Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Fictiv
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $120,000 - $145,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Own the end-to-end sourcing and onboarding of new Manufacturing Partners—including identification, assessment, selection, and integration into Fictiv’s ecosystem—ensuring full alignment with Fictiv’s goals and strategic objectives.
- Build and nurture long-term relationships with Manufacturing Partners (MPs) across your region. This will involve both virtual and in-person interactions, ensuring a high level of engagement and business alignment while fostering strong partnerships.
- Lead or support negotiations for Manufacturing Service Agreements (MSAs) with key strategic partners, ensuring terms support long-range competitiveness, quality, and scalability.
- Identify and lead supplier development initiatives in collaboration with Sourcing and other cross-functional teams, improving quality, throughput, capability, and reliability.
- Oversee a strategically balanced domestic supply portfolio, ensuring optimal distribution of spend, capacity, and capabilities. Analyze partner performance, cost structures, and utilization data to drive efficiency, transparency, and continuous operational improvement across the network.
- Partner with Sales, Product Management, Quality, Costing/DFM, and Operations teams to align on supplier strategies, execution plans, and continuous improvement projects.
- Proactively suggest and implement continuous improvements across sourcing, quality, and cost optimization strategies.
- Proactively identify and cultivate new supplier partnerships that strengthen Fictiv’s domestic manufacturing capabilities across multiple technologies.
- The core aspect of this role involves regular on-site visits to manufacturing partners, allowing you to directly address challenges and strengthen relationships. These visits provide valuable insights into current capacity, capabilities, and partner preferences, fostering trust and enhancing collaboration—key differentiators in driving long-term success with our partners.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, supply chain, business development, or manufacturing engineering, with direct exposure and experience to CNC machining, 3DP, molding, or fabrication suppliers.
- Proven track record in supplier sourcing, negotiation, development, and relationship leadership.
- Strong familiarity with vendor management systems, sourcing platforms, and related tools.
- Hands-on experience working directly with domestic suppliers, including regular on-site engagement within their facilities.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to navigate complex negotiations and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong analytical capability and comfort interpreting cost models, performance data, and operational metrics.
- Demonstrated sound judgment in supplier evaluation, sourcing strategy, and decision-making.
- Skilled in conducting challenging negotiations while maintaining productive and professional cross-functional relationships.
- Highly proficient in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to drive business decisions.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and a self-starter capable of operating autonomously.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Ability to travel 25–50% of the time (primarily domestic with the majority of travel being local to the San Francisco Bay Area).
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401K plan
- Monthly Virtual Work stipend for things like food, internet, travel, pet care, health and wellness
- Annual Education stipend
- Parental leave programs
- Paid volunteer days
- Onboarding setup, including: standing desk, laptop, monitor, and chair, and a stipend for additional items such as headphones, blue light glasses, or any other ergonomic supplies you may want or need
- And much, much more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
strategic sourcingsupply chain managementbusiness developmentmanufacturing engineeringCNC machining3DPmoldingfabricationvendor managementdata analysis
Soft skills
communicationinterpersonal skillsnegotiationrelationship leadershipanalytical capabilityjudgmentproject managementorganizational skillsself-startercollaboration
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Supply ChainBachelor’s degree in LogisticsBachelor’s degree in Business AdministrationMaster’s degree preferred