Senior Global Supply Manager, Electromechanicals
Develop and execute commodity sourcing strategies for electromechanical drone components including antennas, connectors, cables, and wire harnesses. Lead supplier selection, contract negotiation, and cost optimization across global supply base.
How you'll make an impact
- Develop clear technology and commodity roadmaps for current and future programs
- Be the liaison between supply chain and engineering for supplier and component selection during NPI and sustaining projects
- Identify new high potential suppliers on a global basis
- Develop and execute strategic sourcing plans for silicon components, including market research, supplier evaluation, and contract negotiation
- Analyze market trends, industry developments, and competitor activity to inform sourcing decisions
- Cultivate productive relationships with supply chain partners including vendor selection, cost, support, and product transactions
- Ownership of MDSAs, SOWs, RFI's, RFP's and RFQ's - ensuring all commercial terms are agreed and documented
- Drive price negotiation processes to ensure that Skydio’s commodity pricing is best in class
- Analyze current spend and evaluate current suppliers
- Maintain commodity consumption forecasts and associated plans of execution
- Consolidate spend across the supply base to create leverage, analyze purchasing trends, and develop sourcing alternatives
- Monitor current market conditions, technology roadmaps, and identify supply/demand challenges & opportunities
- Work with finance and accounting during monthly close and financial planning cycles
- Identify and manage metrics required to ensure quality, performance, and durability of the product
What makes you a strong fit
- Strong practical knowledge and healthy enjoyment of manufacturing, supply chain, and purchasing processes and practices
- Strength in directing complex negotiations, RFP issues, cost/price analysis and purchasing procedures
- Experience using cost models to define should-cost and negotiating price for sourcing and cost reduction
- Flexibility to work and achieve goals in a fast-paced start-up environment with an ability to adapt to changing circumstances
- Ability to understand strategic goals and effectively communicate detailed plans across various management levels as well as multiple regional and geographic locals
- Ability to prepare and present quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis of sourcing alternatives
- Experience engaging and negotiating with large electromechanical suppliers and influencing at executive levels
- Ability to manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to, dispute resolution
- Interest in keeping up with emerging technologies spanning consumer electronics, aerospace, and robotics
- Detail-oriented, team-oriented, with enthusiasm for learning new things
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong ethics and professionalism
- Technical degree or comparable work experience required
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