Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Honeywell Aerospace•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

As a Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist at Honeywell Aerospace, you will drive procurement strategies and initiatives to achieve cost savings, improve supplier performance, and ensure supply chain continuity. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and build supplier relationships to support business growth and competitiveness. The role executes sourcing activities for development programs across Integrated Product Delivery System (IPDS) Phases 2A through 5. You will be directly aligned with an Integrated Program Team (IPT) responsible for meeting new product development requirements. The position requires travel when needed to support program meetings or manage suppliers, estimated at 15%. Candidates must meet U.S. person requirements due to export control laws: be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status under U.S. asylum or refugee status.

Requirements

BA/BS in Science, Business, Finance, Supply Chain, or a related discipline, or 5+ years of experience in Integrated Supply Chain and Program/Project Management.
Experience collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and sales/marketing teams to align sourcing strategies.
Ability to analyze market trends and supplier capabilities to mitigate risks and optimize costs.
Must be a U.S. person, defined as a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or a person with protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.

Nice To Haves

Proven record of delivering cost savings and supplier performance improvements.
Experience managing complex sourcing projects and supplier transitions.
Expertise in supplier negotiation, contract management, and sourcing processes.
Knowledge of industry best practices and emerging trends in strategic sourcing.
Proficiency with sourcing tools such as SAP and e-sourcing platforms.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to influence stakeholders.
Experience with contracting, purchasing, and negotiations.
Computer literacy, ability to learn Honeywell systems and tools, and experience using Microsoft products such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Demonstrated leadership and influencing skills.
Ability to communicate and interact with personnel at all levels, internally and externally to Honeywell.
Ability to think and drive actions globally.
Business acumen to align purchasing goals with strategic business initiatives.
Technical acumen to align with new design and test requirements.
Strong interpersonal skills, including integrating diverse opinions and initiatives, teaming, and facilitation.

Responsibilities

Serve as the IPT Sourcing lead for assigned development programs and ensure alignment with the Program Management Office.
Act as the escalation point of contact for assigned programs' sourcing needs, including cost, quality, and delivery.
Report program status to sourcing leadership, including recovery schedules when necessary.
Manage Sourcing and Procurement IPDS phase-gate deliverables and ensure they are completed on time.
Identify, execute, and report on all Category 2 and 3 milestones.
Translate sourcing strategies into program-level action plans and communicate program needs back into sourcing strategies.
Plan and manage sourcing activities for input into the Program HMR (Honeywell Master Record) and IMS (Integrated Master Schedule).
Coordinate with cross-functional teams to close Sourcing and Procurement MRL (Manufacturing Readiness Level) requirements associated with producibility issues.
Coordinate cross-functional triage activities, including core/non-core, make/buy, build-to-print versus build-to-specification, and critical/non-critical part identification.
Lead Early Supplier Engagement for identified critical parts, including on-site supplier-engineering meetings to gather feedback on Honeywell designs for affordability and producibility.
Facilitate possible on-site design reviews with suppliers for buy parts.
Lead negotiations to contract new parts with preferred suppliers and place purchase orders to meet program requirements.
Produce and report sourcing metrics to program teams and SBU Leads, ensuring objectives are met and corrective actions are in place.
Develop program rolling action item logs (RAILs), track completion, and escalate barriers to performance as needed.
Lead hardware integration activities for development hardware and ensure a balanced demand-to-supply relationship.
Coordinate with Sourcing, ISC Engineering, and Project Engineering to escalate and resolve delivery or technical performance issues with purchased parts.
Support Program Management, Engineering, ISC Engineering, and Procurement to ensure buy parts meet program UPC and/or should-cost targets.
Monitor supplier APQP requirements and ensure seamless conversion of research and development hardware to production hardware.
Drive acceleration and reduced lead times through rapid prototyping and quick-turn strategies.
Travel as required to support program meetings or manage suppliers (15%).