Senior Sourcing Specialist

Socket.dev; McGregor (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Allied Steel Buildings is seeking a Senior Sourcing Specialist to lead end-to-end sourcing for indirect spend and steel/fabricated components. You'll partner with engineering, operations, supply chain, and finance to drive measurable cost savings and supplier performance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The role requires strong commercial judgment, advanced analytical skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, business, engineering, or related field.
• 5–8 years of progressive sourcing/procurement experience.
• Direct experience sourcing steel products and/or fabricated components.
• Experience with domestic and regional steel mills, service centers, and fabricators.
• Strong working knowledge of steel markets and manufacturing supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of category strategies for indirect spend and steel/fabricated components.
• Own and execute RFQ/RFP events and negotiations including bid strategy and contract finalization.
• Drive total cost of ownership and should-cost initiatives with cost modeling and benchmarking.
• Monitor steel markets, raw materials trends, and supplier risk.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships, performance reviews, and corrective actions.
• Lead negotiations on price, lead times, capacity, and payment terms.
• Support procure-to-pay processes and travel ~15%.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

RFQ/RFP management

Negotiation

Category management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Spend analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management

CPSM

CSCP

APICS

Ongoing certification progress

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

SAP

Oracle

Coupa

Job description

Who We Are:

Allied Steel Buildings is a global manufacturer of steel buildings and structural steel solutions, offering best-in-class design, engineering, and project management seamlessly integrated into our clients' processes. Since 2003, we have successfully delivered over 5,500 metal building projects across 72 countries, delivering building solutions for diverse industries, from data centers, sports & recreational facilities, aviation, manufacturing, equestrian & agricultural to commercial buildings and warehousing worldwide. We have 5 locations, including our two manufacturing facilities,locatedin Texas and Spain, thatutilizecutting-edgetechnology, including robotics and automation, to ensure our manufactured materials set a new standard for quality in the industry.

Allied Culture:

At Allied, we believe great service matters from the start and finish of everything we do. Going the distance for our clients begins with taking care of our team members. They are our most important asset. We invest in their continuous development and recognize their contribution to our success.

Great workstarts with creatinggreat workenvironments, promoting collaboration for a team dedicated to creating value worldwide. The Allied Team is highly resourceful, innovative, and competent with extensive experience. Our culture is open, accessible, adaptive, and flexible, offering work-life balance and empowering our people because everyone's voice matters. We promote we over me and solutions-oriented creative thinking. It's the Allied way.

Job Summary:

The Senior Sourcing Specialistis responsible forleading and executing sourcing strategies for indirectspendcategories and steel and fabricated commodities. This role owns assigned sourcing portfolios end-to-end and serves as a strategic partner to engineering, operations, supply chain, and finance to drive measurable cost savings, supplier performance, and supply continuity.

The Senior Sourcing Specialistoperateswitha high levelof autonomy, leads complex sourcing initiatives, supports long-term category strategies, and mentors junior sourcing or procurement team members. The position requires strong commercial judgment, advanced analytical skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders across a fast-paced manufacturing organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of category strategies for indirect spend (e.g., MRO, capital equipment, services,logistics, tooling), production steel and fabricated components
• Own and execute complex RFQ/RFP events and negotiations including bid strategy development, supplier evaluation, cost modeling, award recommendations, and contract redlines and finalization
• Drive total cost of ownership (TCO) and should-cost initiatives, including advanced cost breakdowns, benchmarking, and continuous cost improvement plans
• Monitor and interpret market dynamics for steel, fabrication, and related commodities, including raw material trends, capacity constraints, and supplier risk
• Identify, qualify, and onboard strategic suppliers, including assessing technical, commercial, and operational capabilities
• Lead commercial negotiations covering price, lead times, capacity commitments, payment terms, and contractual risk, with minimal oversight
• Manage strategic supplier relationships, including performance reviews, scorecards, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Proactively resolve escalated supplier issues related to cost, delivery, capacity, or quality in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders
• Serve as a trusted sourcing advisor to engineering, operations, and planning, ensuring sourcing strategies align with technical requirements and production schedules
• Partner with finance to develop budgets, track savings,validatesourcing results, and support forecasting activities
• Track, report, and communicate sourcing KPIs, including cost savings, supplier performance, quality, on-time delivery, and contract compliance
• Lead supply continuity and risk mitigation efforts, including dual-sourcing strategies, capacity assurance, and contingency planning
• Supportprocure-to-pay execution as needed, including purchase order placement and resolution of pricing, invoice, or payment discrepancies
• Occasional travel of ~ 15%

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Education:Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field
• Certifications:CPSM, CSCP, APICS, ordemonstratedprogress toward certification
• Experience:5–8 years of progressive experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain roles, withdemonstratedownership of categories and supplier relationships
• Direct experience sourcing steel products (plate, sheet, tube, structural) and/or fabricated components
• Experience working with domestic and regional steel mills, service centers, and fabricators
• Exposure to capital equipment sourcing orlarge scalesupplier agreements
• Strong working knowledge of steel markets, fabrication processes, and/or manufacturing supply chains
• Proven experience leading negotiations and managing strategic supplier relationships
• Advanced analytical skills with hands-on experience in spend analysis, cost modeling, and data driven decision making
• Proficiencywith ERP and sourcing tools (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, Oracle, Coupa or similar systems)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong understanding of the fullprocure-to-pay lifecycle
• Strategic and analytical decision making
• Advanced negotiation and influencing skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills
• Results driven mindset

Allied Steel Buildings and Allied Fabricators L.L.C. is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity by attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to their race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal or state law. Weare dedicated to providinga work environment free from drugs,discriminationand harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity