strategies for aluminas, clays, zeolites, silica products, specialty minerals, chemical intermediates, and related inorganic materials.


• Analyze spend, feedstock economics, cost drivers, capacity, market trends, and supplier capabilities to identify savings, resilience, and value-creation opportunities.


• Lead RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, supplier selection, implementation, and benefits realization using transparent, fact-based processes.


• Optimize total cost of ownership through negotiations, value engineering, specification alignment, supplier consolidation, and supply-network improvements.

Supplier Relationship & Commercial Management

• Build executive-level relationships with strategic suppliers and lead negotiations covering pricing, long-term agreements, capacity, service levels, payment terms, and risk allocation.


• Implement supplier segmentation, scorecards, KPIs, governance routines, and business reviews for critical suppliers.


• Partner with suppliers to improve productivity, innovation, quality, sustainability, responsiveness, and supply reliability.


• Develop market-based pricing models; manage contracts, renewals, amendments, obligations, and complex commercial or performance issues.

Market Intelligence, Risk & Continuity

• Monitor global inorganic-material, energy, logistics, trade, regulatory, and supply-demand developments and translate insights into category actions.


• Assess supplier financial health, capacity, geographic exposure, quality risk, and single-source dependencies.


• Develop business-continuity plans, dual-source strategies, safety-stock recommendations, and other mitigation actions for critical materials.


• Provide timely risk updates, scenarios, and decision recommendations to business and supply-chain leadership.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with UOP Technology and Engineering on qualification, innovation, product development, and commercialization priorities.


• Lead cross-functional sourcing, productivity, localization, supplier-transition, working-capital, and supply-continuity initiatives.


• Provide sourcing leadership during product transitions, capacity expansions, footprint changes, and supply-chain transformation.


• Influence senior stakeholders through market insight, financial analysis, scenario evaluation, and data-driven recommendations.

Sustainability, Compliance & Financial Impact

• Advance responsible sourcing, transparency, resource efficiency, waste reduction, emissions performance, and supplier compliance.


• Ensure adherence to applicable trade, environmental, quality, ethical sourcing, procurement, and delegated-authority requirements.


• Deliver annual productivity, cost reduction, cash, and value-creation objectives; track savings, inflation, cost avoidance, and contractual value.


• Improve working capital through inventory strategy, lead-time reduction, payment terms, and supply-chain efficiency; support budgeting and forecasting.

KEY COMPETENCIES

Global Category Management, Financial Acumen, Strategic Thinking, Risk Assessment & Mitigation, Commercial Negotiation, Total Cost of Ownership, Chemical & Materials Market Knowledge, Data-Driven Decision Making, Supplier Relationship Management, Cross-Functional Leadership, Executive Influence, Change & Project Management

Qualifications

MUST HAVES

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or a related field.


• 6+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, category management, supply chain, or relevant commercial leadership.


• Experience sourcing industrial or specialty chemicals, inorganic materials, catalyst inputs, minerals, or related process materials.


• Demonstrated success developing global sourcing strategies and managing complex international supplier relationships.


• Strong negotiation and contract-management experience involving significant spend and long-term supply agreements.


• Experience leading cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders across functions, sites, and regions.


• Strong analytical, financial, and business acumen, including evaluation of markets, cost structures, and supplier economics.


• Experience assessing supply-chain risk and implementing continuity and mitigation strategies.


• Ability to travel domestically and internationally based on business and supplier needs.

WE VALUE

• Advanced degree such as an MBA or master's degree in Supply Chain, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a related discipline.


• Experience supporting refining, petrochemical, catalyst, adsorbent, specialty-materials, or process-technology businesses.


• Knowledge of alumina, silica, zeolites, clays, specialty minerals, industrial chemicals, and their global supply markets.


• Experience sourcing across North America, Europe, Asia, India, and the Middle East.


• Professional certification such as CPSM, CSCP, CIPS, or equivalent.


• Experience with SAP, Ariba, spend analytics, should-cost modeling, procurement digitalization, and responsible sourcing.

SUCCESS MEASURES

• Achievement of annual productivity, cost savings, cash, and value-creation objectives.


• Supply continuity and reduced risk or single-source dependency across critical inorganic-material categories.


• Improved supplier quality, delivery, responsiveness, innovation, and sustainability performance.


• Successful implementation of global category strategies, long-term agreements, and negotiated value.


• Effective stakeholder partnership supporting business growth and operational priorities.

BENEFITS OF WORKING AT HONEYWELL

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell 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. Learn more (https://benefits.honeywell.com/)

ABOUT HONEYWELL

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world's most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial, and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions, and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector's transition from automation to autonomy. Learn more (https://www.honeywell.com/us/en)

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.

THE BUSINESS UNIT

Honeywell Advanced Materials is an industry leading solutions provider, playing a crucial role in advancing industries worldwide through diverse applications, revolutionary inventions, and pioneering technologies focused on high growth mega-trends. Our science and technology experts create solutions that help solve our customers' needs today and in the future. Our solutions span across industries, including retail, healthcare and pharma, buildings, manufacturing and hi-tech. In each of these verticals we bring deep materials and engineering knowledge, which leads to our customers achieving reduction in energy consumption, cutting down their carbon emissions and improving their operational efficiencies.

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status. Learn more

The annual base salary range for this position is $104,000 - $129,000. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Honeywell 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.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Job Posting Date: November 3, 2026

About Us

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world's most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector's transition from automation to autonomy.