Strategic Sourcing Manager

Hi-Line Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation and sick leave

401(k) health, dental, and life保险

Opportunities for career growth

Debt-free, essential business security

Friendly work environment

Job summary

Hi-Line Inc. in Farmers Branch, Texas, is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our team. This onsite role leads a buying team and partners with product management to optimize supplier quality, cost, and availability.

You will negotiate terms with suppliers, manage 20k+ SKUs, monitor forecasts and inventory, and drive continuous improvement across procurement. Monday–Friday, 7am–4pm, onsite with a debt-free company committed to growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience with 20k+ SKUs and MRO distribution.
• Advanced Excel, data analysis and forecasting capabilities.
• Experience leading a purchasing team and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with suppliers effectively and use scorecards.
• Negotiate favorable terms with suppliers and vendors.
• Lead buying team and own results.
• Partner with Product Manager to manage full lifecycle of products.
• Identify opportunities to optimize quality, cost, and availability.

Skills

Purchasing experience

20k+ SKUs

Advanced Excel

Team leadership

Negotiation

Communication

Research & analysis

Attention to detail

Procurement certifications

Education

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Tools

ERP software

Inventory management systems

Job description

Do you want to be part of an organization in growth mode? Are you someone who values working for a debt-free company committed to constant improvement? We are seeking a passionate and experienced Strategic Sourcing Manager to join our team.

• This is an onsite role in Farmers Branch, TX Monday - Friday from 7am - 4pm**

The ideal candidate has a can-do attitude, high integrity, and a growth mindset. Hi-Line is a nationwide distributor of over 100,000+ industrial aftermarket products across industries like transportation, aviation, facilities maintenance, aerospace, medical, military, marine, power generation, manufacturing, and heavy equipment.

This person should be a highly skilled professional who is able to lead a team and be in the details. We’re looking for a leader who can work effectively with various levels of the organization to get things done, loves learning, and can partner with our Suppliers to gain optimal quality, cost, and availability of products for our customers.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Communicate with suppliers effectively in various ways including vendor scorecards.
• Negotiate with suppliers and vendors to secure advantageous terms.
• Partner with Product Manager to build and execute the full life cycle from adding new products to sunsetting discontinued products.
• Responsible for researching and evaluating suppliers based on quality, price, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, and supplier’s reputation.
• Awareness to respond to changing conditions in product supply as well as commodity and market trends affecting pricing and availability. Be creative and execution-oriented toward solving problems.
• Ability to analyze current forecast process and give guidance to reset parameters on min/max levels.
• Daily/weekly tasks such as inventory purchases, part # set up/maintenance, discrepancy review, KPI reporting, etc.
• Build and maintain a list of multiple vendors for all SKUs.
• Identify and present opportunities for strategic purchases.
• Minimize back orders by using data to make proactive decisions.
• Lead buying team and own results.

Requirements

• Previous Purchasing experience
• Experience with 20k+ SKUs
• Distribution experience preferred
• Previous team management experience
• Advanced knowledge in Excel
• Strong communication skills (written and oral)
• High level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
• Effective communication, persuasion, strategizing and negotiation skills
• Strong research, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Detail-oriented with exceptional accuracy and great organizational skills
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Procurement Certifications preferred
• Proficiency in ERP and inventory management software programs
• Experience in industrial MRO products preferred

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 401(k), health, dental, and life insurance
• Opportunities for career growth and advancement
• A 60-year history of steady growth as a privately held, Dallas based company
• Friendly and comfortable work environment
• Security of working for an essential business that is debt-free

Who we are

Hi-Line, America’s Mobile Industrial Hardware Store, has been thriving since 1959 as an essential business serving over 6,000 customers in over 30 different industries. Headquartered in Farmers Branch, Texas (35E/635), we provide timely access to over 100,000 high-quality industrial MRO products through our nationwide network of Mobile Industrial Hardware Stores.

This position reports directly to the VP of Operations & Supply Chain.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Hi-Line, Inc, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and our associates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or any category protected by applicable law.