Sourcing Manager

Steffes; Dickinson (ND); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Steffes is seeking a Sourcing Manager to provide strategic leadership in sourcing and supplier development. The role involves defining and executing sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and driving cost improvement initiatives.

Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, substantial experience in sourcing within an industrial environment, and strong negotiation skills. The position requires leadership of high-performing teams and collaboration across functions.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of progressive leadership experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic sourcing, spend analysis, and cost improvement.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing sourcing teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute sourcing strategies aligned with corporate objectives.
• Direct contract negotiations to secure optimal pricing and terms.
• Establish and monitor sourcing KPIs and dashboards.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation skills

Cost improvement

Supplier management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or related field

MBA preferred

Job description

Position Summary

This position provides strategic leadership for sourcing and supplier development functions, ensuring a resilient, cost‑effective, and high‑performing supply network. The Sourcing Manager defines and executes spend and category strategies aligned with Steffes’ corporate growth and margin objectives, while driving cost improvement, risk mitigation, and process standardization across all sites. This role leads supplier selection, negotiations, and contract management, establishes KPI governance to monitor sourcing health, and partners cross‑functionally to align supply strategies with operational and customer requirements. The Sourcing Manager develops high‑performing sourcing and supplier development teams and scalable sourcing practices that support long‑term business continuity, operational excellence, and financial performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute corporate sourcing and supplier strategies aligned with Steffes’ corporate growth, margin, and operational objectives
• Set the strategic direction for spend management, category strategy, and supplier alignment to ensure supply continuity, competitiveness, and long‑term value creation
• Own the corporate spend plan, including spend analysis, cost modeling, and cost improvement initiatives to drive productivity and working capital performance
• Direct contract negotiations and supplier agreements to secure optimal pricing, terms, service levels, and risk protections
• Maintain market awareness of supply and demand dynamics, commodity price trends, geopolitical and macroeconomic factors, logistics market conditions, industry trends and technology shifts, regulatory and compliance changes, industry benchmarking, and other factors impacting availability, quality, pricing, and risk
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks across the supply network, including financial, geopolitical, capacity, quality, and continuity risks
• Standardize, train, and continuously improve sourcing processes, governance, and best practices across all sites to drive consistency and scale
• Establish and monitor sourcing KPIs, dashboards, and scorecards to measure supplier performance, cost savings, compliance, and overall sourcing health
• Lead cross‑functional collaboration with operations, engineering, quality, finance, and logistics to align sourcing strategies with business requirements and customer commitments
• Build, develop, and retain high‑performing sourcing teams, fostering continuous improvement and innovation while modelling strong leadership, accountability, and ethical business practices
• Act as subject‑matter expert in ERP/SRM implementation and execution for sourcing and supplier management processes and practices
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating collaboratively with customers, suppliers, co‑workers, and management
• Help the company meet its Strategic, Quality, and Safety objectives
• Other duties may be assigned

Job Requirements / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or related field; advanced degree or MBA preferred
• 7‑10+ years of progressive leadership experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management within an industrial or manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic sourcing, category management, spend analysis, and cost improvement initiatives
• Proven experience leading supplier selection, negotiations, and contract management with measurable results in cost savings and risk mitigation
• Experience establishing and monitoring KPIs, dashboards, and governance processes to drive sourcing discipline and continuous improvement
• Financial acumen with experience managing spend plans, budgeting, and total landed cost analysis
• Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high‑performing sourcing teams within a complex, cross‑functional organization
• Strong communication, influencing, and negotiation skills with the ability to partner effectively across operations, engineering, quality, finance, and executive leadership
• Ability to travel up to 25 %, or as required