Global Supply Manager - Special Projects

Strategic Sourcing & Commodity Ownership

• Develop sourcing strategies for assigned categories, including:
  • Components: Gas fluid handling and pneumatics, electrical and mechanical assemblies, motors, bearings, valves, COTS, etc.
  • Material processing: machining, grinding, coatings, non-destructive testing (Visual, Ultrasonic, Radiographic), etc.
  • Indirect: facility equipment, services, consumables, MRO
• Analyze global supply markets to identify capable suppliers for performance, cost, scalability, and risk
• Lead supplier selection process from RFx through sourcing award, including should-cost analysis, total landed cost modeling, and commercial/technical tradeoff recommendations
• Define and improve sourcing SOPs for assigned categories in partnership with Purchasing leadership
• May support development of multi-year commodity strategy and supplier roadmap for assigned categories (S5)
• Serve as category subject matter expert, advising cross-functional partners on supply market dynamics and risk exposure (S5)

Program Support & NPI Procurement

• Act as the sourcing lead for internal product development, supporting program platform milestones (concept through SOP)
• Translate project BOMs and schedules into actionable procurement plans across prototype, pilot, and production phases
• Support engineering in managing design iterations with suppliers and ensuring manufacturability and scalability
• Track and manage part readiness for critical build events
• Independently identify supply risks and implement mitigation plans to protect program timing
• Lead complex cross-functional readiness reviews for high-visibility build events (S5)

Supplier Management & Technical Collaboration

• Serve as the primary commercial interface for global suppliers; ensure accountability across pricing, lead time, quality, and risk
• Drive supplier development and qualification processes in collaboration with Quality and Engineering teams
• Work with suppliers on value engineering, lead time optimization, capacity ramp, and risk mitigation
• Manage long-lead items, sole-source suppliers, and supplier tooling with high rigor
• Lead structured supplier performance reviews and corrective action follow-up
• Influence executive-level supplier discussions related to capacity, long-term agreements, or strategic partnerships (S5)

Cost Management & Negotiation

• Build and maintain cost models for key components based on process knowledge, materials, labor, and margin benchmarks
• Conduct cost reduction initiatives, VA/VE sessions, and alternate source qualification efforts
• Lead negotiations on pricing, payment terms, tooling amortization, and IP protection
• Track actual vs. forecasted material costs; report on sourcing variances and mitigation plans
• Lead complex negotiations involving long-term agreements or capacity reservations with limited oversight (S5)
• Provide strategic cost modeling insights to support product-level or commodity-level margin improvement initiatives (S5)

Cross-Functional Integration

• Partner with:
• Hardware & Product Engineering: Support design-for-supply, technical feasibility reviews, and change management
• Manufacturing & Integration: Align sourcing with line build sequencing and materials flow
• Hardware Program Managers: Communicate part status against schedule, mitigate delivery risk
• Finance: Ensure procurement budgets and capital forecasts are aligned and reconciled
• Legal: Support supplier contract development, including MSAs, NDAs, and licensing/IP terms
• Act as a resource to peers and junior team members on sourcing best practices
• May inform cross-functional sourcing strategy discussions at the product or platform level (S5)