North America CAPEX Sourcing Lead

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About The Position

The North America CAPEX Sourcing Lead drives strategic sourcing and category management for capital projects across manufacturing operations in the United States and Canada. The role partners with Engineering, Operations, Finance, EHS, and other stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies, lead supplier negotiations, and deliver savings for major capital investments. It supports plant expansions, infrastructure upgrades, manufacturing equipment purchases, and other capital projects while ensuring quality, compliance, and supply continuity. The position leads sourcing events and category strategies, builds a pipeline of sourcing initiatives and savings opportunities, negotiates with suppliers, and pursues cost reduction and value creation. It also collaborates with suppliers to improve performance, uses market intelligence and analytical tools to support sourcing decisions, provides stakeholders with sourcing recommendations and market insights, and tracks sourcing results and supplier performance, risk, and compliance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent from an accredited institution, or three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of each year of education.
At least 2 years of relevant work experience.
Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization that does not require employer sponsorship for a visa.
Ability to travel as required.

Nice To Haves

2+ years of experience supporting CAPEX sourcing, procurement, or category management activities.
Experience leading sourcing events, negotiations, and contract execution.
Exposure to category strategy development, business case creation, and supplier management.
Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, FMCG, or CPG environments.
Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
Experience working with national suppliers and regional vendors.
Strong analytical, communication, and presentation skills.
Proven ability to identify savings and continuous improvement opportunities.
Professional certifications such as CPSM, CPSD, CIPS, or PMP.
Client-facing and client management skills.

Responsibilities

Lead sourcing events, including RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs, for CAPEX projects and categories.
Develop and execute category strategies aligned with business and operational objectives.
Build and maintain a pipeline of regional sourcing initiatives and savings opportunities.
Support regional teams in executing sourcing projects and supplier negotiations.
Negotiate pricing, commercial terms, service agreements, and contracts with suppliers.
Identify and implement cost reduction, cost avoidance, and value creation opportunities.
Improve supplier performance through collaboration, performance tracking, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Use market intelligence, benchmarking data, and should-cost models to support sourcing decisions.
Partner with Engineering, Operations, Finance, EHS, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements.
Translate technical and operational needs into sourcing solutions that balance cost, quality, safety, and service continuity.
Provide sourcing recommendations and market insights to support strategic decision-making.
Track and report savings, value creation, and sourcing project results.
Monitor supplier performance, risk, and compliance across the supply base.
Support business objectives through disciplined sourcing execution and procurement best practices.