Global Sourcing Manager – Electrical Components
Sonos
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Glasgow • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Manage supplier relationships and commercial activities such as business and technology reviews, RFQs, and roadmap/strategy discussions.
- Craft comprehensive commodity and business strategies aimed at maximizing efficiency and driving down costs through strategic initiatives.
- Lead executive business reviews with internal/external stakeholders.
- Establish commodity strategic direction by working with our technical teams, understanding the technical and the necessary business requirements that allow for a competitive advantage and position us for profitable growth.
- Build robust supply chains based on product requirements and needs at the most basic levels of our supply chain to ensure that we have a complete and thorough understanding of the Sonos supply chain.
- Ensure continuity of supply.
- Set up long-term/short-term capacity planning with supplier, partner with Operations and Material teams to schedule supply to meet Sonos’s component demand.
- Collaborate with Product design and Engineering teams to review initial specifications of the parts/modules recommend sources to influence technical decisions in early phase of the program.
- Be able to manage multiple projects in parallel.
- Evaluate technical and business risks, analyze based on the data and create mitigation plans/alternatives.
Requirements
- BS degree with strong technical acumen and business understanding
- 8+ years work experience in sourcing related field
- Ability to toggle between strategic and detail-oriented thinking
- Top-notch negotiation skills
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated ability to apply analytical techniques to problem-solving
- Strategic thinker and result-oriented
- Natural leadership competencies; influences others through style and subject matter expertise
- An ability to balance business and technical objectives in decision making
- Excellent communication/presentation skills
- Ability to effectively work in a multicultural global business environment.
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
sourcingcapacity planningcommodity strategyrisk analysisdata analysisnegotiationproject managementtechnical acumenbusiness strategysupply chain management
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingdetail-orientedinfluencingleadershipcommunicationpresentation skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationmulticultural awarenessresult-oriented
Certifications
BS degree