Senior Sourcing Specialist

ADT • Boca Raton, FL

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About The Position

The Direct Sourcing Team sources materials, components, finished goods, and technology products incorporated into ADT’s customer offerings. The Senior Sourcing Specialist supports Senior Sourcing Managers in executing direct sourcing strategies, supplier initiatives, and commercial activities across the product lifecycle. The role involves building collaborative partnerships with internal stakeholders and suppliers, developing knowledge of direct spend categories, and working cross-functionally to achieve product cost, quality, innovation, launch, and supply-continuity objectives.

The specialist supports sourcing activities and supply-chain projects spanning direct materials, electronics, finished goods, tooling, and product technologies. The role analyzes bids, bills of materials, costs, supplier capabilities, manufacturing solutions, technologies, quality, capacity, and commercial terms to support supplier selection and stakeholder approval. It also supports contracts, negotiations, and projects such as new product introductions, value engineering, supplier transitions, dual sourcing, capacity planning, and end-of-life activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, procurement, business, technology, operations management, engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least two to three years of progressive work experience.
• Strong understanding of direct category management, strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, contracting, and supply continuity principles and their application.
• Strong financial and analytical skills, including spend analysis, bid comparison, cost-driver analysis, and total-cost evaluation.
• Ability to build effective relationships, influence peers and key stakeholders, and build consensus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including tailoring messages to audiences and presenting information clearly and concisely.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, including identifying themes and root causes, developing solutions, and crafting concise messages.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and multitask in a flexible, fast-paced, challenging environment.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word skills.
• Data-driven analytical mindset and ability to identify sourcing opportunities involving savings, cost avoidance, value engineering, process improvement, supply-risk mitigation, and supplier improvement.
• Ability to learn and adopt tools, technologies, product knowledge, and cost-analysis methods relevant to direct sourcing.
• Collaborative, proactive approach to driving results.
• Negotiation skills, including the ability to be direct and assertive while remaining diplomatic and gaining trust.
• Ability to receive feedback and direction and promptly apply changes or strategic guidance.
• Strong change-management skills and ability to work through formal channels and informal networks.
• Customer-focused approach and ability to gain the trust and respect of internal and external stakeholders.
• Strategic orientation, inquisitiveness, comfort with ambiguity, and self-motivation to identify trends and improvement opportunities aligned with business objectives.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in direct sourcing, direct procurement, manufacturing, electronics, product cost analysis, or contract management.
• Advanced certification such as CPM, CPSM, CPSC, or PMP.

Responsibilities

• Support direct sourcing business needs and projects involving direct materials, electronic components, finished goods, tooling, and related product technologies.
• Support direct sourcing engagements and competitive RFI, RFP, and RFQ events in consultation with Sourcing Managers.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities and capacity, support negotiations, and execute contracts that deliver high-value outcomes.
• Ensure timely contract execution and effective handoff of completed sourcing activities.
• Manage, analyze, and support sourcing and supply-chain projects involving new product introductions, value engineering, supplier transitions, dual sourcing, capacity planning, and end-of-life activities.
• Perform bid proposal, BOM, cost, and total-cost analyses.
• Compare supplier capabilities, manufacturing solutions, technologies, quality, capacity, and commercial terms.
• Support recommendations for final supplier selection and stakeholder approval.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior