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Join a company that's reintroducing itself to the aviation community we've helped advance for more than a century. At Honeywell Aerospace (NASDAQ: HONA), we're launching as an independent, publicly traded aerospace and defense company built on a legacy of operational excellence and mission-focused execution.
Our new brand identity pairs that heritage with real momentum, as we build technology that helps pilots navigate with confidence, aircraft operate more efficiently, and operators stay ahead of change. With our systems on board 90% of the world's aircraft, your work here has reach that's rare to find anywhere else.
Focusing on our customers, investing in innovation, and building a culture of accountability and performance is how we're shaping what comes next.
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Sr. Strategic Sourcing Specialist
As a Lead Strategic Sourcing Specialist here at Honeywell, you will play a crucial role in driving procurement of materials and services in alignment with business leadership. You will be responsible for establishing and executing procurement strategies to achieve the lowest total cost, reduced working capital, and ensure supply continuity. This role requires strong negotiation skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a dynamic global environment.
You will report directly to our New Product Sourcing Leader in India, and you’ll work out of our Bangalore, India location on a Hybrid work schedule.
In this role, you will impact the company by driving competitive commodity and category supply strategies, managing supplier performance, and ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures. You will also contribute to the growth and success of the business by identifying cost-saving opportunities, implementing value engineering initiatives, and eliminating sole/single sources.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Drive and execute Annual and Strategic Plan with supporting strategies.
- Right and Fast execution of strategies to align with business Growth and New Product Introductions
- Manage Category and Commodity Strategies including spend analysis, Benchmarking, Cost, Market Analysis, and Global Technology/Economic trends.
- Build new relationships with key Supplier Leadership.
- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Technology, Business, Operations, Finance, and Quality and other Honeywell Businesses
- Lead Supplier selection, RFQ and RFI process, Negotiation, Contracting, and supplier performance processes.
- Apply effective Sourcing supplier risk assessment methodologies to ensure supplier continuity.
- Improve Working Capital through Payment Terms extensions, Payment cycle optimization, Vendor Managed Inventories and Lead time reductions.
- Responsible for looking for appropriate supplier parts and conducting early supplier engagement.
- Working within the flawless launch boundaries and IPDS (Integrated Product Development System) ways of working.
- Coordinate with Procurement and supplier contracting teams to ensure that parts on selected programs are awarded and contracted to preferred suppliers, and purchase orders place to meet program requirements.
- Work across different functions to ensure smooth delivery and making sure parts meet program spec and cost targets.
- Create and conduct reporting for sourcing leadership and tracking program statuses.
- Driving to negotiate with suppliers to achieve cost goals and meet delivery time frames.
- Experience in negotiating PRC / BTS and RSP Contracts.
YOU MUST HAVE - Bachelor’s degree with minimum of three years' experience in Supply Management
- Extensive experience in sourcing & procurement
- Working and/or Leading in Matrix and complex Team Environments
- Project Management and/or Contract Management Experience
- Professional Certifications in Project/Supply Chain/ Procurement/Contract Management
- Team Leader experience in Supply Management/Sourcing/Procurement/Business
- Demonstrated Business and financial acumen.
- Experience with SAP, E Sourcing Platforms, Request for Quotation Tools, Project
- Sourcing/Procurement, Engineering, Program Management and/or New Product Launches
- Proven background in project management
- Knowledge of contracts terms and conditions.
- Ideally within aerospace but will accept people from a mechanical/industrial background.
- Ability to communicate and influence at all levels.
- Previous experience working within an NPI function would be desirable.
ABOUT HONEYWELL
Honeywell International Inc. (Nasdaq: HON) invents and commercializes technologies that address some of the world’s most critical challenges around energy, safety, security, air travel, productivity, and global urbanization. We are a leading software-industrial company committed to introducing state of the art technology solutions to improve efficiency, productivity, sustainability, and safety in high growth businesses in broad-based, attractive industrial end markets. Our products and solutions enable a safer, more comfortable, and more productive world, enhancing the quality of life of people around the globe.
THE BUSINESS UNIT
The Corporate Strategic Business Group (CORP SBG) at Honeywell is a division focused on corporate-level functions and initiatives that support the overall operations and strategy of the company. It is responsible for overseeing areas such as finance, legal, human resources, communications, and corporate governance, working closely with other business units and SBGs to ensure alignment and coordination across the organization. The CORP SBG plays a crucial role in the overall strategic direction and management of Honeywell's corporate functions and operations, supporting the company's business objectives.
Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree with minimum of three years' experience in Supply Management
- Extensive experience in sourcing & procurement
- Working and/or leading in matrix and complex team environments
- Project management and/or contract management experience
- Professional certifications in Project/Supply Chain/Procurement/Contract Management
- Team leader experience in Supply Management/Sourcing/Procurement/Business
- Demonstrated business and financial acumen
- Experience with SAP
- Experience with E Sourcing Platforms
- Experience with Request for Quotation (RFQ) tools
- Proven background in project management for sourcing/procurement
- Knowledge of contract terms and conditions
- Experience in negotiating PRC / BTS and RSP contracts
- Working within IPDS (Integrated Product Development System) and flawless launch boundaries
- Ideally aerospace background; mechanical/industrial background acceptable
- Ability to communicate and influence at all levels
- Previous experience working within an NPI function
The Aerospace Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Aerospace Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by The Aerospace Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan provides a company‑paid contribution of 8–12% based on years of service with immediate eligibility and vesting, and eligible employees can access retiree medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes 15 vacation days (rising to 20 after five years), nine paid holidays, and unlimited sick time for exempt employees with accruals for non‑exempt staff.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work models include a 9/80 schedule with alternating Fridays off, supported by backup care services, an EAP, relocation assistance, and home‑office stipends where applicable.
The Aerospace Corporation Insights
What We Do
The space enterprise has been transformed by rapid change and growth. New vehicles for national security space, a more rapid launch cadence, proliferated satellite constellations, the pursuit of interplanetary exploration, and thriving commercial ventures are changing the nature of the space industry. The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) is a leading architect for U.S. space programs, shaping efforts to outpace threats to our national security while cultivating the technologies needed to further this new era of space commercialization and exploration. Aerospace works across the space enterprise in service of the public interest. In addition to supporting the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community, our customers include NASA, NOAA, numerous federal agencies, and commercial space — all of whom benefit from our deep technical knowledge. We only pursue business related to the space mission and complementary fields, operating as the nation’s trusted partner to solve the toughest challenges and develop reliable and innovative technologies. Innovation in space occurs when people have the freedom to imagine and do. At Aerospace, we take pride in our readiness to solve some of the most complex challenges in the space enterprise.
Why Work With Us
We are a non-profit corporation chartered by the government to work on the hardest problems in space. We employ technical experts in every discipline of space-related science and engineering who touch every part of the US space program. Come join us as we make an impact bigger than ourselves.
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