Category Manager, Electronics

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve our global sourcing strategy for electronics, including EMS/ECM partners and electronic components such as PCBAs, box builds, semiconductors, passives, and connectors.
• Act as the electronics category subject matter expert, deeply understanding cost drivers, market conditions, capacity constraints, and global supply risks-and translating that insight into actionable sourcing strategies.
• Lead supplier selection and qualification efforts across a complex, multi tier global supply base, including assessment of technical capability, capacity, quality systems, test capability, and NPI readiness.
• Negotiate and manage highly complex global contracts, including LTAs and MSAs, ensuring alignment with business objectives around cost, flexibility, risk mitigation, and innovation.
• Build and maintain strategic supplier partnerships, leveraging suppliers early in the design cycle to influence manufacturability, cost, and technology roadmaps.
• Partner closely with engineering and manufacturing teams on electronics driven initiatives such as NPI readiness, supplier transfers, cost down programs, dual sourcing strategies, and obsolescence driven redesigns.
• Manage and improve supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, and service, while implementing continuous improvement initiatives throughout the procurement process.
• Navigate and mitigate risk across multi tier electronics supply chains, proactively addressing supply continuity, geopolitical exposure, and component lifecycle challenges.
• Serve as a trusted sourcing leader on cross functional and global teams, representing procurement at a strategic level and influencing decisions across the organization.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent
• P.M./C.P.I.M. or related certification preferred
• 5+ years of supply chain procurement, strategic sourcing, and/or purchasing experience
• Hands‑on experience sourcing electronics and EMS/contract manufacturing
• Strong understanding of electronics manufacturing processes (PCBA, box build, semiconductors, passives, connectors, etc.)
• Proven success with LTAs, complex negotiations, and global supplier strategies
• Experience supporting NPI and cross‑functional electronics initiatives
• Working knowledge of Oracle ERP preferred