Strategic Sourcing Specialist

**Strategic Sourcing Specialist** **Are you Seeking your next move in Procurement and Supply Chain within an engineering/manufacturing environment?** **Do you enjoy building relationships and managing multiple priorities?** **Join our innovative team** We devise smarter systems to control and monitor oil and gas extraction. Innovating in the energy industry, our subsea and surface pressure capabilities are industry-leading. We manufacture an innovative, market leading sub-sea production systems for the Oil and Gas market for off-shore facilities. **Partner with the best** The Valves Strategic Sourcing Manger will negotiate with dedicated providers according to specific policies. Achieve the best contractual conditions while also ensuring internal customer satisfaction. Positions requiring thorough understanding, application and mastery of approaches, theories, methodologies and application in a concrete organizational context. **Typical Scope (Subsea Valves)** Commodity coverage: - Subsea valves (ball, gate, check, HIPPS, choke valves) - Machined components, forgings, castings - Actuation systems and assemblies - Supplier base: global (Europe, UK, US, India, Asia) - Spend scope: typically multi‑million to $100M+ category responsibility As a Strategic Sourcing Manager you will be responsible for: - Establish and manage strategic supplier partnerships for subsea valves and critical components, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives, technology roadmaps, and project delivery requirements - Lead the development, negotiation, and implementation of Long-Term Agreements (LTAs), frame agreements, and partnership models with key suppliers to secure capacity, cost competitiveness, and risk mitigation - Structure agreements to include pricing mechanisms, capacity commitments, lead-time guarantees, quality expectations, and continuous improvement targets - Drive collaborative supplier engagement models (early supplier involvement, design-to-cost, VA/VE initiatives) to enhance value beyond transactional sourcing - Ensure all strategic agreements support total cost of ownership (TCO), lifecycle cost optimization, and supply chain resilience - Maintain governance of LTAs, including performance tracking, compliance monitoring, and periodic renegotiation aligned to market conditions and business demand - Acting as the commercial owner of key supplier relationships, ensuring proactive alignment on forecast demand, technology capability, and long-term development plans **Behavioral Expectations** - Operates with "Partner with the Best” mindset (collaboration-driven culture) - Drives continuous improvement and digital adoption in sourcing - Focuses on safety, compliance, and sustainability across suppliers - Builds long-term strategic supplier partnerships, not just transactional sourcing **Cross-Functional Collaboration** Partner with: - Engineering (spec alignment, technical clarifications) - Quality (supplier qualification, NCR resolution) - Manufacturing / Ops (delivery performance, escalation) - Project / Tender teams (bid phase sourcing strategy) - Act as primary escalation point for supply disruptions and performance issues **Supplier Management & Development** - Own relationships with key valve and machining suppliers globally - Lead supplier selection, qualification, and audits (technical + QMS + HSE) - Conduct Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) and performance management (KPIs, scorecards) - Drive supplier development initiatives (capacity, localization, cost reduction) **Commercial & Contracting Leadership** - Lead RFQs, bid evaluations, and sourcing decisions - Negotiate pricing, LTAs, framework agreements, and project-specific contracts - Optimize total cost of ownership (TCO) including logistics, testing, and lifecycle costs - Ensure alignment with commercial, legal, and compliance requirements **Cost & Performance Delivery** - Deliver year-on-year cost savings and productivity targets - Analyze spend, should-cost mod…