STRATEGIC SOURCING MANAGER - ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
Company: Mini-Circuits
Location: New York
Posted on: October 14, 2024
Job Description:
Description
Mini-Circuits designs, manufactures and distributes integrated
circuits, modules, and sub-systems for high-performance radio
frequency (RF) and microwave applications. With design, sales and
manufacturing locations in over 30 countries, Mini-Circuits'
products are used in a range of wired and wireless communications
applications. Our products are also used in detection, measurement
and imaging applications, including military communication,
guidance and electronic countermeasure systems, commercial,
scientific, military land, sea and aircraft; automotive systems,
medical systems, and industrial test equipment.
Mini-Circuits' sells its products to over 20,000 customers globally
through our direct sales force, applications engineering staff,
sales representatives, as well as through our extensive
website.Position Summary:
Reporting to the Director of Global Sourcing, the Strategic
Sourcing Manager will be responsible for managing our global
supplier relationships, total overall spend, and strategic
procurement for the supply categories they manage as well as their
financial and operational performance. The role's responsibilities
will cover the entire sourcing and procurement process, including
strategy development and execution, risk management, supplier
identification and selection, negotiation, order management,
invoice resolution, reporting, and budget forecasting. The
Strategic Sourcing Manager will also work closely with
Mini-Circuit's Engineering, Quality, and NPI teams to enhance our
global product generation process to ensure we incorporate our
strategic supplier partnerships in our new product innovation
process.
Salary Range: $103,300 - $154,900 per year
Job Function:
- Develop and lead the implementation of global strategic
sourcing and risk mitigation strategies for the supply categories
managed.
- Align strategies to Mini-Circuits' overall business strategy
and new product growth initiatives.
- Build and manage relationships with key internal stakeholders
across Mini-Circuits sites to ensure successful execution and
alignment of sourcing/risk strategies and ongoing supplier
activities.
- Build and maintain strong supplier partnerships.
- Conduct regular business reviews with suppliers to maximize
Total Procured Value and drive continuous operational and financial
supply chain improvement.
- Manage sourcing, requests for information, quotations,
proposals, and bidding processes.
- Negotiate pricing and commercial terms of supply agreements to
deliver Mini-Circuits Total Procured Value objectives.
- Work with the Supplier Quality team to assess new and existing
supplier capabilities, and drive performance improvement to ensure
all raw material/component/product purchases meet Mini-Circuits
quality requirements.
- Achieve annual financial and operational objectives/goals.
- Work with suppliers and internal teams to identify VA/VE
opportunities and lead initiatives to drive cost-out, eliminate
inefficiencies, and achieve supply surety.
- Proactively communicate and collaborate with internal
engineering, quality, supply chain, manufacturing, and product
development teams on supply chain-related statuses, priorities, and
issue resolution.
- Continuously evaluate supplier category markets to evaluate new
suppliers, report on market conditions, and understand trends
related to cost drivers and global pricing, to ensure our strategic
sourcing competitiveness.
- Maintain clear, effective, timely, and regular communication at
all levels within the company.
- Define, develop, and implement regular and detailed reporting
to management as required.
- Rapidly synthesize and communicate potential supply issues to
senior leaders and relevant stakeholders while proactively
identifying and acting upon mitigation and/or resolution activities
to eliminate or minimize any adverse impact to material flow.
- In collaboration with Product Development and QA, align all
specifications and documentation between Mini-Circuits and our
strategic suppliers. Supervisory Responsibilities:
- As an experienced Sourcing professional, the Strategic Sourcing
Manager will be looked at as an expert in the department to help
provide guidance and direction to less experienced buyers. The
duties, responsibilities, and expectations described above are not
a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the
member, within the scope of the position.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Materials
Management, Engineering, or similar preferred.
- 8+ years' experience in operations and/or supply management
with 4+ years of sourcing/supply management experience.
- Professional certification in supply chain, such as CPSM or
equivalent desired.
- Experience sourcing various electrical/electronic components
(active, passive, electro-mechanical).
- Strong knowledge of global electronics supply chains, including
OEM's, contract manufacturers / EMS, distributors, etc.
- Demonstrated track record of managing a strategic sourcing
capability, driving strategy and operational performance, and
delivering total procurement value.
- A passion for collaboration, a commitment to continuous
improvement, and a strong customer focus with a bias toward
over-communicating.
- Proficient in effectively leading cross-functional,
multi-location projects globally.
- Familiarity with Bills of Materials and manufacturing
processes.
- Strong oral, written, and presentation skills with the ability
to influence using data, risk/benefit analysis, and your skills in
fostering relationships and building trust.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite Products (Excel,
PowerPoint, Word, etc.) required.
- Experience with ERP, E Sourcing platforms, & RFQ tools.
- Working knowledge of contractual terms, clauses, and conditions
preferred. Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those
that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the
essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of
this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The
employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and use their
hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally
required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must
occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision
abilities required by this job include close vision, and the
ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential
functions.
Additional Requirements/Skills:
- Travel, both domestic and international, to visit suppliers,
Mini-Circuits facilities, tradeshows, etc. will be required (Up to
-30%).
- Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to
ensure a safe work environment.
- Ability and willingness to abide by the Company's Code of
Conduct.
- Valid driver's license and ability to drive for extended
periods of time.
Disclaimer: The listed qualifications and requirements for each
position are intended as guidelines. Mini-Circuits reserves the
right to hire outside of these guidelines at Management's
discretion.
Mini-Circuits is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not
discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived age, race, creed,
color, national origin, sexual orientation, military status, sex,
disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status,
familial status, gender identity, gender dysphoria,
pregnancy-related condition, and domestic violence victim status or
protected class characteristic, or any other protected
characteristic as established by federal or state law.
Keywords: Mini-Circuits, New Haven , STRATEGIC SOURCING MANAGER - ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, Executive , New York, Connecticut
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