Sourcing Manager

Kimball Electronics

Sourcing Manager at Kimball Electronics developing sourcing strategies for supplier performance and quality management. Leading supplier negotiations and ensuring compliance with customer and regulatory standards.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $90,000 - $110,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and execute sourcing strategies that enable on-time delivery, quality performance, and cost/risk optimization
Lead supplier identification, qualification, and commercial negotiations
Provide supplier execution support to ensure supplier readiness and alignment to customer and regulatory requirements
Build strong working relationships and operating cadence with the current supply base, customer contacts, and internal partners (Engineering, Quality, Operations, Program Management, Global Supply Chain, Legal, Finance)
Assess and baseline current supplier landscape, risks (single-source, allocation, obsolescence, geopolitical), and performance (OTD, quality/DPPM, responsiveness, lead time)
Execute priority sourcing project actions (identify/shortlist suppliers, initiate qualification plans, and align supplier deliverables to near-term project milestones)

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience deploying supply chain processes and improvements
Leading supplier contract negotiations
Strong grasp of data, cost modeling, and supplier evaluation tools
Understanding of manufacturing processes and operations value streams
Project scheduling, prioritization and organization skills to manage tasks across multiple locations (suppliers, plants, and customer sites)
Communication skills to provide clear direction, accurate handoffs, and consistent standards to a diverse, multilingual group with varying English proficiency
Coaching and mentoring supply chain professionals to build organizational capability
Flexibility to support Thailand manufacturing facility hours and USA customer needs; remote and on-premise attendance as necessary. Domestic and international travel as needed to work with customers, suppliers, and manufacturing facilities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application or recruitment process due to a disability, you may contact us at KEIrecruiting@Kimballelectronics.com. We will treat all requests for accommodations discreetly.

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Hard Skills & Tools

sourcing strategiessupplier identificationsupplier qualificationcommercial negotiationssupplier evaluation toolscost modelingmanufacturing processesproject schedulingrisk assessmentperformance metrics

Soft Skills

communication skillsorganizational skillsleadershipcoachingmentoringrelationship buildingflexibilityprioritizationtask managementcollaboration