Sr Sourcing Manager

At NRG, we’re driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future. Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are.

About the role

Vivint is looking for a Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager to be responsible for managing supplier costs, contracts, relationships, and roadmaps. The position will also play a lead role in representing the Supply Chain Organization in the new product introduction (NPI) process. In this role, you will lead supplier sourcing and selection activities and manage supplier relationships while developing close collaboration with Hardware Engineering, Program Management, Technical Operations, and other cross-functional teams.

During the product development process, you are responsible for ensuring suppliers are prepared to support the delivery of key parts on-time at specified quality, yield parameters, and ramp quantities. Your primary objective is to ensure suppliers meet or exceed commercial and technical requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Have strong organization and communication skills
• Standardize effective, efficient, and repeatable supply chain processes
• Develop and own supplier/commodity/category sourcing strategies, ensuring suppliers meet Vivint’s current and future technical and business requirements
• Establish supplier selection criteria, evaluate alternative suppliers, manage the RFQ process, and drive final supplier selection in partnership with Product Management, Engineering, Quality, and other cross-functional partners
• Prepare for and negotiate agreements with suppliers to establish best-in-class pricing, flexibility, quality, delivery, payment, warranty, and service terms
• Formulate contingency plans to de-risk technical challenges, long lead times, single-source dependencies, and supply issues
• Institute programs to optimize schedule flexibility while minimizing excess inventory exposure
• Work with CM partners to resolve part shortages or quality problems affecting production schedules
• Own, manage, and approve the ramp plan, ongoing production plan, forecast, tooling qualification schedule, and tooling life for all designated suppliers
• Influence supplier technology roadmaps and create internal disruptive value-add to ensure Vivint’s system architecture and commercial requirements are met
• Establish and manage strategic supplier relationships at the executive level
• Provide interdepartmental program updates on cost, schedule, design, supplier issues, quality, and risk
• Manage regular business reviews of the strategic sourcing plan, defining product roadmaps, supplier capabilities, and annual/quarterly strategic business objectives
• Maintain personal knowledge of market trends, including rigorous analysis of market drivers, cost structures, and technical improvements

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management, or Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 7 years' experience in high-volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environment
• 7 years' direct experience in supplier/supply chain management
• Supply chain experience managing cross-functional teams in a consumer electronics product company
• Familiarity with world-class sourcing methods and tools
• Ability to solve problems and coordinate with cross-functional teams
• Innovative approach to strategic sourcing, vendor relations, quality assurance, and associated measurement systems
• Strong analytical skills (e.g., cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier selection)

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Fluency in English; Mandarin, Vietnamese, or Thai is a plus

Schedule

This position requires in-office presence in Seattle, WA on a hybrid schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in-office, with Friday as a work-from-home day. The position will start remotely and transition to the hybrid schedule.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $120,000–$150,000. Actual salaries will vary based on factors including location, experience, and performance. This range is one component of the total compensation package, which may also include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards.

Benefits

This position may be eligible to participate in the benefits program, which includes but is not limited to:

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401K retirement plan
• Flexible spending accounts

Values

• Honesty and Integrity Come First – Do the right thing
• Customer Obsession is Our Advantage – A relentless passion to serve the customer
• Innovation is Essential – Today’s innovation is tomorrow’s lifeblood
• We Win Together – Individuals win games; teams win championships
• Exceptional is Expected – Talk is cheap: create value, not just motion
• We Give Back – Helping people is core to our DNA