Global Strategic Sourcing Manager

ITW•Troy, MI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Global Strategic Sourcing Manager is a key member of the Global Weigh & Wrap Division leadership team and reports to the Vice President and General Manager. The role partners with global business, engineering, operations, and materials teams to support growth, profitability, supply continuity, and product-development objectives. It is responsible for approximately $30 million in global spend, with significant focus on component, electrical, and electronic categories. The position supports manufacturing operations and new product development in Troy and Hillsboro, Ohio, and Birmingham, United Kingdom, while collaborating across ITW to leverage scale, capabilities, and best practices. The role is office-based in Troy or Hillsboro, Ohio, and involves approximately 25% domestic and international travel, based on business and supplier requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, materials management, engineering, or a related discipline.
More than five years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain within an industrial manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated experience developing category and supplier strategies, managing projects, leading formal sourcing processes, and delivering measurable cost, quality, delivery, and risk improvements in a global environment.
Strong negotiation and influencing skills, with knowledge of contract development, commercial terms, supplier agreements, and procurement risk management.
Practical understanding of manufacturing operations, logistics, material requirements planning, inventory management, and Lean methods, including Kanban, vendor-managed inventory, and pull systems.
Experience with total-cost and target-costing methods, supplier and product benchmarking, make-or-buy analysis, and market or commodity intelligence.
Strong technical, conceptual, and analytical capabilities, including the ability to understand complex products, cost drivers, supply markets, and operational trade-offs.
Ability to lead through influence and work effectively with diverse, international, cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Operations, Quality, Finance, and New Product Development.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to build relationships, challenge constructively, and communicate clear recommendations to senior leadership and suppliers.
Self-motivated, action-oriented, and results-focused, with sound judgment to set priorities, manage multiple initiatives, and follow through to completion.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with ERP, sourcing, spend-analysis, and supplier-performance systems.

Nice To Haves

MBA, advanced technical degree, or recognized purchasing qualification.
Experience in capital equipment, machinery, assembly, or electrical/electronic components is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and continuously improve global sourcing processes, category strategies, and supplier strategies aligned with the division’s commercial, operational, and technology priorities.
Develop annual and long-range sourcing plans.
Build and maintain a pipeline of sourcing and productivity opportunities, delivering sustainable cost reductions, cost avoidance, and value improvement.
Lead global and regional tenders, supplier selection and qualification, and negotiations covering pricing, commercial terms, contracts, quality expectations, and supply commitments.
Apply total-cost analysis, target costing, benchmarking, market intelligence, tariff impact, and competitive analysis to improve sourcing decisions and commercial outcomes.
Benchmark suppliers, products, technologies, and alternative solutions globally, and conduct make-or-buy, outsourcing, and low-cost-country sourcing assessments where appropriate.
Optimize the global supplier base and develop strategic supplier relationships that improve cost, quality, delivery, innovation, and responsiveness; establish and execute global supplier standards and governance.
Lead the division’s supplier risk and resilience strategy, identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks involving capacity, financial health, geopolitical exposure, commodities, end of life, technology, and continuity of supply.
Balance competitive cost, material availability, inventory, quality, and operational resilience in sourcing strategies; work with materials teams on Kanban, vendor-managed inventory, and pull-system opportunities.
Provide market, commodity, and supplier intelligence to leadership and cross-functional teams, translating external developments into risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
Partner with Engineering, Operations, and New Product Development from concept through commercialization, engaging suppliers early to optimize design, cost, quality, technology, manufacturability, phase-in and phase-out, and supply continuity.
Align sourcing and supplier strategies with current and future product requirements, including component standardization, preferred technologies, and long-term supply roadmaps.
Coordinate cross-region and international sourcing projects, promoting standardized processes, common specifications, synergies, and leverage across the division and wider ITW organization.
Ensure sourcing activities comply with ITW policies, procedures, ethical standards, and contractual requirements, and maintain appropriate commercial and supplier documentation.
Maintain accurate supplier, spend, savings, and performance data; develop and monitor dashboards communicating project status, sourcing performance, risks, and results.
Provide sourcing leadership, coaching, and functional support to local procurement and materials teams to strengthen capability, consistency, and execution across the division.