Senior Global Sourcing Strategist — PPV & VAVE Leader

Hengstler-Gmbh

Elizabethtown (NC)

On-site

USD 73,000 - 136,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Job summary

Hengstler in Elizabethtown, NC seeks a Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist to develop and execute global commodity strategies across assigned spend categories. You will translate plans into sourcing actions, lead supplier negotiations, and drive measurable savings through PPV and VAVE.

Collaborate with engineering, operations, finance, and quality teams to mitigate supply risks and ensure on-time delivery. Travel up to 20% as needed.

Qualifications

  • Strong commercial judgment to evaluate financial, operational, and supplier implications of sourcing decisions.
  • Proven ability to execute category strategies in a cross-functional environment.
  • Analytical mindset with structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Translate commodity strategies into actionable sourcing projects, milestones, and measurable deliverables.
  • Lead or support strategic sourcing initiatives from opportunity identification through savings realization.
  • Analyze spend, pricing, market conditions, supplier economics, and capacity to identify savings opportunities and risks.
  • Prepare sourcing recommendations, business cases, total-cost models, and executive-ready presentations.
  • Support supplier negotiations and establish competitive pricing structures and terms.
  • Coordinate assurance-of-supply escalations involving material availability and supplier performance.

Skills

Strategic sourcing
Negotiation
Cross-functional collaboration
Data analysis
Project management
Excel
ERP proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain
MBA (plus)

Tools

SAP
Oracle
Power BI

Job description

Hengstler in Elizabethtown, NC seeks a Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist to develop and execute global commodity strategies across assigned spend categories. You will translate plans into sourcing actions, lead supplier negotiations, and drive measurable savings through PPV and VAVE.

Collaborate with engineering, operations, finance, and quality teams to mitigate supply risks and ensure on-time delivery. Travel up to 20% as needed.

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