Sourcing & Procurement Process Improvement Lead

Your role

We are looking for a Sourcing & Procurement Process Improvement Lead to help improve how our Sourcing and Procurement organization works.

This is a high-impact continuous improvement role focused on processes, systems, data, reporting, training, automation, and cross-functional workflows. The successful candidate will help create clearer ways of working, reduce manual effort, improve visibility, strengthen system adoption, and support more consistent execution across the team.

What You'll Do as the Sourcing & Procurement Process Improvement Lead

• Evaluate Sourcing and Procurement processes, systems, tools, and workflows to identify gaps, inefficiencies, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead process improvement initiatives that improve speed, accuracy, transparency, ownership, and cross-functional alignment.
• Design and implement improved workflows, standard work, process documentation, and practical governance models.
• Support system, tool, reporting, and automation improvements, including ERP-related processes, dashboards, trackers, and productivity solutions.
• Improve data quality, reporting structure, and process visibility to support better decision-making.
• Train and support users on Sourcing and Procurement systems, tools, processes, and best practices.
• Track adoption, results, and follow-up actions to ensure improvements are sustained.

To succeed, you will need

Even if you don't meet all the points, but are ready for a challenge, click on "Apply" anyway. We love your spirit!

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

Experience

• Experience in process improvement, continuous improvement, business analysis, supply chain, sourcing/procurement, operations, or systems support.
• Ability to understand end-to-end business processes and identify practical improvement opportunities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work across functions and levels of the organization.
• Ability to lead projects, influence stakeholders, and drive adoption without direct authority.
• Comfortable working with systems, reporting tools, spreadsheets, and structured data.
• Strong ownership, follow-up, organization, and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Sourcing, Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Distribution, or Operations.
• Experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or other continuous improvement methods.
• Experience documenting processes, creating standard work, or training users.
• Experience working in a global or matrixed organization.
• Experience with SQL, automation tools, programming, or scripting languages is a plus.

In return, we offer

• • Health insurance/ Dental insurance/ Vision insurance
  • Excellent paid time off (4 weeks!)
  • Life & Disability insurance
  • We believe in and foster a learning culture where global mobility is an important enabler for growth.
  • Our learning culture supports you on your journey: benefit from our individual learning opportunities (LinkedInLearning e.g.), our feedback culture, the internal job portal, global project assignments, or on site training from our academy.
  • You will experience a on-boarding program, including guidance by a personal buddy.
  • Excellent compensation package, including a flexible benefits plan, and generous 401 (k) retirement plan
  • Salary range of $85k-$100k annually, based on knowledge, skills, and experience. Additional technical training provided for the most qualified candidate.
  
  Atlas Copco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or status within any other group that is protected by anti-discrimination laws.
  
  Accessibility Notice: If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please send an email to: or call . Reasonable accommodation requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Job location

Hybrid
This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, allowing you to split your time between working remotely and being on-site at our facility in South Charlotte NC.

Contact information

Talent Acquisition Team: Chelsea Yates

Atlas Copco Group

Atlas Copco Group enables technology that transforms the future. We innovate to develop products, services and solutions that are key to our customers' success. Our four business areas offer technologies for air and gas compression, vacuum and abatement, automated assembly and quality control, mobile energy management and power generation as well as portable and industrial flow technologies. In 2024, Atlas Copco Group had revenues of BSEK 177 and at year end about 55 000 employees.

Discover further the Atlas Copco Group website

Company: Atlas Copco Group

Functional area: Purchasing Location: US - United States City: Charlotte NC On-site/remote: Hybrid Brand: Atlas Copco Group Company Name: Atlas Copco Compressors LLC Date of Posting: May 19, 2026 Last day to apply: June 3, 2026