Strategic Sourcing Manager – Raw Materials & Fabrications

Mission Critical Group

6d•Remote

About The Position

The Strategic Sourcing Manager develops and executes enterprise category strategies for metals, fabricated components, and finishing services that support MCG product platforms, including low- and medium-voltage switchgear and switchboards, e-houses, skids, and other engineered power solutions. The role builds regional supply capacity, implements index-based commodity pricing and risk models, improves cost transparency, conducts should-cost and total cost of ownership analyses, mitigates commodity and supply risks, and reduces material, fabrication, and logistics lead times across assigned categories. This is a high-impact individual contributor position with the authority, visibility, and executive presence expected of a senior sourcing leader. The position owns more than $100 million in direct material spend and serves as MCG's commercial leader and subject-matter expert for assigned categories, including structural steel, copper, fabricated metals and weldments, machining, coatings, finishes, freight, and logistics services.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, supplier management, commodity management, or supply chain leadership within manufacturing or engineered-product environments.
Demonstrated success developing and executing enterprise sourcing and category management strategies across multiple sites, business units, or product lines.
Proven experience negotiating complex commercial agreements, long-term supply contracts, supplier partnerships, and risk-sharing arrangements.
Experience leading supplier performance improvement initiatives related to quality, delivery, capacity, responsiveness, and cost.
Demonstrated success delivering material productivity, cost reduction, value engineering, and supplier rationalization initiatives.
Strong understanding of supplier quality systems, supplier development methodologies, contract governance, and supply risk management.
Experience building executive-level supplier relationships and conducting supplier business reviews.
Experience working effectively in multi-site, matrixed, and growth-oriented organizations.
Advanced negotiation, supplier relationship management, and commercial leadership capabilities.
Strong financial acumen, including cost modeling, total cost of ownership analysis, savings validation, and margin impact assessment.
Ability to develop and execute enterprise sourcing and supplier management strategies aligned with business objectives and growth plans.
Advanced analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, including analyzing large and complex datasets, identifying trends and cost drivers, developing scenarios, and translating insights into commercial actions.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analysis, including complex financial, spend, cost, pricing, and supplier-performance analysis used to support sourcing decisions and executive recommendations.
Ability to effectively leverage AI and modern digital productivity tools, including generative AI, for research, analysis, scenario development, communication, and sourcing workflows while applying appropriate judgment and data governance.
Experience using spend analytics, ERP, business intelligence, and sourcing tools to develop category insights, identify enterprise leverage opportunities, and measure sourcing and supplier performance.
Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment without direct organizational authority.
Demonstrated ability to lead supplier performance improvement initiatives and manage complex supplier relationships.
Advanced presentation development and data-storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex sourcing, financial, market, and supplier information into concise executive-level presentations and recommendations.
High level of accountability, business judgment, and follow-through.
Ability to operate effectively in dynamic, fast-paced, and growth-oriented environments.
Ability to move around a manufacturing plant, including walking, standing, and climbing stairs.
Occasional use of hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
Ability to lift and carry items up to 25 pounds, following OSHA standards.
Must be able to see and hear well enough to navigate the plant safely and communicate effectively with team members.

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute enterprise category strategies for structural steel, copper, fabricated metals, weldments, machining, coatings, and related services; segment suppliers by capability, competitiveness, risk, and strategic importance.
Monitor commodity indexes, market conditions, tariffs, freight, and capacity constraints; provide forecasts and executive updates on financial exposure, supply risk, and recommended actions.
Establish commodity pricing methodologies, baselines, adjustment mechanisms, and commercial controls to improve transparency and manage volatility.
Lead enterprise sourcing events, supplier selection, negotiations, and contract strategies for assigned categories.
Negotiate indexed and long-term agreements, volume commitments, inventory programs, and capacity reservations using spend analysis, market intelligence, should-cost, and total cost of ownership.
Aggregate spend and demand across MCG operating companies and centers of excellence (COEs), and drive enterprise savings initiatives through implementation and financial validation.
Develop should-cost and total cost of ownership models covering material, conversion, freight, inventory, lead time, and working capital.
Separate commodity movement from supplier conversion costs to improve cost transparency, negotiations, forecasting, and exposure management.
Partner with Engineering, Operations, Estimating, and Finance on design-to-cost, value engineering, material utilization, pricing, and savings validation.
Develop and qualify a regional supplier network to support MCG’s nationwide manufacturing footprint and project demand.
Assess supplier capability and risk and establish dual-source, multi-source, and contingency strategies for critical materials and processes.
Secure forward capacity for major projects and lead recovery actions when supplier performance threatens production or customer schedules.
Partner with Engineering and suppliers to standardize materials, specifications, and finishes, and engage suppliers early in product and fabrication planning.
Lead design-for-manufacturability and make-versus-buy analyses with Engineering, Operations, Quality, and strategic suppliers.
Support qualification and implementation of alternate materials, processes, suppliers, and finishes that improve availability, cost, quality, or manufacturability.
Serve as enterprise relationship owner for strategic suppliers and lead business reviews covering commercial and operational performance.
Establish supplier scorecards, corrective actions, and performance-recovery priorities in partnership with Supplier Quality, Engineering, Operations, and COE teams.
Drive supplier development focused on delivery, quality, capacity, responsiveness, and cost competitiveness.
Develop sourcing strategies based on total landed cost and transportation requirements for raw materials and fabricated assemblies.
Optimize supplier location, shipment mode, consolidation, packaging, routing, and delivery frequency to reduce freight cost, lead time, and disruption.
Partner with Logistics and Operations to improve material flow and establish contingencies for critical and oversized shipments.
Provide indirect leadership to COE sourcing and purchasing professionals, aligning priorities and driving execution of enterprise category strategies and material productivity initiatives.
Lead MCG-sponsored savings projects through validated execution with the COEs while supporting COE-led initiatives required to achieve business-unit goals.
Integrate category strategies with COE materials leadership, SIOP, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and executive stakeholders to support capacity, clear-to-build readiness, customer commitments, and major proposals.