Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Honeywell INC.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

401(k) match

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Honeywell is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to manage end‑to‑end sourcing for engineered gas skid and station solutions supporting mission‑critical data center infrastructure. You will lead supplier qualification, bid processes, and contract execution, partnering with centers of excellence and engineering to optimize cost, schedule, and risk.

The role reports to the General Manager Regional LOB and is based in Houston, TX on a hybrid schedule, with potential 100% onsite work during

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related discipline.
• 6+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, or supplier management experience for engineered equipment or similar capital projects.
• Proven experience managing full sourcing and contracting lifecycle for complex engineered‑to‑order equipment.
• Working knowledge of supplier qualification, competitive bidding, contract negotiation, cost analysis, and risk mitigation.
• Ability to interpret technical specs, BOMs, data sheets, drawings, and project schedules.
• Strong commercial judgment, analytical capability, and executive‑level communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute project and category sourcing strategies for gas skids, metering and regulation stations, packaged systems, and third‑party equipment.
• Lead full sourcing lifecycle: market analysis, supplier ID, RFIs/RFQs, bid evaluation, negotiation, contracting, PO placement, closeout.
• Collaborate with Center of Excellence to leverage enterprise agreements and preferred suppliers.
• Establish and maintain relationships with skid fabricators and equipment manufacturers.
• Align demand, engineering releases, supplier capacity, lead times, and logistics with delivery milestones.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, warranties, and risk mitigation while managing total cost.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Contract negotiation

Financial analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related discipline

Tools

SAP

ESourcing Platforms

Job description

Job Description

The Strategic Sourcing Specialist is responsible for end-to-end sourcing and supplier management for third-party buyouts supporting engineered gas skid and station solutions for mission-critical data center gas power infrastructure. Working in close collaboration with the corporate Center of Excellence, Engineering, Project Management, Quality, Finance, and Operations, this role develops and executes sourcing strategies that ensure safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective delivery from supplier qualification and competitive bid through fabrication, testing, commissioning support, and lifecycle performance.

The successful candidate combines strategic sourcing expertise, technical understanding of gas measurement and regulation systems, and disciplined project execution. The role owns supplier capacity, quality, cost, schedule, risk, and commercial performance for complex engineered-to-order packages and critical equipment used to provide dependable fuel-gas supply, accurate flow and energy measurement, gas-quality assurance, equipment protection, and continuous operational visibility.

You will report directly to our General Manager Regional LOB and you'll work out of our Houston, TX on a Hybrid work schedule. Note: New Hires may need to work 100% onsite Monday - Friday for the first 90 days.

Responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and execute project and category sourcing strategies for gas skids, metering and regulation stations, packaged systems, and associated third-party equipment.
• Lead the full sourcing lifecycle, including market analysis, supplier identification, requests for information and quotation, technical and commercial bid evaluation, negotiation, selection, contracting, purchase-order placement, and supplier closeout.
• Partner with the corporate Center of Excellence to leverage enterprise agreements, preferred suppliers, category strategies, and sourcing standards while meeting project-specific requirements.
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with skid fabricators, equipment manufacturers, integrators, and service providers.
• Align project demand, engineering release dates, supplier capacity, lead times, and logistics plans to support customer delivery milestones.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, warranties, liquidated-damages provisions, lead times, change-order mechanisms, intellectual-property protections, and other commercial terms while managing total cost and risk.
• Assess supplier financial health, operational capacity, technical capability, quality systems, geographic footprint, and continuity risks; develop mitigation and dual-source plans where appropriate.
• Define supplier performance expectations and manage scorecards for quality, on-time delivery, cost, responsiveness, documentation, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Support technical bid evaluations and ensure supplier proposals comply with specifications, applicable codes, approved deviations, documentation requirements, and testing obligations.
• Coordinate supplier execution through design reviews, submittal approval, fabrication, inspection, factory acceptance testing, shipment, installation support, commissioning, and final documentation.
• Lead supplier issue resolution, recovery planning, corrective actions, escalation, and claims management to protect project schedule, quality, and margin.
• Drive value engineering, standardization, modularization, should-cost analysis, and productivity initiatives without compromising safety, performance, or compliance.
• Maintain accurate sourcing plans, commitments, forecasts, cost estimates, risk registers, supplier records, and executive-level project updates.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, ethical sourcing requirements, trade controls, import and export regulations, and applicable customer and industry standards.

PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY SCOPE

Integrated skid and station packages for fuel gas conditioning, flow metering, pressure monitoring and regulation and gas composition analysis

• Gas flow measurement solutions
• Pressure regulation and monitoring solutions
• Gas quality measurement, analysis and flow computing solutions.
• Gas leak detection systems.
• Pressure and temperature measurements

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Strategic sourcing and category management
• Supplier relationship and performance management
• Commercial negotiation and contract execution
• Technical and financial analysis
• Project supply-chain planning and risk management
• Cross-functional leadership and stakeholder influence
• Safety, quality, compliance, and customer focus
• Accountability, urgency, and disciplined execution

MEASURES OF SUCCESS

• On-time availability of compliant equipment and supplier deliverables aligned with project milestones
• Competitive total cost, realized productivity, working-capital performance, and protection of project margin
• Supplier quality, documentation, responsiveness, and factory acceptance performance
• Supply continuity, capacity readiness, and effective mitigation of schedule and commercial risk
• Accurate forecasts, commitments, sourcing plans, and executive reporting
• Improved supplier standardization, preferred-supplier utilization, and long‑term strategic value
• Strong partnership with the corporate Center of Excellence and effective cross‑functional project execution

Qualifications

YOU MUST HAVE

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related discipline.
• Progressive experience (6+ years) in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or project supply chain for engineered equipment, industrial automation, energy infrastructure, natural‑gas systems, or comparable capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing the full sourcing and contracting lifecycle for complex engineered‑to‑order equipment and third‑party buyouts.
• Working knowledge of supplier qualification, competitive bidding, contract negotiation, cost analysis, supplier performance management, and risk mitigation.
• Ability to interpret technical specifications, bills of material, data sheets, drawings, commercial proposals, and project schedules.
• Strong commercial judgment, analytical capability, negotiation skills, and financial acumen.
• Proven ability to influence suppliers and cross‑functional stakeholders in a matrixed environment and resolve complex execution issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive‑level reporting and supplier‑facing communication.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and travel to supplier, fabrication, customer, and project locations as required.

WE VALUE

• Extensive experience in sourcing & procurement
• Working and/or guiding in Matrix and complex Team Environments
• Project Management and/or Contract Management Experience
• Professional Certifications in Project/Supply Chain/ Procurement/Contract Management
• Team guide experience in Supply Management/Sourcing/Procurement/Business
• Demonstrated Business and financial acumen
• Experience with SAP, E Sourcing Platforms, Request for Quotation Tools, Project
• Master's Degree in Supply Chain or Business Administration

Travel: up to 25%

Relocation support may be provided

U.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status

BENEFITS FROM WORKING AT HONEYWELL

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side‑by‑side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. Learn more (https://benefits.honeywell.com/)

The application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Job posted 09/30/2026.

ABOUT HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGIES

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure‑play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world's most mission‑critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial, and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions, and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector's transition from automation to autonomy. Learn more (https://www.honeywell.com/us/en)

Honeywell Industrial Automation enables process industry operations, creates world‑class sensor technologies, automates supply chains, makes warehouses smarter, and improves worker safety. This combination builds on our core strengths in controls and automation technologies which in turn allows us to deliver better commercial outcomes for our customers. We enable customers to enhance the safety, sustainability, resiliency and productivity of their people, plants and assets.

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status. Learn more (https://www.honeywell.com/us/en/company/inclusion-and-engagement)

Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.

About Us

Honeywell Technologies is a global, pure‑play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world's most mission‑critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector's transition from automation to autonomy.