Acuity Brands, Inc

Sourcing Manager, Des Plaines/Hybrid

Acuity Brands, Inc • $66K — $143K *
Des Plaines, IL 60016Hybrid
Business Services
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of relevant working experience
  • Ability to read engineering drawings
  • Strong background in Excel
  • Experience making sourcing decisions with cross-functional teams
  • Strong communication skills with internal and external partners
  • Project management skills and ability to meet deadlines
  • Excellent data analysis capabilities
  • Negotiation experience in a B2B context
  • Curiosity and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute sourcing strategies with Category Leaders to align with business objectives
  • Manage strategic sourcing projects, including creation, RFx execution, and supplier engagement
  • Perform RFx analytics to assess supplier proposals and identify cost savings
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain to implement VAVE opportunities
  • Represent Sourcing in project reviews and report on financial results and savings performance
  • Support Category Leaders throughout the SWAP process, engaging stakeholders and managing RFx development

Benefits

  • Health care coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision plans
  • 401K benefits
  • Commission and incentive compensation based on role
Full Job Description
Work location:
  • This position requires on-site presence in Des Plaines, IL, following a hybrid work model.


Job Summary

The Sourcing Leader will partner closely with Category Leaders and cross-functional Category Value Teams to identify, prioritize, and execute sourcing initiatives that support category strategies, supplier optimization, and part standardization objectives. This role is responsible for managing strategic sourcing projects through the SWAP process, including spend analysis, market research, supplier engagement, RFx execution, commercial analysis, and implementation. The Sourcing Leader will leverage data-driven sourcing practices to identify cost reduction and value engineering opportunities, facilitate supplier transitions to preferred sources, and drive successful project execution that achieves targeted cost, lead-time, quality, and supply continuity objectives while supporting overall business performance.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

  • Partner with Category Leaders to develop and execute sourcing strategies across direct material categories, ensuring alignment with business objectives, supply continuity, cost competitiveness, and risk mitigation goals.
  • Lead and manage strategic sourcing projects within GEP, including project creation, RFx event execution, supplier engagement, and project tracking.
  • Conduct RFx analytics using standardized methodologies to evaluate supplier proposals, identify cost savings opportunities, and support data-driven sourcing decisions with preferred suppliers.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to identify and implement value engineering (VAVE) opportunities, supplier transitions, cost reduction initiatives, and supply base optimization projects.
  • Serve as the Sourcing representative for project reviews, status updates, and reporting of financial results, savings performance, and overall initiative progress.
  • Support Category Leaders throughout the Strategic Sourcing Workflow and Process (SWAP), including:
    • Spend Analysis and Project Creation
    • Market Research and Supplier Identification
    • Internal and External Stakeholder Engagement
    • RFx Development and Quotation Management
    • Commercial Analysis and Supplier Negotiation
    • Contract Award and Project Execution


Skills and Minimum Experience Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of relevant working experience
  • Ability to read engineering drawings
  • Must have strong background using Excel
  • History of making sourcing decisions with cross-functional teams
  • Strong communication abilities; both internal and external partners
  • Project management skills, and ability to drive towards a target date
  • Excellent data analysis capabilities
  • Negotiation experience in a business-to-business setting
  • Curiosity & Problem-Solving Capability
  • Creativity & Collaborative Growth Mindset


Preferred Skills and Experience

Not required but highly desirable
  • History working in the Lighting Industry
  • General understanding of contracting concepts, language, and strategies
  • Familiarity with ERP, and electronic sourcing software, power apps and automation


Travel Requirements
  • 1-20%

The range for this position is $66,500.00 to $143,600.00. Placement within this range may vary, depending on the applicant's experience and geographic location. Acuity offers generous benefits including health care, dental coverage, vision plans, 401K benefits, and commissions/incentive compensation depending on the role. For a list of our benefits, click here.

About Acuity Brands, Inc

Acuity Brands, Inc. is a lighting and building management firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with operations throughout North America and in Europe and Asia. It currently has about 12,000 employees and recorded net sales of $3.5 billion for fiscal year 2020. The company designs, produces, and distributes lighting fixtures, controls, and related products and services for commercial, institutional, industrial, infrastructure, and residential applications. Its lighting and building management solutions are marketed under various brands, including Lithonia Lighting, Holophane, Aculux, American Electric Lighting, and others. Acuity Brands is committed to sustainability and energy efficiency, and offers a range of products that meet or exceed industry standards for energy efficiency and environmental performance.
Learn more about Acuity Brands, Inc
Size
13,000 employees
Market Cap
$5.3 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$250.9 million
Founded
1898
5 Year Trend
+2.7%
Revenue
$3.2 billion
NASDAQ
AYI
* Ladders Estimates

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