Sr. Sourcing Lead

Polaris Inc.; Minnesota; On-site; MXN 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Polaris Inc. seeks a Senior Sourcing Lead to drive end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives across categories, delivering long-term value and risk mitigation in a global setting. You will lead RFX processes, negotiations, and contracting while shaping category strategies and supplier partnerships.

You will mentor staff, partner with Legal for compliant contracts, and support ESG and supplier diversity in a fast-paced hybrid environment, with extensive travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of 15 years in supply chain, sourcing or procurement.
• Proven experience in leading complex negotiations and high-value contracts.
• Fluent in English and Spanish with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end strategic sourcing, including opportunity assessment, RFX, negotiations, contracting and implementation.
• Develop multi-year category strategies aligned with business, financial and risk objectives.
• Identify cost-saving, value-engineering and supply-assurance opportunities.
• Partner with Legal to ensure compliant contracts that protect company interests.
• Mentor junior staff and drive process improvements and capability-building.
• Maintain capability to travel globally about 50–60% of the time.

Skills

English proficiency

Spanish proficiency

Negotiation skills

Strategic sourcing

RFX development

Education

Master's degree in Supply Chain

Bachelor's degree

Job description

At Polaris Inc., we have fun doing what we love by driving change and innovation. We empower employees to take on challenging assignments and roles with an elevated level of responsibility in our agile working environment. Our people make us who we are, and we create incredible products and experiences that empower us to THINK OUTSIDE.

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Sourcing Lead to drive strategic sourcing initiatives that deliver long-term value, cost optimization, and supply assurance across assigned categories. This role plays a critical part in shaping sourcing strategies, strengthening supplier partnerships, and mitigating risk in a complex, global environment. The Senior Sourcing Lead will lead high-impact sourcing engagements, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and support business objectives at both regional and global levels while contributing thought leadership and capability development within the sourcing organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a related field
• Experience within the automotive, powersports, or assembly manufacturing industries
• Strong understanding of Polaris products, business model, and sourcing needs
• Demonstrated passion for Polaris products and a continuous improvement mindset

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, or procurement
• Proven experience leading complex negotiations and managing high-value contracts
• Proficiency in English and Spanish with strong written and verbal communication skills

Position Overview

The Senior Sourcing Lead is responsible for leading end-to-end strategic sourcing activities, including opportunity assessment, RFX development, negotiations, contracting, and implementation.

Responsibilities

The role develops and executes multi-year category strategies aligned with business, financial, and risk objectives while identifying cost-saving, value-engineering, and supply-assurance opportunities. This position partners closely with Legal to ensure contracts meet compliance requirements and effectively protect company interests. Responsibilities include ensuring post-award execution and value realization, managing supplier performance, and identifying and mitigating supply, geopolitical, financial, and capacity risks. The Senior Sourcing Lead translates business needs into commercially sound sourcing strategies and influences stakeholders without direct authority to align on decisions.

Key Deliverables

The role also supports ESG, sustainability, and supplier diversity initiatives where applicable and ensures sourcing activities comply with company policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements. In addition, the Senior Sourcing Lead mentors junior sourcing professionals, contributes best practices, and supports process improvements and capability-building efforts. Oversight of asset management systems is required to ensure legal compliance. Key deliverables include developing supplier identification matrices, establishing business relationships with public and private sourcing channels, conducting rapid plant assessments during supplier visits, supporting supplier localization efforts, delivering regular stakeholder updates, and driving year-over-year cost savings, supplier performance improvements, and risk reduction.

This role operates in a fast-paced, hybrid office environment and requires frequent global travel, approximately 50-60% of the time.

We are an ambitious, resourceful, and driven workforce, which empowers us to THINK OUTSIDE.

About Polaris Industries, Inc.

As the global leader in powersports, Polaris Inc. (NYSE: PII) pioneers product breakthroughs and enriching experiences and services that have invited people to discover the joy of being outdoors since our founding in 1954. Proudly headquartered in Minnesota, Polaris serves more than 100 countries across the globe.

Polaris Mexico

North Pole Star, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Polaris Mexico) is at the forefront of innovation in the powersports industry, manufacturing world-class vehicles that inspire adventure, we are home of RZR, ATV, General, Sportsman and other greats brands. With a focus on quality, teamwork, and cutting-edge technology, our Mexico operations are our largest global manufacturing facility site with more than 5,000 employees. Here at Polaris Mexico, we have engineering support from our new Product Development Center and physically assemble each one of our all-off-road vehicles with processes of injection molding, tube fabrication, welding, engines assembly, liquid and metal paint, and 6 assembly lines. We are committed to creating a dynamic work environment where talent thrives, and bold ideas come to life.

Join Polaris Mexico, where passion meets innovation! www.polaris.com

How We Hire North Pole Star, S. de R.L. de C.V.

North Pole Star, S. de R.L. de C.V. is committed to offering equal employment opportunities to all employees and makes all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, familial status, status regarding social assistance, union membership, political beliefs or any other status protected by applicable law.

At Polaris, the need for diverse perspectives and experiences enables our vision of Best People, Best Team. We value our differences and align our passions to do great work.

Learn more at http://www.polaris.com/careers