OPT Sourcing Specialist Jobs
Sourcing Specialist roles are a strong fit for F-1 OPT students with supply chain, business, or engineering backgrounds. Most positions qualify as specialty occupations, supporting H-1B visa sponsorship down the line. Your 12-month OPT window, plus a potential 24-month STEM extension, gives you real runway to build experience and secure long-term status.
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Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
How will you make an impact?
The Indirect Procurement/Sourcing Specialist will assess, generate, and deliver key business processes, procurement categories, market, financial, and group/divisional level insights to drive incremental procurement value across the corporation. This role involves working closely with the indirect procurement category teams and divisional business partners in developing and implementing data-driven indirect value capture initiatives. This position will act as a collaborative ally with Category Teams, the Global Procurement Organization, the Center of Excellence, and other enterprise leaders to provide valuable perspectives and resolutions centered on suppliers, contracts, expenditures, efficiency improvements, and projections.
What will you do?
- Manage and implement the indirect savings tracking process for assigned categories in partnership with the divisional finances team to ensure recognition of sourcing value.
- Lead the identification, coordination, and automation of key procurement insights to drive incremental indirect value on all procurement and sourcing programs.
- Engage in forward-looking thinking to build insights on key performance indicators and trends to identify future potential based on spend, savings, and market-related data.
- Manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Collaborate effectively across a matrix environment, build strong partnerships, good interpersonal, communication & negotiation skills.
How will you get here?
Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field, or equivalent combination of experience and education
- Minimum 3-5 years of procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies. Category or business engagement experience preferred.
- Strong business sense – experience evaluating and assessing procurement/business data to identify value capture opportunities.
- Proficient data analytics abilities – familiarity with analyzing intricate procurement data to pinpoint essential procurement insights.
- Experience managing multiple programs and projects simultaneously with various collaborators.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with an understanding of influencing through collaboration, partnership, and teamwork.
- Experience within an indirect procurement environment strongly preferred.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in New York is $75,800.00–$105,000.00. This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs.
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy.
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan.
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount.
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
How will you make an impact?
The Indirect Procurement/Sourcing Specialist will assess, generate, and deliver key business processes, procurement categories, market, financial, and group/divisional level insights to drive incremental procurement value across the corporation. This role involves working closely with the indirect procurement category teams and divisional business partners in developing and implementing data-driven indirect value capture initiatives. This position will act as a collaborative ally with Category Teams, the Global Procurement Organization, the Center of Excellence, and other enterprise leaders to provide valuable perspectives and resolutions centered on suppliers, contracts, expenditures, efficiency improvements, and projections.
What will you do?
- Manage and implement the indirect savings tracking process for assigned categories in partnership with the divisional finances team to ensure recognition of sourcing value.
- Lead the identification, coordination, and automation of key procurement insights to drive incremental indirect value on all procurement and sourcing programs.
- Engage in forward-looking thinking to build insights on key performance indicators and trends to identify future potential based on spend, savings, and market-related data.
- Manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Collaborate effectively across a matrix environment, build strong partnerships, good interpersonal, communication & negotiation skills.
How will you get here?
Bachelor’s degree in Business or technical field, or equivalent combination of experience and education
- Minimum 3-5 years of procurement/sourcing experience in mid to large multinational companies. Category or business engagement experience preferred.
- Strong business sense – experience evaluating and assessing procurement/business data to identify value capture opportunities.
- Proficient data analytics abilities – familiarity with analyzing intricate procurement data to pinpoint essential procurement insights.
- Experience managing multiple programs and projects simultaneously with various collaborators.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with an understanding of influencing through collaboration, partnership, and teamwork.
- Experience within an indirect procurement environment strongly preferred.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in New York is $75,800.00–$105,000.00. This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs.
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy.
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan.
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount.
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Sourcing Specialist
Target employers with active supply chain teams
Large manufacturers, retailers, and tech companies with dedicated procurement departments are more likely to sponsor visas. They hire sourcing specialists regularly and have established immigration processes, making OPT-to-H-1B visa transitions far more straightforward than at smaller firms.
Highlight your degree field on every application
Sourcing Specialist roles often require a degree in supply chain management, business, or engineering to qualify as a specialty occupation. Explicitly connecting your academic background to the role strengthens your OPT authorization and makes future H-1B sponsorship easier for the employer to justify.
Start your job search early in your OPT window
OPT authorization takes time to process, and employers need lead time to evaluate candidates. Starting your search three to four months before graduation gives you enough runway to land an offer before your program end date creates unnecessary urgency in hiring conversations.
Ask about sponsorship intent before accepting offers
Confirm that the employer is willing to sponsor an H-1B before you commit. Some companies hire OPT students but have no sponsorship history. Checking their prior H-1B filings through public Department of Labor disclosure data helps you avoid wasting your OPT window on a dead end.
Use your STEM extension if your degree qualifies
If you hold a degree in supply chain management, industrial engineering, or a related STEM field, you may qualify for a 24-month OPT extension. That gives you up to three H-1B lottery cycles, significantly improving your odds of securing long-term work authorization through an employer.
Frame your sourcing skills around measurable outcomes
Employers sponsoring visas take on real administrative costs and want confidence in their investment. Quantify your impact where possible: cost savings, supplier lead time reductions, or vendor consolidation results. Concrete metrics make your profile stand out and justify the sponsorship commitment to hiring managers.
Sourcing Specialist OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Sourcing Specialist on F-1 OPT?
Yes. Sourcing Specialist roles generally qualify as specialty occupations under F-1 OPT rules because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a related field such as supply chain management, business administration, or engineering. Your work must be directly related to your degree. If your degree is in an unrelated field, consult your DSO before accepting an offer.
Do Sourcing Specialist jobs typically lead to H-1B sponsorship?
Many do, particularly at mid-size and large employers with established procurement teams. Sourcing Specialist positions routinely qualify as specialty occupations for H-1B purposes, which is one of the primary requirements for sponsorship. The stronger signal is whether the employer has filed H-1B petitions in the past. You can browse OPT-friendly employers on Migrate Mate to identify companies with a documented sponsorship track record.
Does a Sourcing Specialist role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. If you hold a qualifying STEM degree, such as industrial engineering, operations research, or supply chain management, and your Sourcing Specialist role is directly related to that field, you likely qualify for the 24-month STEM extension. Confirm the STEM eligibility of your specific degree with your Designated School Official before filing.
What counts as a related degree for a Sourcing Specialist OPT position?
Supply chain management, business administration, operations management, industrial engineering, and logistics are the most common qualifying degrees. Some employers also accept economics or data analytics backgrounds if the role involves significant quantitative sourcing analysis. Your employer and DSO both evaluate this connection, so review your offer letter language carefully to ensure the role description aligns with your field of study.
How do I find Sourcing Specialist jobs that sponsor OPT students?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters jobs by sponsorship willingness, saving you from applying to roles where authorization will be a problem. Beyond that, focus your applications on companies in manufacturing, retail, technology, and aerospace, which tend to have large procurement teams and existing immigration infrastructure that makes OPT and eventual H-1B sponsorship routine.