Global Sourcing Manager, GPU

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Owns Supplier Relationship and delivers strategic impact through Supplier Strategy Development:

• Understands Supplier capabilities based on benchmarking against relevant competitors/markets and/or meaningful should-cost analytics.
• Creates Supplier performance score card based and cross-functional stakeholder feedback / calibration.
• Identifies future business opportunities and NPI projects (~24 – 36 month) together with PM and R&D teams.
• Creates Supplier Strategy in full alignment with Sourcing strategies to define Supplier related spending, targets, negotiations, DFX projects and spend consolidation, etc.
• Program manage execution and ensure effective stakeholder communication and involvement.

Relentlessly drives impact to the bottom and top line through Supplier Performance Development and innovative negotiation approach:

• Implements defined negotiation roadmap, target setting and business reviews.
• Orchestrates Supplier related activities and communication between internal and external stakeholders to ensure one consistent Supplier approach.
• Encourages Suppliers to provide innovation opportunities.
• Facilitates and drives early involvement (incl. DfX) and related decision making.

Ensures operational impact through compliance, contract, and risk mgmt:

• Identifies and updates Supplier segmentation for critical parameters on a yearly basis (e.g. Risk, sole source, spend, data security).
• Ensures full compliance regarding sustainability and regulatory requirements.
• Manage Supplier contracting according to defined standards & procedures.
• Conduct Supplier risk assessments and define, track, and manage corresponding mitigation and contingency plans in alignment with stakeholders.

Additional Responsibilities

• Continuously drives time to market and lead time reduction. Expediency is the key metric for our mission.
• Cost reduction efforts with suppliers to help drive continuous improvement.
• Supplier risk management (financial, geopolitical).
• Delivery to all scheduled Product Life Cycle phase gates.
• Quality metrics (DPPM, SCARs, Aged SCARs, etc.).

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• BS degree in Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in electronics manufacturing, including process engineering and/or quality roles.
• Experience in lean manufacturing implementation.
• Experience reducing cycle time and improving labor efficiency.
• Experience in data center related system and component level quality control.
• Experience creating, implementing, and maintaining internal quality systems/document management systems, standards/SOPs for internal and external applications.
• Experience in new product development and successfully launching new products to Volume.
• Experience assessing supplier capability.
• Negotiations skills
• Supplier Strategy Development
• Source-2-Contract processes
• Contract Management
• Supplier Sustainability Management
• Supplier Risk Management
• Lean methodology
• Project Management
• IT tools and analytical methods
• Creating breakthrough Supplier strategies and programs to impact to the bottom and top line.
• Drives and orchestrates Supplier related decision-making processes with involvement of Senior Executive Management on both sides.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, or other related advanced degree.
• Diverse experience across multiple roles within electronics manufacturing at large scale operation.
• Experience with deep PCBA manufacturing, PSU manufacturing, system integration testing, reliability testing.
• Experience with immersion cooling system and server/rack assembly and test.
• Experience in large electronics manufacturing supply chain for data center hardware.
• Experience in variable engagement contract manufacturing models CM, ODM, JDM…etc.

LOCATION

This role is based out of Seattle or Santa Clara, CA.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Ultra-competitive compensation and benefits package commensurate with experience.