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Senior Global Supply Manager – Pcba
| Company | Skydio |
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| Location | San Mateo, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $120000 – $183000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Strong practical knowledge and healthy enjoyment of manufacturing, supply chain, and purchasing processes and practices
- Strength in directing complex negotiations, RFP issues, cost/price analysis and purchasing procedures
- Experience using cost models to define should-cost and negotiating price for sourcing and cost reduction
- Flexibility to work and achieve goals in a fast-paced start-up environment with an ability to adapt to changing circumstances
- Ability to understand strategic goals and effectively communicate detailed plans across various management levels as well as multiple regional and geographic locals
- Ability to prepare and present quantitative and qualitative comparative analysis of sourcing alternatives
- Ability to manage respective supplier relationships and performance, including but not limited to, dispute resolution
- Interest in keeping up with emerging technologies spanning consumer electronics, aerospace, and robotics
- Detail-oriented, team-oriented, with enthusiasm for learning new things
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong ethics and professionalism
- Technical degree and 5+ years work experience in related space
Responsibilities
- Develop clear technology and commodity roadmaps for current and future programs
- Be the liaison between supply chain and engineering for supplier and component selection during NPI and sustaining projects
- Identify new high potential suppliers on a global basis
- Cultivate productive relationships with supply chain partners including vendor selection, cost, support, and product transactions
- Ownership of RFI’s, RFP’s and RFQ’s – ensuring all commercial terms are agreed and documented
- Drive price negotiation to ensure that Skydio’s commodity pricing is best in class
- Negotiate and execute Master Supplier Contracts and SOWs
- Analyze current spend and evaluate current suppliers
- Maintain commodity consumption forecasts and associated plans of execution
- Consolidate spend across the supply base to create leverage, analyze purchasing trends, and develop sourcing alternatives
- Monitor current market conditions, technology roadmaps, and identify supply/demand challenges & opportunities
- Work with finance and accounting during monthly close and financial planning cycles
- Identify and manage metrics required to ensure quality, performance, and durability of the product
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
