Sourcing Manager

ManpowerGroup; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Health FSA / Dependent Care FSA

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short/Long Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

401(k) with Match

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup in Novi, Michigan is seeking a Sourcing Manager for a 12-month contract. You will drive strategic sourcing and supplier development to secure critical materials, improve competitiveness, and deliver measurable outcomes.

You will collaborate across Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Operations, and Finance to align supplier decisions with business goals, leading cost-out and performance initiatives. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or related field.
• 7+ years of sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or supplier development experience.
• Demonstrated success in supplier negotiations and strategic sourcing, including RFQ and supplier selection activities.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, with experience implementing cost reduction initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
• APICS highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, and onboard new suppliers across North America and other strategic regions.
• Develop sourcing strategies for critical commodities, assemblies, and purchased components, including RFQ leadership, negotiations, and supplier selection.
• Establish dual-source and risk-mitigation strategies for key materials and components.
• Lead make-versus-buy analyses, supplier consolidation initiatives, and localization/reshore opportunities.
• Partner with Quality and cross-functional teams to support supplier quality, audits, and qualification activities.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier negotiations

Cost reduction

Analytical modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

APICS certification preferred

Job description

Are you energized by building supplier networks, driving cost-out results, and strengthening quality and delivery performance across a global supply base? As a Sourcing Manager, you’ll take ownership of strategic sourcing and supplier development initiatives that help the business secure critical materials and components—while improving competitiveness through data-driven decisions, strong supplier partnerships, and continuous improvement. If you enjoy turning analysis into action and collaborating across teams to deliver measurable outcomes, this role is for you.

Job Title: Sourcing Manager | 12 months contract

Location: Novi, Michigan

Pay Range:$58- $62

What's the Job?

• Identify, evaluate, and onboard new suppliers across North America and other strategic regions to strengthen the supply base.
• Develop sourcing strategies for critical commodities, assemblies, and purchased components, including RFQ leadership, commercial negotiations, and supplier selection.
• Establish dual-source and risk-mitigation strategies for key materials and components to protect continuity and performance.
• Lead make-versus-buy analyses, supplier consolidation initiatives, and opportunities to localize and reshore supply chains where economically justified.
• Partner with Quality and cross-functional teams to support supplier quality expectations, corrective action processes, audits, and required qualification activities (including PPAP, first article, and supplier qualification as needed).

What's Needed?

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations, or related field.
• 7+ years of sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or supplier development experience.
• Demonstrated success in supplier negotiations and strategic sourcing, including RFQ and supplier selection activities.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, with experience implementing cost reduction initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
• APICS highly preferred
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

What's in it for me?

• Opportunity to lead strategic sourcing and supplier development initiatives that directly impact cost, quality, and delivery.
• Chance to collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Operations, and Finance to align sourcing decisions with business objectives.
• Role ownership in supplier performance management using KPIs such as quality, delivery, responsiveness, and cost.
• Exposure to reshoring/localization and manufacturing transfer projects, including business case development for regional sourcing.
• Motivation to drive supplier-led innovation and continuous improvement through measurable cost-out and performance initiatives.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending AccountDependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k), Plus Match
• Weekly Pay

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.