Sourcing Manager

Date Posted: 06/28/2024

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 466716

Job Title: Sourcing Manager

Job Location: Cupertino, CA, USA, 95014

Work Model: Hybrid

Employment Type: Temporary

Estimated Duration (In months): 3

Min Hourly Rate($): 101.51

Max Hourly Rate($): 107.96

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Negotiation, Procurement, Sourcing

Job Description

• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

***Only qualified Sourcing Manager candidates located in the Cupertino, CA area will be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence***

Required Skills:

• PROCUREMENT

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s (BA/BS) degree plus 5+ years of work experience, Master’s degree or MBA preferred

• A tenacity, passion and demonstrated skill in negotiations

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills

• Superb communication and interpersonal skills

• Experience with negotiating complex licensing deals. Knowledge of software engineering is a plus.

• Strong, data-driven analytical skills, and ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

• Can build, grow and develop key cross-functional relationships to be able to influence and drive projects

• Experience in supplier management and operations and ability to solve complex supply chain issues a plus

• End to end ownership of contract negotiations for both commercial and legal aspects a plus

• Direct experience in long-term capacity planning a plus

• Interest in technology

• Ability to make quick decisions and solve complex problems with 80% information

• Willingness to travel internationally up to 30%

• Can operate independently

Client is seeking a Global Sourcing & Supply Manager (GSSM) to assist with strategic planning, long term deal structuring and negotiations. This position requires the ability to work with procurement, engineering, finance and legal teams and also third parties such as foundries and suppliers. Position requires strong quantitative and analytical skills, critical thinking, and ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously. Role is for procurement of data services. It means collection of data for Maps and annotation of data such as images, videos, audio and translation of content in to several language pairs. Suppliers quote on labor rate and expected labour effort per task. The Global Sourcing & Supply Manager is positioned at the interface between Client’s product teams and the industries that supply core technologies. We are responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies as well as recommending product innovations based on improving technology.

Sourcing Manager Responsibilities:

The role is dynamic and often has to wear multiple hats: focusing on big picture roadmap one moment and the minute details the next. Here are some highlights of the role:

• Manage procurement of data services. Procure collection of data for Maps and annotation of data such as images, videos, audio and translation of content into several language pairs.

• Develop a nuanced understanding of the commodity landscape in order to forecast industry trends and gauge emerging competitive forces. Identify changes in buyer and supplier power and use industry dynamics to Client’s advantage.

• Perform supplier financial research, spend analysis and ad-hoc financial analysis for strategic procurement deals

• Effectively work with suppliers to negotiate optimal terms for sourcing. Understand the trade-offs between cost, volume, and quality in order to strike agreements that meet Client’s performance criteria and secure long-term supply continuity.

• Collaborate across the Client organization to ensure business objectives are met. Includes the ability to rapidly synthesize and communicate findings to senior leaders and to actively identify potential supply issues that can affect product strategy.

• Optimize supply chain performance through cost and capacity scenario analysis, and benchmarking. Develop an in-depth understanding of value-added manufacturing processes and costs and market intelligence and apply this knowledge to influence Client’s future product roadmap and sourcing decisions.

• Provide overall program management support and contribute to ongoing development of processes, templates, escalation procedures, and reporting

• Drive strategic engagements with software vendors, industry analysis, license structuring/ re-structuring, negotiation and management, and procurement of technical support and services.

• Work with stakeholder teams to develop deep understanding of their technical and functional needs and to design the right business model to meet them.

• Work under critical project deadlines and towards cost reduction.

Benefits:

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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

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Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).