Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Job title: Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Company: Lincoln Electric


Job description: Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert™ for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers’ fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 12,000 employees around the world, with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.Location: Euclid – 22801
Employment Status: Salary Full-Time
Function: Supply Management/Purchasing
Req ID: 26924​​MissionThe Strategic Sourcing Specialist – Indirect Services provides the Indirect procurement function with strategic category leadership, in developing and executing sourcing and supplier relationship management activities for the Indirect spend categories. Through close co-ordination with corporate, divisional, regional and site leadership, define category strategies which ensure business supply requirements are satisfied and compliance with best practice procurement methodologies, Lincoln Electric policies, and statutory regulations. This role involves developing and executing a multi-year strategic roadmap, category strategies, and plans. The successful candidate will build strong internal and external relationships, provide team leadership, and take end-to-end accountability for delivering results. This role contributes to the evolution and overall success of Lincoln Electric’s Indirect Sourcing. In addition, the role aims to evolve our culture and ways of working to drive greater accountability, high performance and collaboration.Job ResponsibilitiesSupport a global strategic sourcing category responsible for Americas and regional corporate services spend category.
The Strategic Sourcing Specialist primary function is to ensure the health & outlook of the supply chain; and support the business by creating procurement strategies and plans, based upon budgets, and coordinating project/order related materials, services, and engineering requirements with total transparency to the team.
MRO – Includes spare parts, tools, operations maintenance and repairs, cleaning supplies, chemicals, safety equipment, PPE, Electrical and other consumables which are necessary to manufacture Lincoln Electric products.
Facilities Management – Management and maintenance of our company’s physical facilities; this includes document management, office supplies, rent, utilities, waste management and disposal services, building maintenance and repairs, janitorial services, landscaping, security, industrial gases etc.
Other Operational Expenditure – e.g. Quality Management Systems, Inspection and certification costs, environmental/remedial services, operational consultancy etc.
Tail Spend Management

• Conduct detailed spend analysis to identify cost-saving opportunities
• Assist in the development of strategic sourcing plans for indirect spend categories
• Coordinate market research to stay informed about industry trends and best practices
• Utilize KPIs provided by the business intelligence team to monitor and report progress on key objectives, responsibilities, and initiatives
• Drive optimized levels of procurement cost including year over year savings targets, based on category spend data available.
• You will define and maintain formal strategic sourcing plans.

In this role, you will partner collaboratively with all parts of the business, as well as the global procurement network, senior corporate leaders, and implement procurement strategies and policies, applying a structured approach.
You will achieve your objectives by demonstrating a clear understanding of the business structure, good communications skills, a proactive, entrepreneurial mindset, and the ability to multitask and coordinate with various functions.The Strategic Sourcing Specialist is responsible for ensuring an optimized supply of quality services by:

• Clearly defining the supply chain in coordination with the cross-functional commodity team
• Creating insight from spend and data
• Implementing professional sourcing processes and coordinating procurement activities to deliver optimized material cost and ensure supply base meets the project’s cost, delivery and quality requirements
• Understanding the scope of supply and customer contract agreements, performing risk analysis and preparing for supplier negotiations
• Identifying supply chain risks and monitoring the market forces related to supply chain to avoid potential issues/risks

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field, or MCIPS qualification
• 3+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain management
• Experience within Indirect Procurement
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to design, develop, and implement a category management strategic approach across a global organization, combined with exemplary procurement capability and a track record of success
• Ability to build trust and confidence quickly and professionally
• Ability to coordinate between multiple groups in a cross-functional environment to achieve objectives
• Ability to bring strategic thinking and leading best practice solutions; experience in procurement transformation is a plus
• Experience working in complex, high- and low-maturity global and regional organizations
• Excellent people management skills, with a track record of building high-performing and collaborative teams
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• High energy, pace, and an impeccable track record of teamwork, creating an open and collaborative environment with colleagues, stakeholders, partners, and suppliers
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to deliver procurement cost/quality/delivery improvement projects
• Ability to accurately assess key business metrics and situations
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Familiarity with various commodity-specific processes/supply base
• Demonstrates a high level of ethical behavior in exercising judgment and discretion in matters of significance

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Location: Euclid, OH

Job date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 07:31:59 GMT

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