Staff Global Supply Manager – Strategic Key Components

About the role

The Staff Global Supply Manager will oversee the sourcing of key components used in PCBA and ECU manufacturing. This includes identifying, evaluating, and managing global suppliers, negotiating contracts, and collaborating with design and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, and manage global suppliers for key components used in PCBA and ECU manufacturing.
• Negotiate pricing, lead times, and terms with suppliers while maintaining a focus on cost competitiveness and quality.
• Develop long-term relationships with key suppliers, ensuring alignment with company goals and strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with design and engineering teams to understand the requirements for key components in PCBA and ECU designs.
• Provide technical expertise to assess the manufacturability, quality, and cost-effectiveness of key components.
• Work with engineering teams to ensure key component designs are optimized for manufacturing and meet product performance requirements.
• Create RFQs, review, analyze, and clarify quotations from suppliers and develop sound sourcing and business recommendations balancing cost, quality, lead-time and technical considerations.
• Thoroughly negotiate favorable contracts including parts pricing, tooling costs and Engineering Services (NRE / EDT), NDAs, MSAs.
• Conduct regular market analysis to identify potential suppliers, industry trends, and emerging technologies in key components.
• Develop and implement supply chain strategies for key components used in electrical control units, ensuring timely delivery, cost efficiency, and quality compliance.
• Manage supplier development and tooling timelines, part availability for prototype builds/start of production and develop solutions to delays or problems that arise.
• Maintain overall supplier relationships and act as point of contact for all commercial issues, including internal report-outs summarizing sourcing status, parts availability and cost status.
• Perform supplier assessments, audits and site inspections; develop process improvement plans and drive implementation; monitor and maintain performance metrics.
• Travel 15-25% to visit suppliers to perform business and program reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or Finance discipline required; Masters preferred.
• 8+ years minimum Purchasing, Supply Chain, or Engineering experience with PCBA or PCBA components.
• Experience with developing supply chain strategies for key components used in electrical control units, ensuring timely delivery, cost efficiency, and quality compliance.
• Product launch experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Open-minded self-starter with the ability to adapt, improvise and problem solve, as well as work independently on multiple tasks or projects.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a high degree of resilience to deal with urgent requests, and minimal information.
• Works well with various teams.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Passion for results, strategy, and hands on execution.
• Creative, calculated risk taker with the ability to manage complex suppliers and resolve disputes while preserving relationships with suppliers and internal staff.
• Strong written and verbal skills as well as organizational and program management capabilities.
• Proficient in Excel, Power Point, Word, JIRA, Confluence, ERP systems (SAP or equivalent).
• Experience managing large data sets in Excel.
• Ability to mitigate unforeseen problems creatively and effectively.

Skills

• Supplier Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Supply Chain Strategy Development
• RFQ Creation and Analysis
• Market Analysis
• Supplier Audits and Assessments
• Process Improvement Planning
• Project Management
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Technical Expertise

Benefits

Lucid offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and disability coverage; paid time off; paid holidays; and a 401(k) retirement plan. Eligible employees may also participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual cash incentive program. Incentive and equity awards, if applicable, are determined based on individual performance, role scope, market considerations, and overall company results, in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.