RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Own end-to-end supplier and commodity strategy for assigned electronic components, including supplier selection, commercial structure, capacity alignment, and long-term roadmap positioning
- Act as the primary commercial decision-maker for sourcing strategies, pricing, allocation, and trade-offs across cost, risk, and supply continuity
- Lead RFQ processes, cost modeling, negotiations, and management of incurred variances across all supplier cost elements
- Drive disciplined supplier governance through structured weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews focused on capacity, clear-to-build readiness, delivery performance, quality, and cost
- Define and execute strategic silicon and component strategies, balancing commercial liability horizons with upside flexibility and long-term supply optionality
- Proactively monitor global market dynamics, technology trends, and geopolitical or capacity risks, translating insights into actionable mitigation plans
- Partner deeply with Hardware Engineering to influence component architecture decisions and align future product roadmaps with supplier technology and sourcing strategy
- Collaborate with Manufacturing, Operations and Quality teams across internal and external production partners to ensure seamless execution from NPI through sustaining production
- Operate with urgency and ownership in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, balancing near-term execution with durable, long-term strategic impact
- Travel globally up to approximately 25% to build senior-level supplier relationships and ensure operational excellence
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in global supply management, strategic sourcing, or commodity management within a high-volume consumer electronics environment
- Demonstrated experience owning component strategies and supplier relationships in CM / ODM / JDM manufacturing models, including both outsourced and internally managed manufacturing operations
- Strong commercial and analytical acumen, with a proven track record of driving cost structure improvements, negotiating complex agreements, and managing lifecycle economics
- Experience working directly with Tier-1 component manufacturers and global electronic distributors, particularly across Asia and North America
- Ability to translate technical requirements into clear commercial and supply strategies without requiring a formal engineering background
- Proven ability to influence senior cross-functional partners and drive alignment in matrixed, fast-moving organizations
- Comfort operating with ambiguity, setting direction, and scaling supply chain processes as products, volumes, and complexity increase
- Experience sourcing silicon or other critical electronic components for consumer devices (e.g. processors, connectivity, power management, sensors) preferred
- Background in wearables, mobile devices, or adjacent premium consumer electronics categories preferred
- Experience influencing product architecture or platform decisions through early supplier and technology engagement preferred
- Experience with PLM systems such as Arena and ERP platforms such as NetSuite preferred
