Strategic Sourcing Leader | Cost, Risk & Supplier Excellence

Steffes

Grand Forks (ND)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Steffes is seeking a Sourcing Manager to lead sourcing and supplier development across our manufacturing network in Grand Forks, ND. You will define category strategies, own spend plans, drive cost improvements, and ensure supply continuity with cross-functional partners.

You will negotiate contracts, manage supplier performance, and build high-performing teams while standardizing processes and implementing ERP/SRM solutions that align with Steffes’ growth and margin objectives.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or related field; advanced degree or MBA preferred.
7-10+ years of progressive leadership experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated expertise in strategic sourcing, category management, spend analysis, and cost improvement initiatives.
Proven experience leading supplier selection, negotiations, and contract management with measurable results in cost savings and risk mitigation.
Experience establishing and monitoring KPIs, dashboards, and governance processes to drive sourcing discipline and continuous improvement.
Financial acumen with experience managing spend plans, budgeting, and total landed cost analysis.
Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing sourcing teams within a complex, cross-functional organization.
Strong communication, influencing, and negotiation skills with the ability to partner effectively across operations, engineering, quality, finance, and executive leadership.
Ability to travel up to 25%, or as required

Responsibilities

Define and execute corporate sourcing and supplier strategies aligned with Steffes’ corporate growth, margin, and operational objectives
Set the strategic direction for spend management, category strategy, and supplier alignment to ensure supply continuity, competitiveness, and long-term value creation.
Own the corporate spend plan, including spend analysis, cost modeling, and cost improvement initiatives to drive productivity and working capital performance.
Direct contract negotiations and supplier agreements to secure optimal pricing, terms, service levels, and risk protections.
Maintains market awareness of supply and demand dynamics, commodity price trends, geopolitical and macroeconomic factors, logistics market conditions, industry trends and technology shifts, regulatory and compliance changes, industry benchmarking, and other factors impacting availability, quality, pricing, and risk.
Identify, assess, and mitigate risks across the supply network, including financial, geopolitical, capacity, quality, and continuity risks.
Standardize, train, and continuously improve sourcing processes, governance, and best practices across all sites to drive consistency and scale.
Establish and monitor sourcing KPIs, dashboards, and scorecards to measure supplier performance, cost savings, compliance, and overall sourcing health.
Lead cross-functional collaboration with operations, engineering, quality, finance, and logistics to align sourcing strategies with business requirements and customer commitments.
Build, develop, and retain high-performing sourcing teams, fostering continuous improvement and innovation while modeling strong leadership, accountability, and ethical business practices.
Acts as subject matter expert in ERP/SRM implementation and execution for sourcing and supplier management processes and practices.
Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating collaboratively with customers, suppliers, co-workers, and management.
Helps company meet its Strategic, Quality and Safety objectives.
Other duties may be assigned.