Strategic Sourcing Lead — Global

Ralliant; Elizabethtown (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralliant is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist to develop and execute global commodity strategies. This role translates commodity plans into sourcing actions, drives PPV and VAVE savings, and coordinates cross-functional teams to deliver measurable results.

The position requires analytical, commercially capable procurement leadership and the ability to manage multiple sourcing projects with urgency. Travel up to 20% is expected as part of domestic and global sourcing activities.

Qualifications

• Highly analytical with strong problem-solving skills and experience using structured root cause analysis.
• Strong financial acumen with experience developing savings models and total-cost analyses.
• Excellent negotiation, project management, stakeholder management, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Proven ability to execute category strategies and sourcing projects in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
• Hands-on, action-oriented and capable of working at both strategic and detailed levels.

Responsibilities

• Support the Global Commodity Manager in developing, maintaining, and executing global commodity strategies aligned with business priorities.
• Translate commodity strategies into actionable sourcing projects, supplier negotiations, implementation plans, milestones, and measurable deliverables.
• Lead or support strategic sourcing initiatives from opportunity identification through RFQ, analysis, supplier selection, negotiation, implementation, and savings realization.
• Analyze spend, pricing, market conditions, supplier economics, commodity trends, capacity, lead times, and demand to identify savings opportunities and supply risks.
• Build and manage a productivity pipeline including PPV, VAVE, negotiations, should-cost analysis, competitive bidding, supplier consolidation, and low-cost region sourcing.
• Drive annual PPV and VAVE objectives in partnership with engineering, operations, finance, quality, materials, and key suppliers.
• Prepare sourcing recommendations, commercial analyses, business cases, total-cost models, and executive-ready presentations for review and approval.

Job description

Ralliant is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist to develop and execute global commodity strategies. This role translates commodity plans into sourcing actions, drives PPV and VAVE savings, and coordinates cross-functional teams to deliver measurable results.

The position requires analytical, commercially capable procurement leadership and the ability to manage multiple sourcing projects with urgency. Travel up to 20% is expected as part of domestic and global sourcing activities.