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 11,000 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 - Cleveland, OH, United States (US) Employment Status: Salary Full-Time Function: Supply Management Req ID: 24471 PURPOSE: The Strategic Sourcing Manager's primary function is to ensure the health & outlook of the supply chain focused on Metals and Powders sourcing; 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 JOB DESCRIPTION (DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES) * Lead a global strategic sourcing team responsible for Direct Spend, Chemicals. * Manage a team of sourcing specialists, who will help define and proliferate global sourcing strategies. * Some global travel to visit suppliers and plants * Define and maintain a formal strategic sourcing plan. * Lead a global sourcing council with representatives from key stakeholder functions, who will contribute to the creation, ratify, and proliferate the strategic sourcing plan for the spend category managed. * Partner collaboratively with all parts of the business, as well as the global procurement network, and implement procurement strategies and policies, applying a structured approach. * Support tactical execution from the selected supply chain and help maintain performance and profitability through completion of production. * 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 Manager is responsible for ensuring an optimized supply of material by: * Clearly defining the supply chain in coordination with the cross-functional commodity team * Aligning and leading cross-functional commodity teams with the various procurement strategies to be executed. * Documenting and communicating the supply chain strategy to cross functional personnel and management. * Early Involvement with product development projects, in coordination with R&D, to drive supply chain optimization. * Establishing project material budgets using as sold data and develop procurement plans. * Creating and maintaining commodity plans and assuring proper execution by the tactical procurement group. * 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. * Proactively driving procurement strategies - pooling, bundling, designing to cost, etc * Understanding the scope of supply and customer contract agreements, performing risk analysis and preparing for supplier negotiations * Identifying supply chain risks and monitoring the markeApply here: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjE5NDcwLjEwNTA4QGxpbmNvbG5lbGVjdHJpY2NvbXAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t