Strategic Sourcing Lead — Global Supplier Partnerships

Atlas Copco Group; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Job summary

Atlas Copco Group’s Edwards unit in Basom, NY is hiring a Senior Sourcing Specialist to lead supplier identification, negotiations, and commodity strategies for vacuum pump components. This role focuses on quality, cost, delivery, and collaboration with engineering and production teams.

You will build supplier relationships, conduct root-cause analysis, manage supplier scorecards, and ensure safety and ethics compliance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of manufacturing or procurement experience in a production environment.
• Solid negotiation skills.
• Experience analyzing KPIs and root causes.

Responsibilities

• Identify and research new suppliers globally with focus on local sourcing where feasible.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, and production teams on material requirements.
• Negotiate Master Supply Agreements with key suppliers per company requirements.
• Develop commodity strategies and map current vs future states for continuous improvement.
• Support cost-reduction efforts through quoting, value engineering, and make-vs-buy analyses.
• Collaborate with Operational Purchasing on vendor setup and purchasing plans.

Skills

Negotiation

KPI reporting

Root cause analysis

Blueprint reading

MS Office

SAP

English communication

Education

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

Tools

MS Office

SAP

Job description

Atlas Copco Group’s Edwards unit in Basom, NY is hiring a Senior Sourcing Specialist to lead supplier identification, negotiations, and commodity strategies for vacuum pump components. This role focuses on quality, cost, delivery, and collaboration with engineering and production teams.

You will build supplier relationships, conduct root-cause analysis, manage supplier scorecards, and ensure safety and ethics compliance.