CM Strategic Sourcing Manager

Works with stakeholders to address all aspects of procurement management for Contract Manufacturer (CM), including pricing, procurement support, supplier management, supply-base strategy, and market trends assessment.

Responsibilities

• Understand business service needs, request for quotation, negotiate pricing, and manage commercial and supply agreements with suppliers.
• Set up a “should cost” study and lead quarterly negotiations with suppliers to achieve quarterly and yearly cost reduction.
• Manage overall cost with CM, roll-up BOM cost, and monitor NRE and other special charges.
• Negotiate legal contracts such as NDAs and GPAs with suppliers.
• Coordinate procurement activities with manufacturing, quality, planning and engineering departments.
• Establish, implement, and administer systems and processes to evaluate, monitor, report, and manage supplier performance and improvement (including QBRs).
• Monitor commodity market trends and reflect market dynamics in terms of supply and cost.
• Identify potential sources or suppliers in a business-minded approach.
• Develop and execute a supply-base strategy to meet the Company’s growth and requirements.
• Identify, develop, and manage relationships with existing and potential suppliers to meet cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Operations and Quality to identify and drive cost reduction / avoidance activities.
• Collaborate with NPI, Engineering, Quality and Operations to effectively manage NPI procurement-related activities.

Qualifications

Additional information

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NOTICE : This job description has been refined to remove irrelevant boilerplate and ensure clear responsibilities and qualifications.

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