Staff Global Supply Manager, Mechanicals

Responsibilities

• Develop clear technology and commodity roadmaps for current and future programs.
• Act as liaison between supply chain and engineering for supplier and component selection during NPI and sustaining projects.
• Identify new high-potential suppliers globally.
• Cultivate productive relationships with supply chain partners, including vendor selection, cost, support, and product transactions.
• Own RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, review processes, and business award decisions, ensuring commercial terms are agreed and documented.
• Drive price negotiation processes to ensure best-in-class commodity pricing.
• Analyze current spend, evaluate suppliers, maintain commodity consumption forecasts and execution plans.
• Consolidate spend across supply base, analyze purchasing trends, develop sourcing alternatives.
• Monitor market conditions, technology roadmaps, identify supply/demand challenges and opportunities.
• Work with finance and accounting on monthly close, financial planning with component pricing, forecasts, and custom tooling investments.
• Identify and manage supplier performance metrics (technology availability, competence, component quality, supply, cost).

Requirements

• Flexibility to work in fast-paced startup environment, adapt to changes.
• Detail-oriented, team-oriented, enthusiasm for learning.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong ethics, professionalism.
• Technical & commercial experience in mechanical component surface treatments (e.g., corrosion-resistant, decoration, RF performance coatings of plastics and metals).
• Experience with Tooling Capacity Management, Tooling Unit Cost targets, Supplier Capacity Management.
• Strength in directing complex negotiations, RFP issues, cost/price analysis, RFP/Q review, Business Award process, purchasing procedures.
• Experience using cost models for should-cost and negotiating prices for sourcing/cost reduction.
• Experience in Supplier Contract, T&Cs, MSA, SOW, NDA negotiation, management, ownership.
• Experience facilitating ESI (Early Supplier Involvement) between Supplier, Program design, sourcing, procurement.
• Ability to prepare/present quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis of sourcing alternatives.
• Ability to manage supplier relationships and performance, including dispute resolution.
• Interest in emerging technologies in consumer electronics, aerospace, robotics, mechanical component manufacturing processes and materials.

Compensation

• Annual base salary range: $161,000 - $227,500.
• Equity in stock options.
• Comprehensive benefits: group health insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, 401K.
• Relocation assistance may be provided.