Strategic Sourcing Engineer: Cost & Supplier Excellence

Ingersoll Rand; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingersoll Rand is seeking a dedicated Sourcing Engineer in Sedalia/Springfield area to optimize supplier performance, cost, and delivery. You will collaborate with engineering, operations, and quality teams to secure best-value suppliers and drive cost savings.

The role requires 3+ years in sourcing, a Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering, and advanced Excel/Office skills. Up to 10% travel may be required to coordinate with suppliers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or equivalent.
• 3+ years of sourcing experience.
• 1+ years of experience using Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Word. Proficiency using Excel at an advanced level is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead negotiations and supplier selection
• Continuously look for new savings opportunities through analysis of data (spend, purchase price variance, etc.) and hands on review of materials in the production areas.
• Leads Request for Proposal (RFP) process with all stakeholders.
• Works with suppliers and internal team members to qualify new parts.
• Negotiates key items with suppliers including pricing, payment terms, lead time, and inventory programs.
• Leads Supplier Development initiative for chronic poor performance suppliers
• Records and tracks information as required for timely and accurate measure of performance regarding sourcing activities and savings.
• Support the plants to help local teams efficiently resolve escalated issues.
• Identify gaps to goals and collaboratively develop and support countermeasures and activities to close the gap and exceed targets.
• Work to align strategies between commodity and sector localization, plant rationalization and similar
• Works with suppliers to address significant and/or systemic issues with performance (quality, delivery, warranty, etc.) as may be required in support of plant Manufacturing, Purchasing and Quality teams
• Responsible for coordinating with commodity teams, materials, operations, engineering, finance, quality, and field operations to complete projects and achieve expected benefits within project timeline.
• Creates continuous improvement ideation sessions for responsible plants. Generate and evaluate new ideas and opportunities aligned with plant priorities and strategies.
• Participate in and represent Sourcing function during plant or product Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) or Major Model Review (MMR) events. Responsible for collecting and communicating commodity actions following event.
• Performs additional duties as assigned and participates in special projects as required

Skills

Negotiation

Data analysis

Vendor assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or equivalent.

Tools

Excel

Word

Microsoft Office

Job description

Ingersoll Rand is seeking a dedicated Sourcing Engineer in Sedalia/Springfield area to optimize supplier performance, cost, and delivery. You will collaborate with engineering, operations, and quality teams to secure best-value suppliers and drive cost savings.

The role requires 3+ years in sourcing, a Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering, and advanced Excel/Office skills. Up to 10% travel may be required to coordinate with suppliers.