Sourcing Manager

Piper Maddox is partnered with a leading organization in the carbon and industrial gases sector that is looking to bring a Strategic Sourcing Manager onto its growing team.

This individual will be responsible for developing and strengthening the strategic supplier network needed to support the company’s continued growth and scale its platform across an expanding portfolio of production facilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and implement a comprehensive procurement roadmap aligned with Engineering and Product teams to support current and future production requirements.
• Establish and maintain a strong vendor network by researching the market, assessing capabilities, completing supplier due diligence, and onboarding partners that can support scalable manufacturing.
• Own supplier contracting and commercial discussions, covering cost structures, contractual terms, service expectations, risk allocation, and strategic partnership agreements.
• Manage procurement efforts across product development and commercialization, including early-stage designs, demonstration units, first-of-a-kind builds, and future equipment rollouts.
• Partner with technical teams to improve equipment economics, incorporate vendor expertise into designs, and create repeatable equipment and system specifications.

Qualifications:

• 8–10 years in strategic sourcing, ideally with an engineering degree or other technical background
• Comes from an industrial company that runs sourcing in a structured, process-driven and data-driven way.
• Experience sourcing engineered equipment such as compressors and process skids.
• Comfortable working in an individual contributor role.