Sourcing & Supplier Relationship Manager

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier development, or category management.
• Strong sourcing knowledge across mechanical, electrical, electronic, and manufactured components.
• Hands-on experience managing RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs from requirement gathering through supplier response and sourcing recommendation.
• Proficiency in supplier capability assessment, supplier performance reviews, qualification, consolidation, development, and alternate sourcing.
• Strong experience in should-cost analysis, benchmarking, supplier negotiations, cost-benefit analysis, and annual savings programs.
• Ability to review drawings, prepare RFQ packages, analyze quotations, and create techno-commercial comparisons.
• Experience working with global suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders across North America, Mexico, China, and Europe.
• Working knowledge of sourcing dashboards, supplier scorecards, industrialization tracking, and Jaggaer or comparable sourcing platforms.
• Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Supplier Development, Category Management, RFI, RFQ, RFP, Should-Cost Analysis, Cost Reduction, Benchmarking, Supplier Negotiation, Techno-Commercial Analysis, Supplier Capability Assessment, Supplier Scorecard, Alternate Sourcing, VAVE, Jaggaer, Industrialization, Global Sourcing.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary onsite interface between customer stakeholders, suppliers, and the offshore sourcing team.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives for mechanical, electrical, and electronic commodities and support supplier identification across the USA, Mexico, China, and Europe.
• Manage end-to-end RFI, RFQ, and RFP execution, including drawing review, package preparation, supplier communication, quotation collection, commercial comparison, and sourcing recommendations.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships; conduct capability assessments, performance reviews, supplier development, consolidation, and readiness activities.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Product Owners, Engineering, Quality, Strategic Sourcing, and Finance to align priorities, timelines, risks, and issue resolution.
• Drive cost reduction through should-cost analysis, benchmarking, fact-based negotiations, value analysis/value engineering, and alternate sourcing.
• Track project milestones, service-level commitments, supplier readiness, industrialization, savings, and productivity goals.
• Provide daily updates, weekly executive status reports, sourcing dashboards, supplier scorecards, and category strategy updates.
• Own escalation management, governance reviews, and risk mitigation for supplier delays, sourcing risks, and critical project issues.

Generic Managerial Skills

• Excellent stakeholder management, supplier relationship, communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Strong ownership, governance, prioritization, and escalation-management capability.
• Analytical and commercially focused, with the ability to translate sourcing data into clear recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively with global, cross-functional, and offshore teams.
• Results-oriented and capable of managing multiple sourcing projects, timelines, and annual savings targets.

Salary Range: $64,000 - $130,000 a year

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