Senior Sourcing Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Develop Sourcing Strategies: Create strategies for Fuel & Gas commodities to reduce risk, enable continuous cost reduction, and align with company goals on payment terms, cash targets, on-time delivery, and cost savings.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Build and maintain key internal relationships to evaluate sourcing models, optimize product and service value, and drive compliance with category strategies.
• Launch & Recovery Programs: Enhance sourcing strategies to reduce risk and meet targets for these programs.
• Supplier Evaluation: Ensure a healthy supply base by selecting suppliers based on capability, quality, reliability, and price competitiveness.
• Strategic Sourcing: Conduct supplier analysis to develop strategic sourcing plans, identify new suppliers, optimize cost models, and ensure supply continuity for new product introductions.
• Vendor Management: Oversee vendor delivery of goods and services, issue purchase orders, and manage master data for accuracy.
• Cost Reduction Projects: Identify and execute projects to reduce costs, including planning, stakeholder coordination, and timeline management.
• Negotiations: Maximize value and cost savings through effective negotiations while minimizing risk.
• Market Analysis: Conduct research, benchmarking, and market analysis for assigned categories, providing market intelligence and anticipating strategic opportunities.
• Supplier Quality and Cost: Lead initiatives to improve supplier quality, cost-effectiveness, service levels, coordination, delivery, pricing, lead-times, payment, and risk compliance.
• Performance Metrics: Track and analyze annual performance metrics and sourcing trends against budget to demonstrate continuous improvement.
• Internal Consulting: Develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders to build procurement strategies aligned with business needs.
• Make vs. Buy Decisions: Drive decisions for new products and implement strategies across the product lifecycle.
• RFIs and RFPs: Execute RFIs and RFPs, manage supplier negotiations, and oversee contract management.
• Contract Administration: Administer multimillion-dollar contracts, negotiating terms, pricing, technical requirements, and compliance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Education and Experience: Advanced degree with 3+ years, bachelor's degree with 5+ years, or 9+ years of experience in Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Contract Negotiation, Material or Production Planning, Operations Management, Material Cost Control, or Master Production Scheduling.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Cryogenic Commodities: Experience with cryogenic commodities (e.g., oxygen, nitrogen, helium, methane, hypergolics) in supply chain, production, finance, or engineering.
• Cryogenic Logistics: Experience in cryogenic logistics within supply chain, logistics, finance, or engineering.
• Supplier Relationships: Established relationships with suppliers and vendors in the cryogenic sector.
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills.
• Prioritization: Ability to prioritize to meet internal customer and company needs.
• Communication: Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-Oriented: Self-motivated and responsive to a fast-moving environment.
• Budget and Cost Analysis: Strong skills in budget tracking and cost analysis.
• Global Sourcing: Experience sourcing from a global supply base using various contractual models.
• Cross-Functional Projects: Proven success in cross-functional new product introduction projects, cost modeling, and negotiations.
• Data Analysis: Strong skills in data analysis using Excel, SQL, and PowerBI.
• Problem Resolution: Ability to identify and resolve technical, operational, and organizational problems.
• Ethical Standards: Commitment to the highest ethical standards and integrity.

Additional Requirements:

• Background Check: Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral.
• Travel: Up to 35% travel required, including international travel.
• Work Hours: Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Location: Position based in Cape Canaveral, FL, with onsite work required. Remote work not considered.