Date Posted: 10/16/2026
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 509330
Industry: Automotive
Job Title: Strategic Sourcing Specialist Automotive and New Product Development
Job Location: Columbus, IN, USA, 47201
Work Model: Onsite
Shift: M-F, 8am - 5pm
Employment Type: Temporary
FT/PT: Full-Time
Estimated Duration (In months): 13
Min Hourly Rate($): 28.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 32.00
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Procurement, Project Management, Supply Chain
Experience Desired:
Project management (4 yrs),
Procurement knowledge (4 yrs),
Strong collaboration and stakeholder experience (4 yrs)
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
**C2C is not available**
Job Description
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or related field
Required Skills for the Sourcing Specialist:
- Project Management
- Procurement knowledge
- Soft Skills - collaborations and stakeholder experience
- Balances stakeholders
- Business insight
- Negotiations excellence
- New Product Development Sourcing
- Product Life Cycle Management
- Source to Pay Principles
- Sourcing
- Supplier Capacity Management
- Supplier Contract Development
- Supplier Contract Management
- Supplier Tooling Management
Desired Skills:
- Experience with purchase orders and supplier management
Sourcing Specialist Overview:
Will be responsible for attending and leading meetings with the procurement team, tracking project progress, following up on action items, and providing updates to leadership. Conducts complex analysis of markets, supply chains, and supply base; applies analysis to purchasing process improvement initiatives. Identifies qualified suppliers and executes sound source selection processes. Has regular interface with suppliers within area of responsibility and maintains the supplier relationship. Understands how key purchasing principles are used toward assuring supply.
Responsibilities:
- Independently carries out sourcing activities with full consideration for the impact of those activities on the end-to-end supply chain
- Executes sourcing tactics of varying complexity in accordance with established category/commodity strategies reflecting the optimum cost, quality, delivery
- Participates in sourcing and commodity strategy formulation
- Analyzes complex sourcing and purchasing initiatives and processes in support of the delivery of cost effective and high quality goods and services
- Prepares and presents to senior purchasing/sourcing leadership recommendations of improvement opportunities and alternative courses of action
- Ensures consistent application of sourcing procedures and processes
- Supports purchasing/sourcing management in activities such as price benchmarking, vendor management, industry and market analysis, process analysis, and model building
- May lead a team of sourcing analysts and specialists at the business unit and/or international purchasing organization (IPO) regional level
- Leads analysis projects/initiatives providing coaching to less experienced analysts and specialists
- Negotiates select contracts
- Develops and maintains effective relationships with suppliers to the benefit of both parties
- Understands the importance of compliance and is alert to situations that can pose risk to the Company - **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).
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