Director, Procurement and Manufacturing
Leads strategic electronics procurement and advanced manufacturing oversight for Yubico’s hardware supply chain. The role combines supplier governance, contract and capacity negotiations, supply-chain resilience, automation engineering leadership, and NPI launch readiness, requiring 10+ years of relevant experience.
About the job
Responsibilities
Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, and Relationship Governance
- Manage and mature relationships with core co-manufacturing partners.
- Own hardware procurement processes and, with Legal, lead the drafting, negotiation, and execution of Master Services Agreements, Quality Assurance Agreements, and commercial contracts.
- Secure multi-year capacity reservations with critical vendors while managing volatile commodity and electronic material prices.
- Build supply-chain resiliency by moving from single-source dependencies toward dual-sourced ecosystems and viable backup plans.
- Oversee the packaging supplier portfolio, reliability, and performance standards.
- Coach and develop the purchasing team, improve spend transparency, and manage contract compliance.
Manufacturing, Automation, and In-House Production
- Support development, scaling, and operational uptime of proprietary in-house production and programming/flashing stations.
- Provide structured management to mechanical and automation engineering teams and establish well-documented processes.
- Protect Yubico intellectual property in co-developed automation lines, fixtures, and parts through operational and contractual controls.
- Oversee Supplier Quality and enforce cosmetic and technical standards for manufacturers.
NPI and Cross-Functional Integration
- Drive supplier and internal readiness for new product launches and align stakeholders on NPI milestones.
- Partner with Planning, Logistics, and Fulfillment to align procurement strategies, lead times, and capacity reservations with demand forecasts.
Requirements
- 10+ years of hardware or industrial supply-chain experience, especially electronics procurement, supplier relationship management, and contract structuring.
- Experience in mature industrial organizations and agile, fast-moving scale-ups.
- Commercial leadership experience negotiating multi-million-dollar capacity commitments.
- Technical depth sufficient to lead automation and mechanical domains.
- Deep, hands-on experience guiding complex electronic products through NPI under tight deadlines.
- Diplomatic, high-stakes supplier negotiation skills.
- Ability to implement clean, scalable processes in low-documentation environments.
Skills
Strategic Sourcing, Electronics Procurement, Supplier Relationship Management, Contract Negotiation, Capacity Planning, Supply Chain Resiliency, Dual Sourcing, New Product Introduction, Supplier Quality, Automation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Demand Forecasting, Master Services Agreements, Quality Assurance Agreements, Commodity Indexing
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