Sourcing Specialists

Company Overview:

Flowserve is a global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and aftermarket services, delivering comprehensive flow control solutions that support essential industries such as energy, clean water, and pharmaceuticals. If you're looking for a culture built on ingenuity, innovation, and excellence, Flowserve offers the opportunity to put your experience in motion. Whether you're an individual contributor or a people leader, you'll find meaningful opportunities for professional growth, competitive rewards, and a workplace grounded in our core values: People, Safety, Integrity, Ownership and Ingenuity. At Flowserve, we're inspired by what we can achieve together—creating extraordinary flow control solutions that strengthen today's world while building tomorrow.

In nuclear projects, the sourcing decision is never simply about obtaining a quotation. It is about creating confidence: confidence that the supplier can meet the specification, protect quality, sustain capacity, deliver to programme, and uphold the traceability and discipline required by a nuclear application.

The Front End Sourcing Specialist – Nuclear leads that work at the earliest and most influential stage of major project development.

Acting as the sourcing project lead for budgetary Major Projects—typically exceeding $1 million, the role manages the end-to-end RFQ/RFP process for critical engineered commodities, including castings, fabrications, baseplates and forgings.

This is a strategic, cross-functional role combining commercial sourcing, nuclear supply-chain awareness, supplier capability assessment and project integration. The successful candidate will translate project requirements into robust sourcing strategies, align suppliers to Flowserve’s quality and delivery expectations, and provide the business with credible, competitive and executable supply solutions.

Key Responsibilities

The Front End Sourcing Specialist – Nuclear will:

• Lead sourcing events for budgetary Major Projects as requested by Flowserve sites and business units, ensuring timely execution through established sourcing workflows and governance.
• Own the complete RFQ/RFP process for assigned scopes, from requirement clarification and bidder selection through quotation analysis, negotiations, recommendation and commercial close-out.
• Develop clear sourcing packages for technically complex engineered materials, ensuring requirements for scope, quality, documentation, inspection, traceability, testing and delivery are accurately reflected in supplier enquiries.
• Source and evaluate suppliers for castings, fabrications, baseplates and forgings, balancing the full value equation: Safety, Quality, Capacity, Delivery, Cost and nuclear compliance.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Quality, Project Management, Estimation, Manufacturing, Planning and site procurement teams to clarify requirements, resolve bid ambiguities and ensure that sourcing decisions are technically sound and commercially competitive.
• Lead commercial negotiations with suppliers to achieve the best overall value for Flowserve, including pricing, lead-time, payment terms, capacity commitments, risk mitigation, warranty and contractual obligations.
• Assess supplier suitability for nuclear-related applications, including manufacturing capability, quality systems, traceability, documentation discipline, special-process controls and the ability to comply with required customer, regulatory and Flowserve flow-down requirements.
• Ensure sourcing recommendations reflect the global category strategy, approved supplier landscape, preferred sourcing channels and broader business objectives.
• Identify supply, supplier, quality, capacity, geopolitical, delivery and commercial risks early in the project lifecycle; establish mitigation actions and elevate significant exposures through the appropriate management channels.
• Prepare clear sourcing recommendations and decision support for project teams and leadership, including bid comparisons, supplier risk assessments, total-cost considerations and recommended negotiation or award strategies.
• Where applicable, negotiate and finalise commercial agreements such as price lists, project-specific supply agreements, framework agreements and teaming agreements.
• Support supplier development activity by identifying capability gaps, qualification needs and opportunities to strengthen Flowserve’s nuclear supply base for future project demand.
• Maintain complete, accurate and auditable sourcing documentation in accordance with Flowserve policies, procedures, delegated authorities and applicable compliance requirements.

Scope of Responsibility

The role will act as the front-end sourcing lead for strategic, high-value nuclear and nuclear-adjacent opportunities. The specialist will typically