Vice President, Sourcing & Supply

• Develop long-term sourcing strategies and actionable steps to improve operational performance, while ensuring best purchasing value and competitive advantage through the purchasing of capital, direct and indirect materials, and services worldwide. 

• Oversee a regimented process to effectively plan and deliver cost reduction plans and initiatives 

• Establish a culture of continuously thinking of new and creative ideas to reduce costs, working with engineering and manufacturing teams to realize the savings 

• Deploy new data and tools to make more informed sourcing decisions across critical categories of our business 

• Develop business relationships with suppliers that enable long term optimized support of company requirements to reduce cost and improve service 

• Maintain business relationships with strategic suppliers for BUs and serves as an escalation point to resolve supplier performance issues 

• Continuously seek opportunities to improve methodologies and their application to assigned business processes while maintaining the long-term sustainability of these processes 

• Ensure the optimum Purchasing performance to achieve quality, cost, timing, environmental, safety, sustainability, and technology requirements in line with business objectives 

• Drive lead-time reduction and dual sourcing across the global supply chain, quality improvements, and working capital improvements 

• Sponsor the use of digital, automation, and advanced analytics to unlock new sources of value and insight within the team 

• Responsible for the E2E Purchasing processes (systems, policies, and processes, P2P) 

• Negotiation and support of vendor contracts, service level agreements, and performance measurement programs related to materials and manufacturing partners 

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (EE or E&C) with 20+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, advanced sourcing, sourcing electronic components, manufacturing ops, and/or product management for new products 

• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge and working experience of Semiconductor components 

• Proven success driving change in cross-functional environments (engineering, marketing, product management, manufacturing) 

• Demonstrated balance of strategic and operational capacities, including global sourcing, supplier management, commodity risk management, supply assurance, etc. 

• Proven track record of forming win-win partnerships with suppliers, should bring both a strategic and 'hands on' mindset and a track record in change management. 

• Extensive global sourcing experience & strong negotiation skills, Contracting, pricing, supply chain/sourcing strategies  

• A globally minded leader has experience doing business across Europe, the Americas and Asia. 

• Highly analytical, process-driven, and results-oriented, with a bias for action. 

• Highly collaborative and able to work effectively outside the sphere of direct influence, have strong leadership skills and be able to communicate clearly with a wide range of constituents in a highly matrix organization 

• Must possess demonstrated work experience to work with outsourced manufacturing suppliers and procurement teams to drive problem resolution, ECO implementation, quality processes, and effective source cost analysis 

• Demonstrated success in supplier management, cost reduction & inventory management 

• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, with associated procurement based technical knowledge 

• Strong personal computer application usage skills are required (Desktop office and ERP systems applications) 

• Must be able to work in an environment of short notice changes, and tolerate interruptions 

• Direct experience with Oracle ERP Business Systems and related procurement transactions desired 

The base pay range for this position is $240,000 to $322,400 per year. This salary range may be modified in the future. The successful candidate starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, education or training, work location, and market conditions. This position is also eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits.