Strategic Sourcing Manager

Strategic Sourcing Manager

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 : $120,000 - $140,000 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 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, 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 specification and documentation between Mini-Circuits and our strategic suppliers.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Qualifications

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 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 ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Requirements / Skills

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.