POSITION SUMMARY
- As a Sourcing Specialist, your primary responsibility is to identify, evaluate, and select the best suppliers or candidates to meet the company's needs for goods, services, or talent.
- The Sourcing Specialist plays a strategic role in identifying the best external resources to support company operations, whether in terms of products, services, or talent. Their work directly contributes to operational efficiency and overall business success.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supplier/Candidate Research: Utilize databases, professional networks, recruitment platforms, and other tools to identify potential suppliers or qualified candidates.
- Options Evaluation: Analyze potential suppliers or candidates based on specific criteria such as quality, price, delivery capability, or skills.
- Negotiation: Conduct negotiations to secure the best contractual, pricing, or employment terms with selected suppliers or candidates.
- Relationship Management: Establish and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and candidates to ensure consistent quality of goods/services or talent retention.
- Reporting and Analysis: Prepare regular reports on supplier performance, market trends, recruitment campaign outcomes, etc., to optimize sourcing processes.
- Analytical Skills: Ability to evaluate and compare information from different sources to make informed decisions.
- Negotiation Skills: Ability to conduct effective negotiations to achieve the best terms for the company.
- Sourcing Tools Proficiency: Competent use of databases, recruitment platforms, and other sourcing technologies.
- Results Orientation: Ability to achieve and exceed sourcing objectives set by the company.
- Communication Skills: Effective communication with suppliers, candidates, and team members.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business management, procurement, industrial engineering, logistics, or a related field is required.
- 2- 4 years of experience.
PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS
- The role is primarily based in a manufacturing facility, requiring regular site visits and interaction with production teams.
- Required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) and adhere to safety protocols.
- The role involves extended periods of sitting in front of a computer.
- Occasional standing or walking may be required during meetings, presentations, or site visits.
- Work is primarily conducted in an office environment with controlled temperature and lighting.
TIME TRAVEL REQUIRED
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10% travel to different office locations, client sites, or conferences may be necessary.
OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
- Customer Focus
- Operational Excellence
- High-Performance Culture
- Innovation
- Financial Strength
OUR BEHAVIORS
- Own It
- Act With Urgency
- Foster a Customer-First Mindset
- Think Big and Execute
- Lead by Example
- Drive Continuous Improvement
- Learn and Seek Out Development
About Us
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
• High-Performance Culture
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Innovation
• Financial Strength
VERTIV BEHAVIORS
• Own it
• Act with urgency
• Foster a customer-first mindset
• Think big and execute
• Lead by example
• Drive continuous improvement
• Learn and seek out development
• Promote transparent & open communication
About Vertiv
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to [email protected]
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in business management, procurement, industrial engineering, logistics, or related field
- 2-4 years of relevant sourcing or procurement experience
- Proficiency with databases, recruitment platforms, and other sourcing tools/technologies
- Strong analytical skills to evaluate and compare supplier or candidate information
- Effective negotiation skills to secure favorable contractual, pricing, or employment terms
- Relationship management and effective communication skills with suppliers, candidates, and teams
- Ability to work on-site in a manufacturing facility, wear PPE, and follow safety protocols
- Results orientation and ability to meet or exceed sourcing objectives
Vertiv Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vertiv and has not been reviewed or approved by Vertiv.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with standard medical, dental, and vision plans plus wellness and mental-health resources. Core offerings also include disability and life insurance and an Employee Assistance Program.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes paid holidays and PTO typical of large employers, and many U.S. salaried roles feature flexible or "unlimited" PTO approaches. These programs are part of a structured, global total rewards framework.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair at start for many office-based, engineering, and field service roles, and total compensation packages are viewed as stable. In some hourly manufacturing settings, overtime opportunities help boost overall earnings.
Vertiv Insights
What We Do
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
