Strategic Sourcing Engineer

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Job Title:
Strategic Sourcing Engineer

Location:
Charlotte, NC

About Us




Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies - from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers - to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we're driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.

Job Overview:

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Strategic Sourcing Engineer to join our team. This person will be a member of our Compression Systems & Services Americas Sourcing Organization, supporting the development, implementation, and management to provide Ingersoll Rand with optimal supply assurance, pricing, flexibility, quality, and delivery performance. The Strategic Sourcing Engineer builds and leverages strong working relationships with our engineering, operations and quality teams and key suppliers to ensure cost, quality, and delivery targets met, as well as works towards good supplier relationships to achieve maximum advantage for Ingersoll Rand and our customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools and reporting to drive efficiency in procurement operations
  
  
  
  
  
• Analyze data to identify productivity and net working capital opportunities for the business
  
  
  
  
  
• Lead process improvement for key sourcing initiatives
  
  
  
  
  
• Execute daily, weekly, and monthly reporting requirements
  
  
  
  
  
• Develop key commodity trend indices with corresponding business guidance
  
  
  
  
  
• Own sourcing IRX project gate process and schedule
  
  
  
  
  
• Understand and proactively address global supply chain risks in collaboration with the sourcing leadership team
  
  
  
  
  
• Records and tracks information as required for timely and accurate measure of performance regarding sourcing activities and savings.
  
  
  
  
  
• Identify gaps to goals and collaboratively develop and support countermeasures and activities to close the gap and exceed targets.
  
  
  
  
  
• Work to align strategies between commodity and sector localization, plant rationalization and similar
  
  
  
  
  
• Performs additional duties as assigned and participates in special projects as required.
  
  
  
  
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or equivalent
  
  
  
  
  
• 5+ of progressively responsible job-related experience
  
  
  
  
  
• Experience using Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, is required. Proficiency using Excel at an advanced level (use financial and logical functions; works with multiple worksheets and workbooks; macro and pivot table creation and analysis, import and export information) is required.
  
  
  
  
  

• Proficient with Tableau and Qlik is a plus
  
  
  
  
  
• Previous lean manufacturing or 6 Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt experience a plus
  
  
  
  
  
• Ability to gather, analyze, and interpret data, confirming its accuracy and adequacy, and using it to drive decisions as well as present results and business cases to management
  
  
  
  
  
• Oracle & SAP experience in a global environment is beneficial
  
  
  
  
  
• Ability to travel up to 20%
  
  
  
  
  
• Be a self-starter; motivated to drive continuous improvement in the sourcing functional process flow
  
  
  
  
  
• Analytical and curious to uncover opportunities for broader team
  
  
  
  
  
• Incumbent must have strong written and verbal communication skills
  
  
  
  
  
• Demonstrated effective leadership and influencing skills and practices
  
  
  
  
  

Core Competencies

• Complex Decision-Making
  
  
  
  
  
• Impeccable time-management
  
  
  
  
  
• Supply Chain Acumen
  
  
  
  
  
• Project Management
  
  
  
  
  
• Relationship Management
  
  
  
  
  
• Advanced Data Analysis
  
  
  
  
  

Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements

• Onsite
  
  

What we Offer

Our benefits - location dependent (car, annual leave allowance, pension etc), but ALWAYS include Shares options

At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership - taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to empower you with the tools and support necessary to take charge of your health, ensuring that together, we can continue to make life better. Our range of benefits includes health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs. Additionally, we provide life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and even an employee stock grant, among other offerings. These benefits are our commitment to you, so you can be your best at work and beyond.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.


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