Sr. Sourcing Manager

Are you looking for an opportunity to turn your ambition and your people skills into a rewarding career with an industry leader? Join our team at American Tire Distributors! As the nation's premier tire distributor, ATD’s coast-to-coast distribution network provides approximately 80,000 customers across the U.S. and Canada with rapid and frequent delivery of high quality tires, custom wheels and shop supplies. 

Position Description: 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year sourcing and operations strategies across transportation, 3PL/logistics, fleet, and labor services.
• Optimize network design, routing, and cost-to-serve models to enhance efficiency and service performance.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives, including competitive bids, contract renewals, and supplier consolidation.
• Negotiate complex service agreements covering transportation rates, fleet operations, and labor contracts.
• Ensure competitive pricing, scalable capacity models, and performance-based commercial structures.
• Establish strong contractual frameworks addressing service levels, safety, compliance, and scalability
• Own cost modeling and analytics across transportation, fleet, and labor to drive data-informed decisions.
• Develop business cases for network optimization, outsourcing strategies, and labor models.
• Deliver measurable cost savings, cost avoidance, and operational improvements.
• Implement and lead supplier performance management programs, including KPIs, SLAs, and QBRs.
• Monitor supplier performance, capacity, and financial risk to ensure continuity and reliability.
• Partner cross-functionally and advise senior leadership with insights on cost trends, service performance, and market dynamics while driving continuous improvement and innovation.

Competencies

• Action-Oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Adaptive Mindset - Adapts existing tools and techniques to existing situation~Adapts to changing goals / objectives~Entrepreneurial spirit~Focuses on simplicity when addressing the customer
• Balances Stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Business Insights - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.
• Commercial Acumen - Ability and skill to use understanding of the ATD market and business environment and objectives in developing solutions.
• Costing and Budgeting - Awareness of costing, budgeting and finance concepts and the ability and skill to apply to related processes and procedures.
• Courage - Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.
• Data Collection and Analysis - The ability and skill to determine and analyze trends from data that is collected to assist in compiling reports that will help in decision-making including proficient use of aligned software (e.g., Tableau, etc)
• Decision Quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
• Develops Talent - Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.
• Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Instills Trust - Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
• Manages Ambiguity - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.
• Negotiation - The ability to obtain consensus between two or more parties who may have different interests, for the benefit of the organization. Negotiation may be with internal or external parties.
• Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
• Planning & Organizing - Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and oversee activities to efficiently meet objectives.
• Plans & Aligns - Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Policy & Regulation - The ability and skill to interpret and apply knowledge of laws, regulations and policies in area of expertise.
• Project Management - The ability and skill to plan and manage small project work assignments within desired cost, time and quality parameters including project planning, change, schedule, requirements, scope, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 8 years of related experience preferred

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

Physical Demands Category: Office

Physical Demands/Work Environment/Travel Requirements:
• Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell; the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Travel required: As required by the position.

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you.

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