Strategic Sourcing Specialist – Removables
Dandy
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $101,150 - $119,000 per year
About the role
- Support day-to-day supplier management across key Removables suppliers and workstreams
- Maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure reliable capacity, quality performance, and delivery timelines
- Track supplier performance through scorecards and KPI reporting (quality, delivery, cost)
- Help drive supplier accountability through structured follow-ups, QBRs, and escalation when needed
- Partner with cross-functional teams to address supplier performance issues and mitigate supply risk
- Identify sourcing opportunities across Removables to improve total delivered cost and supplier reliability
- Support vendor negotiations, RFQs/RFPs, and commercial evaluations
- Assist with executing vendor contracts (pricing, scope, terms, and implementation plan)
- Own updates to pricing trackers, savings models, and scenario analysis
- Lead defined sourcing workstreams end-to-end, with guidance from senior team members (from supplier research → onboarding → launch)
- Coordinate cross-functional execution across Operations, Manufacturing, and Quality to support supplier launches or transitions
- Track project milestones, identify risks, and help drive timely execution to launch
- Collaborate with upstream demand planning partners on Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) forecasts to inform price negotiations and assess supply chain risks.
- Work closely with R&D and Manufacturing during validation/testing to align supplier readiness and procurement timelines
- Support materials/supplier changes by ensuring testing requirements, documentation, and operational readiness are aligned
- Continuously seek opportunities to improve materials, workflows, processes, and technology, optimizing quality, scale, and efficiency for the product lines and manufacturing operations.
- Employ research, partnerships, and critical thinking to troubleshoot and solve problems quickly.
- Collaborate with manufacturing to bring outsourced milling processes in-house, ensuring better control and cost efficiency.
- This role requires travel 1-2 times per month for both external and internal meetings to support the success of the product line and supplier relationships.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, vendor management, manufacturing operations, or related field
- Experience supporting vendor sourcing programs including RFQ/RFP execution, supplier onboarding, contracting, and performance management
- Strong analytical skills with ability to model scenarios and evaluate cost/quality/lead-time tradeoffs
- Ability to manage multiple projects at once and drive execution across stakeholders
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Operations, R&D, Finance, Legal, and Quality
- Strong ownership mindset, attention to detail, and ability to operate effectively in ambiguity
- Clear written and verbal communication skills (comfortable with external-facing supplier communication)
Benefits
- healthcare
- dental
- mental health support
- parental planning resources
- retirement savings options
- generous paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
strategic sourcingprocurementvendor managementmanufacturing operationsRFQRFPsupplier onboardingcontractingperformance managementKPI reporting
Soft skills
analytical skillsproject managementcross-functional collaborationownership mindsetattention to detailcommunication skillsproblem-solvingcritical thinking