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Senior Sourcing Manager - Contract Manufacturing

S&C Electric Company · Chicago, IL · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemotePurchasing$128k–$192k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually we need to use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only if posting has real specific content. The posting includes: Hours (8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday-Friday) Remote. That's schedule info. Compensation: salary range and AIP. So Pay and Schedule sections can be included. Benefits: they list benefits under "ABOUT US" after description. So Benefits section can be included. Responsibilities: essential functions list. Requirements: required skills, knowledge & experience. Qualifications: education. Skills: maybe combine required skills? But we have separate sections: Skills, Requirements, Qualifications. We need to decide what content goes where. The posting includes "Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience:" which is a list of skills and experience. Also "Education:" with required and preferred. Also "Preferred" certifications. So we can put Skills section for the required skills list. Requirements could be the experience (7+ years etc). Qualifications could be education and certifications. However we must avoid duplication. Let's parse: - Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Monday-Friday) Remote => Schedule section. - Compensation: salary range and AIP => Pay section. - Essential Functions: list of duties => Responsibilities section. - Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience: list => Skills section (or Requirements). We'll treat as Skills. - Education: Required Bachelor’s degree in engineering Preferred Master’s degree in business administration (MBA) Preferred Certified in Supply Management (CSM) Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) => Qualifications section. - Benefits: list under "ABOUT US" => Benefits section. - About the role? Could be a brief paragraph about role? The posting starts with "JOB DESCRIPTION Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow’s energy challenges and become an employee-owner". That's a bit of overview. Could be About the role. We'll include About the role section with that paragraph. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. There's none. We must not include sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details from the posting. Let's extract content: Overview paragraph: "JOB DESCRIPTION Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow’s energy challenges and become an employee-owner". Actually that's the first line. Might be considered tagline. We'll include as About the role. Hours: "Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Monday-Friday) Remote" Compensation: "Remote Compensation: At S&C, we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members, and we are committed to transparency in our pay practices. The estimated annual base salary range for this position is $128,084 - $192,126 Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors, including performance, knowledge, job-related skills and experience, and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP), subject to eligibility criteria." We'll keep that. Essential Functions: list bullet points (they are sentences). We'll convert to
  • . Required Skills, Knowledge & Experience: list of bullet-like sentences separated by periods. We'll split into items. Education: list. Benefits: list under "ABOUT US": Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, , Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support) Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic). We'll format as list. Also there is "ABOUT THE TEAM" paragraph: could be omitted? It's not required sections but could be considered About the role? Might be extra. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." We could include About the role (overview) and maybe skip About the team. But we must preserve ALL substantive information. The About the team paragraph is substantive. Where to put? Could be part of About the role? Might be okay to add another section like "About the Team". But allowed headings list includes only specific ones; we should not create new headings not in list. The instruction: "use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., implying those are examples but we should stick to those? It says "use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." Likely they expect only those headings. So we should not add About the Team heading. We could incorporate that paragraph into About the role section. That would preserve info. Thus About the role will contain the overview + About the team paragraph. Now we need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. Let's craft:

    About the role

    Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow’s energy challenges and become an employee-owner. On the (Admin, HR, General Management, Strategy, IT, F&A, HSE, S&L) team, we are responsible for several core business functions and collaborate with departments across S&C to collectively achieve S&C's mission. We are key players in facilitating how S&C provides long-term value to our employee owners. Always focused on the big picture of revolutionizing the energy sector, we take pride in the impact we have on S&C by empowering our team members to succeed.

    Responsibilities

    • Develop and execute global sourcing and contract manufacturing (PCBAs/Boards) strategies across all S&C value streams, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives, growth initiatives, and product roadmaps.
    • Serve as S&C's subject matter expert for contract manufacturing and strategic supplier management, providing leadership and guidance to cross-functional teams.
    • Own relationships with S&C's most critical global suppliers and contract manufacturing partners, influencing supplier investment decisions, capacity allocation, technology roadmaps, and long-term partnership strategies.
    • Lead cross-functional efforts to strengthen supplier capabilities, improve manufacturing readiness, prioritize technical support to address obsolescence, and actively work to develop and implement strategies to effectively reduce risk.
    • Serve as a strategic partner to Operations, Engineering, Quality, Product Management, and functional leadership to align contract manufacturing strategies with S&C's business objectives, growth initiatives, and product roadmaps.
    • Lead cross-functional effort to establish standard operating procedures for contract manufacturing with clear roles & responsibilities to streamline work, increase speed of execution, and ensure clarity of roles across all functions.
    • Support the Sr. Manager of CM to establish enterprise-wide supplier selection, qualification, risk management strategies across S&C's global contract manufacturing and electronics supplier network.
    • Lead critical sourcing decisions, supplier assessments, and executive reviews, ensuring suppliers align with S&C's long-term operational, financial, and innovation objectives.
    • Anticipate and mitigate strategic supply chain risks while driving supply continuity, capacity assurance, and long-term supplier capability development to support sustainable business growth.
    • Own supplier selection process for new product development initiatives.
    • Coordinate BOM risk calculation updates and associated risk reduction strategies.
    • Establish supplier readiness framework and governing process for meeting project milestones and minimizing risk associated with end-of-life, obsolete or sole source components and late design changes.
    • Ensure compliance with international trade regulations, corporate policies, and local laws across sourcing activities.
    • Support international business units in ensuring that their sourcing practices are compliant.
    • Drive supplier performance improvements across quality, cost, delivery, innovation, and risk management while ensuring a resilient, scalable, and competitive contract manufacturing and electronics supplier network.
    • Understand and comply with all applicable Company policies and rules.

    Skills

    • 7+ years of demonstrated experience working with electronics suppliers in the manufacturing industry.
    • Proven track record in managing global sourcing projects with complex supply chains, demonstrating deep knowledge of international sourcing strategies and supplier management.
    • Sound understanding of manufacturing processes for industrial products and components.
    • Ability to manage large-scale sourcing projects with minimal oversight, providing direction to cross-functional teams and ensuring project goals are met.
    • Great critical thinking, organizational, planning and project management skills, coordinating internal and external resources, creative problem-solving when obstacles arise, and juggling a heavy volume of diverse operational/tactical projects to deadlines and budgets.
    • Great interpersonal skills to establish meaningful relationships built on mutual trust and respect, navigate and resolve conflict, moderate behaviors and foster collaborative working relationships amongst a diverse audience.
    • Sound communication skills, (written, verbal, listening and presentation) able to liaise with internal and external stakeholders at all levels from leadership to support staff.
    • Ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams toward making sound supply management decisions.
    • Sound business acumen and analytical skills with the ability to use and analyze data to drive informed decisions, problem-solve difficult issues and leverage data and learnings to drive continuous improvement.
    • Excellent financial acumen and numerical ability to make strategic financial decisions and participate in negotiations to maximum effectiveness.
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
    • Ability to travel internationally.

    Qualifications

    • Required: Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
    • Preferred: Master’s degree in business administration (MBA).
    • Preferred certifications: Certified in Supply Management (CSM), Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP).

    Benefits

    • Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support).
    • Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave.
    • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic).

    Pay

    At S&C, we

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