Sourcing Manager

Parker Hannifin; Kings Mountain (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Sourcing Manager to drive supplier selection, evaluation, and negotiation for its Kings Mountain, NC operations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize procurement processes and achieve value across assigned contracts.

The role emphasizes analytical thinking, effective communication, and experience in supply chain concepts, with a focus on continuous improvement within a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 4 year college degree in Supply Chain management or relevant discipline.
• Experience and/or exposure to supply chain concepts and manufacturing through internships or training programs.
• Analytical and technical skills to understand business practices and recommend automation opportunities.
• Intermediate computer skills and ability to understand electronic processing.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for interface with internal and external contacts.

Responsibilities

• Source suppliers, and may assist with bid evaluations, cost analyses, price justification, and risk assessment of suppliers.
• May assist with supplier negotiations on new procurements or changes to existing purchase orders.
• May drafs purchase orders and agreements for approval by the Sourcing & Commodity Manager.
• Coordinate and participate in supplier meetings.

Skills

Supply chain concepts

Supplier negotiations

Analytical skills

Interpersonal communication

Computer skills

Education

4 year college degree in Supply Chain management or relevant discipline

Job description

Responsibilities

Are you ready to shape a brighter future?

Responsibilities

Are you ready to shape a brighter future?

In the Motion Systems Group and Hydraulic Pump & Motor Division we play a pivotal role in applications that change our world. We are in almost everything that moves. With our wide range of technologies, we help our customers solve their most complex engineering challenges by living our purpose: Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that lead to a Better Tomorrow. We believe that our team members are our key assets and that a diverse workforce is a driving force to bring our purpose to life. We foster a culture where every team member feels safe, included, and empowered. We all belong, we all matter, and we all make a difference.

We have an exciting opening for a Sourcing Manager in Kings Mountain, NC. This position supports individual sourcing projects and/or a set of assigned commodities by deploying best practices, procurement tools and negotiation skills.Also, assists in contract execution, implementation and supplier reviews for assigned contracts.

The Sourcing Specialist works collaboratively and proactively to identify process, sourcing and contract improvement opportunities.

Your day-to-day

• Source suppliers, and may assist with bid evaluations, cost analyses, price justification, and risk assessment of suppliers.
• May assist with supplier negotiations on new procurements or changes to existing purchase orders.
• May drafs purchase orders and agreements for approval by the Sourcing & Commodity Manager.
• Coordinate and participate in supplier meetings.

We are looking for talent with

• 4 year college degree Supply Chain management or relevant discipline.
• Experience and/or exposure to supply chain concepts and methodologies, and manufacturing through internships or training programs.
• Possess analytical and technical skills required to understand business practices and recommend proper automation opportunities.
• Must have intermediate computer skills and be able to understand of electronic processing.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. citizenship, permanent residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

(“Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor”)

If you would like more information about Equal Employment Opportunity as an applicant under the law, please go to Employees & Job Applicants | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Drug Tests

Drug-Free Workplace

In accordance with Parker’s policies and applicable state laws, Parker provides for a drug-free workplace. Therefore, all applicants seeking employment with Parker will be subject to drug testing as a condition of employment.