Lincoln Electric is a high-performance industrial machinery and technology leader who helps customers manufacture and maintain vital equipment and infrastructure. Lincoln Electric’s innovative solutions enable higher quality and productivity across a variety of processes including welding, cutting, brazing, machining, process automation, and field repair. The Company leverages proprietary technologies and expertise in materials science, power electronics, automation, and intelligent software to help customers build better and achieve resilience in their operations. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is the essential ‘Linc’ that keeps the economy running. The Company operates 71 manufacturing and automation facilities across 20 countries and serves customers in over 160 countries. For more information about Lincoln Electric and its products and services, visit the Company’s website at https://www.lincolnelectric.com.

Location: Euclid - 22801
Req ID: 28791

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Role Purpose

The Indirect Sourcing Manager – Capital Expenditures leads category strategy, supplier performance, and sourcing execution for capital projects across the region (Americas or EMEA). This role oversees strategic sourcing for capital equipment, automation systems, tooling, major construction projects, engineering services, and related investment categories.

Key Responsibilities

1. Regional Strategic Sourcing Leadership – Cap Ex

• Lead capital equipment and project‑related sourcing strategies across the Americas, balancing regional scale with plant‑specific technical requirements.

• Develop and deploy sourcing strategies for production equipment, automation, robotics, tooling, construction, infrastructure upgrades, and engineering services.

• Drive supplier rationalization, standardization of equipment platforms, and preferred supplier adoption to support performance reliability and lifecycle value, while respecting site-specific production and safety requirements.

• Identify and execute multi‑site and regional Cap Ex sourcing opportunities, including large construction and expansion projects.

• Collaborate with global procurement and engineering to align on global platforms, standards, and preferred suppliers.

• Utilize structured sourcing methodologies including lifecycle costing, value engineering, commercial risk modeling, and competitive bid processes.

2. Execution Management

• Ensure consistent deployment of Cap Ex sourcing strategies, project governance, and commercial compliance across all regional sites.

• Drive alignment between project engineering, plant operations, finance, and global category leadership.

3.

Procurement Execution and Governance:

• Create and maintain multi‑year strategic sourcing plans for capital equipment and investment categories.

• Lead RFx events, total lifecycle cost analysis, supplier evaluations, commercial negotiations, and contract execution using the LECO Ariba e Sourcing platform.

• Improve cost transparency, scope discipline, supplier risk assessment, and project risk management for decentralized capital spending.

• Communicate sourcing strategies, capital project risks, savings performance, and supplier evaluations to plant leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities (Continued)

4.

Supplier and Market Management:

• Manage supplier performance across quality, safety, delivery, commissioning performance, technical support, and lifecycle cost.

• Conduct market analysis to understand technology trends, supply risks, capacity constraints, and cost drivers in equipment, automation, machinery, and construction markets.

• Lead supplier business reviews, performance scorecards, and supplier development initiatives.

• Proactively identify and mitigate project‑level and supplier‑level risks impacting schedule, scope, or cost.

5. Cross‑Functional Leadership and Digital Enablement

• Partner with Engineering, Operations, and Project Management to ensure sourcing decisions align with technical requirements, uptime expectations, and long‑term equipment strategies.

• Collaborate with EHS, Construction Management, Legal, and Finance to ensure compliance with safety standards, regulatory requirements, and internal Cap Ex governance.

• Support digital procurement initiatives, including contract automation, project dashboards, and preferred supplier digital catalogs.

• Promote standardization of specifications, equipment platforms, and engineering solutions across the region to maximize leverage and reduce lifecycle cost.

Required Skills and Experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.

• CPSM, CIPS, PMP, or equivalent technical certification preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of strategic procurement experience, preferably in Cap Ex, equipment sourcing, construction sourcing, or engineering‑intensive categories.

• Experience leading distributed teams supporting large cross‑functional projects.

• Strong negotiation skills and ability to interface with engineering, project management, and executive leadership.

• Demonstrated ability to operate across diverse technical and regulatory environments in the Americas.

• Knowledge of lean principles, capital project lifecycle management, and continuous improvement methodologies.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with Ariba or similar e Sourcing platforms preferred.

• Successful candidates will be comfortable operating in a matrixed, engineering-led environment, influencing outcomes through structure, data, and partnerships.

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.