Procurement Analyst

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

• Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands
• Solve complex problems - and learn new skills
• Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
• Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers

Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

About the Role:

Job Title: Sourcing Manager/ Procurement Analyst

Key Responsibilities:

• The ideal candidate will have a successful track record developing and executing strategy, negotiating master agreements and statements of work, and managing supplier performance. Experience working in new and ambiguous environments while solving complex problems with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders will be an advantage.
• Work with a range of stakeholders including business leaders, engineering leaders, legal, program management, and supply chain to negotiate a variety of agreements and contracts including term sheets, MOUs, NDAs, SOWs, development agreements, component purchase agreements and others.
• Using industry and relevant data analysis, create and execute strategic sourcing plans for a technology, business unit, department, or project to help internal customers meet their goals.
• Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to proactively identify opportunities to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit industry developments that benefit customers.
• Influence suppliers' manufacturing processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations.
• Prioritize projects and activities to deliver maximum cost reductions and reliable supply.
• Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals.
• Drive financial modeling of large and complex deals.
• Evaluate and monitor financial health of critical suppliers.
• Effectively lead cross-functional meetings with clear document writing, agenda creation, note capture and follow-up activity coordination.

Minimum Qualifications:

• PCBA/PCB prior experience
• **Aerospace**/defense/space industry knowledge
• Need people as a buyer (issuing purchase orders, late deliveries, invoicing)
• Supply Chain program management (onboard new suppliers with production designs, manage first time build with suppliers, they have data, etc., coordinate logistics and manage technical reqs and actual build of PCBA/PCB)
• Manage multiple projects at the same time.
• Documentation experience
• Technically inclined person, data crunching
• Excel**
• Prepare and manage RFQ process.
• Individual will be a Sr level manager with experience vetting out partners within the manufacturing space
• Needs to have exp with RFQ, RFI, RFP's
• Lead initiatives to scale up into stable & affordable high-rate production with onsite visibility into supplier manufacturing operations.
• Experience selecting vendors in manufacturing/hardware/medical space.
• Vendor performance analysis
• Good with reporting

Nice to Have:

• Medical may help as well due to volume similarity (scope up to meet Kuiper volume)
• Does not need government exp.

Location: Redmond, WA (Hybrid)

Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $120K - 130K annually. Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertain to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]

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