Strategic Sourcing Manager

About the Role

AvtechTyee is searching for a Strategic Sourcing Manager with negotiation experience and a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude to help position our company for new growth and improved social responsibility. Leadership skills would be a real plus. We offer great benefits, a focus on career development, and a small-company feel with the backing of a corporation. Working on site at the facility is required to support innovation, productivity, cross-functional collaboration, and team cohesion.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies across assigned spend categories company-wide, prioritizing based on spend value, risk, and savings opportunity.
• Lead negotiations with suppliers on pricing, terms, contracts, and service levels to reduce total cost of ownership.
• Identify, qualify, and onboard new suppliers; manage a diversified and resilient supplier base to reduce single-source risk.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, and business-unit stakeholders to understand requirements and influence specifications or designs where cost or supply advantages exist.
• Manage supplier performance through scorecards, business reviews, and issue escalation/resolution.
• Track and report savings, cost avoidance, and category performance metrics to leadership on a regular cadence.
• Monitor market and supply conditions relevant to AvtechTyee's spend categories and proactively flag risks or opportunities.
• Support new product introduction, capital projects, or service procurement as sourcing needs arise across the business.
• Ensure sourcing activity complies with company policy, and with contractual, quality, and (where applicable) regulatory requirements.
• Build and maintain supplier contracts, ensuring terms protect AvtechTyee's commercial and operational interests.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of sourcing/procurement experience, ideally spanning multiple spend categories rather than a single commodity.
• Demonstrated track record of negotiating cost savings and favorable contract terms with suppliers.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to build spend and savings models and communicate them to leadership.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and influencing skills — this role works with stakeholders across the business without direct authority over them.
• Proficiency with ERP/procurement systems and spend-analysis tools.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (US Person as defined in applicable export regulations or a non-US person eligible to obtain required export authorization by DOH).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience sourcing across a mix of direct materials, indirect spend, and services.
• Experience in electronics, hardware, manufacturing, or technical-products environment.
• CPSM, CPIM, or similar supply chain/procurement certification.
• Experience introducing or improving sourcing processes, tools, or category management practices.

Key Competencies

• Business acumen: understands how sourcing decisions affect cost, margin, and operational risk across the company.
• Negotiation: secures favorable terms while maintaining strong, sustainable supplier relationships.
• Cross-functional influence: builds trust and alignment with stakeholders across departments without formal authority.
• Ownership: manages categories end-to-end, from strategy through supplier performance, without close supervision.

Pay

The wage/salary range for this role is $130,000 - $175,000, depending on education and experience. This position is also eligible for a performance-based incentive program tied to achievement of strategic sourcing and cost-savings objectives.

Benefits

• 9/80 Work Schedule – every other Friday off
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Company-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• Company-Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability
• HSA with potential company contribution, and/or FSA/DCFSA
• 401(k) with 3% match with no length-of-service requirement
• Accident/Hospital Indemnity/Critical Illness Coverage
• Auto/Home, Legal, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance
• Allowance for Safety Glasses
• Allowance for Safety Shoes
• 10 Company-Paid Holidays
• Education Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Referral Bonuses
• Quarterly lunches and other events