Strategic Sourcing Specialist – Removables
Job Description:
• Support day-to-day supplier management across key Removables suppliers and workstreams
• Maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure reliable capacity, quality performance, and delivery timelines
• Track supplier performance through scorecards and KPI reporting (quality, delivery, cost)
• Help drive supplier accountability through structured follow-ups, QBRs, and escalation when needed
• Partner with cross-functional teams to address supplier performance issues and mitigate supply risk
• Identify sourcing opportunities across Removables to improve total delivered cost and supplier reliability
• Support vendor negotiations, RFQs/RFPs, and commercial evaluations
• Assist with executing vendor contracts (pricing, scope, terms, and implementation plan)
• Own updates to pricing trackers, savings models, and scenario analysis
• Lead defined sourcing workstreams end-to-end, with guidance from senior team members (from supplier research → onboarding → launch)
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across Operations, Manufacturing, and Quality to support supplier launches or transitions
• Track project milestones, identify risks, and help drive timely execution to launch
• Collaborate with upstream demand planning partners on Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) forecasts to inform price negotiations and assess supply chain risks.
• Work closely with R&D and Manufacturing during validation/testing to align supplier readiness and procurement timelines
• Support materials/supplier changes by ensuring testing requirements, documentation, and operational readiness are aligned
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve materials, workflows, processes, and technology, optimizing quality, scale, and efficiency for the product lines and manufacturing operations.
• Employ research, partnerships, and critical thinking to troubleshoot and solve problems quickly.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to bring outsourced milling processes in-house, ensuring better control and cost efficiency.
• This role requires travel 1-2 times per month for both external and internal meetings to support the success of the product line and supplier relationships.
Requirements:
• 4+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, vendor management, manufacturing operations, or related field
• Experience supporting vendor sourcing programs including RFQ/RFP execution, supplier onboarding, contracting, and performance management
• Strong analytical skills with ability to model scenarios and evaluate cost/quality/lead-time tradeoffs
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once and drive execution across stakeholders
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Operations, R&D, Finance, Legal, and Quality
• Strong ownership mindset, attention to detail, and ability to operate effectively in ambiguity
• Clear written and verbal communication skills (comfortable with external-facing supplier communication)
Benefits:
• healthcare
• dental
• mental health support
• parental planning resources
• retirement savings options
• generous paid time off
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• Support day-to-day supplier management across key Removables suppliers and workstreams
• Maintain strong relationships with suppliers to ensure reliable capacity, quality performance, and delivery timelines
• Track supplier performance through scorecards and KPI reporting (quality, delivery, cost)
• Help drive supplier accountability through structured follow-ups, QBRs, and escalation when needed
• Partner with cross-functional teams to address supplier performance issues and mitigate supply risk
• Identify sourcing opportunities across Removables to improve total delivered cost and supplier reliability
• Support vendor negotiations, RFQs/RFPs, and commercial evaluations
• Assist with executing vendor contracts (pricing, scope, terms, and implementation plan)
• Own updates to pricing trackers, savings models, and scenario analysis
• Lead defined sourcing workstreams end-to-end, with guidance from senior team members (from supplier research → onboarding → launch)
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across Operations, Manufacturing, and Quality to support supplier launches or transitions
• Track project milestones, identify risks, and help drive timely execution to launch
• Collaborate with upstream demand planning partners on Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) forecasts to inform price negotiations and assess supply chain risks.
• Work closely with R&D and Manufacturing during validation/testing to align supplier readiness and procurement timelines
• Support materials/supplier changes by ensuring testing requirements, documentation, and operational readiness are aligned
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve materials, workflows, processes, and technology, optimizing quality, scale, and efficiency for the product lines and manufacturing operations.
• Employ research, partnerships, and critical thinking to troubleshoot and solve problems quickly.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to bring outsourced milling processes in-house, ensuring better control and cost efficiency.
• This role requires travel 1-2 times per month for both external and internal meetings to support the success of the product line and supplier relationships.
Requirements:
• 4+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, vendor management, manufacturing operations, or related field
• Experience supporting vendor sourcing programs including RFQ/RFP execution, supplier onboarding, contracting, and performance management
• Strong analytical skills with ability to model scenarios and evaluate cost/quality/lead-time tradeoffs
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once and drive execution across stakeholders
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Operations, R&D, Finance, Legal, and Quality
• Strong ownership mindset, attention to detail, and ability to operate effectively in ambiguity
• Clear written and verbal communication skills (comfortable with external-facing supplier communication)
Benefits:
• healthcare
• dental
• mental health support
• parental planning resources
• retirement savings options
• generous paid time off
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