Warehousing Logistics Sourcing Intelligence Manager (Houston, TX)

Job Description:

What You Will Do - Key Responsibilities

• Sourcing Intelligence Ownership: Own global sourcing intelligence for warehousing, fulfilment, service parts logistics, and inventory management; benchmark rates, labor, real estate, productivity, supplier capabilities, and operating models.
• Solution Design & Requirements: Support stakeholders in defining competitive warehouse solutions, including location, storage, handling, inventory, and value-added service requirements.
• Should-Cost & Scenario Modelling: Develop should-cost and scenario models covering labor, facilities, storage, handling, equipment, automation, systems, productivity, and capacity utilization.
• RFQ, Supplier Evaluation & Negotiation: Support RFIs, RFQs, network studies, and negotiations by setting fact-based targets and evaluating supplier pricing, assumptions, service levels, technology, capabilities, and commercial models.
• Savings, Compliance & Cost Control: Model savings and business impacts, track negotiated versus realized benefits, monitor contractual and pricing compliance, and identify cost leakage or reduction opportunities.
• Market Intelligence & Risk Insights: Monitor warehousing market, technology, labor, real estate, utility, and regulatory trends and translate insights into sourcing strategies, negotiation playbooks, and risk mitigation plans.
• Network Optimization: Support warehouse network optimization through location, inventory positioning, consolidation, greenfield, service-level, and total cost-to-serve analysis.
• Digital Analytics & Automation: Use automation, AI-enabled analytics, business intelligence, and scalable models to improve cost visibility, productivity, RFQ execution, and sourcing effectiveness.
• Stakeholder & Executive Engagement: Partner across Sourcing, Supply Assurance, Finance, Contracts, Operations, Network Design, and Digital teams, providing executives with actionable recommendations on warehouse economics and sourcing opportunities.

What You Need to Bring

Qualifications & Experience

• 8–12 years of experience in warehousing, contract logistics, fulfilment, sourcing analytics, logistics commercial management, network design, or supply chain analytics.

• Strong experience in warehousing, distribution center operations, service parts logistics, or warehouse network optimization.

• Proven experience supporting RFQs, supplier negotiations, facility selection, and commercial evaluations.

• Strong understanding of warehousing cost structures, including labor, storage, handling, real estate, material handling equipment, racking, automation, and value-added services.

• Experience in should-cost modelling, warehouse benchmarking, and commercial analysis.

• Familiarity with service parts logistics, aftermarket supply chains, and inventory positioning strategies is highly desirable.

• Ability to transform complex data into clear, actionable business insights.

Analytical, Digital & Tooling Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data analysis.
• Experience with sourcing platforms and procurement tools such as Coupa preferred.
• Working knowledge of SQL, Power BI, Tableau, optimization tools, or similar analytics platforms.
• Experience in should-cost modelling, labour benchmarking, network optimization, facility location analysis, warehouse productivity modelling, and scenario analysis.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled analytics and data-driven decision-making approaches

Professional Attributes

• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills.
• Structured, detail-oriented mindset with strong governance and analytical discipline.
• Ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed, and fast-paced environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and problem-solving capability.
• Curious, continuous learner with a passion for using analytics to drive supply chain performance improvements.
• Ability to balance commercial, operational, inventory, and customer service considerations when supporting sourcing decisions.
  

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