Manager, Sourcing

JOB SUMMARY

As Sourcing Manager, you will optimize sourcing and procurement at Marki Microwave. You will manage all commercial activities, from supplier selection, contract negotiation, and material purchases to developing strategic sourcing plans and supplier relationships. You will lead cross-functional teams involving stakeholders from planning, logistics, manufacturing, engineering quality, and finance to develop and secure a reliable supply of materials delivered on time and at the highest quality and lowest cost. This role is vital in developing and driving process improvements in the organization’s supply chain that will directly contribute to Marki's company growth objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage a highly talented team responsible for procurement and sourcing. Set clear performance expectations and coach for excellence.
• Develop strategies that grow and maintain a trusted, scalable supplier network.
• Identify and bring on board new suppliers and partners; leverage competition and disengage from underperforming suppliers. Measure risk and performance through a supplier scorecard process.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering and cross-functional teams to drive sourcing strategies to support Marki’s existing and new business opportunities.
• Negotiate supplier agreements to provide long-term supply assurance and pricing advantages. Ensure compliance with Marki's purchasing requirements.
• Process purchase orders and develop bids and proposals necessary for securing supply.
• Resolve systemic supply chain issues affecting quality, cost, delivery, or lead time.
• Identify opportunities and capture significant savings across expense categories, including direct materials, equipment, and indirect spending.
• Drive cost-reduction activities.
• Measure and track performance on Sourcing/Procurement KPIs. Report monthly to senior management on critical areas, including supply quality, delivery, lead time, cost savings, supplier risk, and performance.
• Develop risk buy analysis for future spends dependent on “what if” scenarios and be able to support decisions to buy and hold Inventory.
• Continually improve Marki policies and procedures for effective supplier management.
• Manage Purchasing personnel, including talent acquisition, performance management, and talent development. Establish strategies to improve skill levels within the teams. Coach team members on organization, time management, and people skills.
• Promote an ethics-based business culture in the organization.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years of experience in Purchasing and Sourcing with 3-4 recent years in Semiconductors and/or electronics manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years in a management role.
• Proven experience in supplier selection, development, and management.
• Demonstrated a history of successful contract negotiations that optimize cost, value, risk, and timing.
• Ability to confidently lead diverse cross-functional teams, including Design and Product Engineering, to deliver products from NPI through production.
• Results-oriented and data-driven leader with a demonstrated history of setting and achieving/exceeding aggressive goals.
• Strong interpersonal and team-building skills to manage relationships throughout the organization.
• Solid track record meeting substantial material cost reduction targets.
• Strong problem solver with great attention to detail and the ability to multitask.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Experience in the purchase of technical commodities and implementation of best practices.
• Complete use of Microsoft Office suite needed.
• Working knowledge of Power BI is a plus.
• Travel is required up to 15% per year.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Technical expertise in semiconductor foundry, backend assembly, and test with RF experience is highly preferred.
• Ability to work with Engineering and understand and communicate at a technical level.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of ERP/MRP systems and their use in manufacturing. Prior system integrations and implementation experience preferred.
• Strong Excel skills needed. High-level Excel skills preferred.
• Data Analytics: Ability to work with and concisely rationalize large amounts of data to drive data-driven decisions.
• Complete use of Microsoft Office suite needed.
• Working knowledge of Power BI is a plus.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Business Acumen: Awareness and knowledge of and insight into the organization’s vision, structure, culture, philosophy, operating principles, values, and code of ethics; ability to apply this understanding appropriately to diverse situations. Knowledge, insight, and understanding of business concepts, tools, and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company’s business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
• Change: Knowledge of and ability to align the organization’s people and culture with changes in business strategy, organizational structure, technology, and business processes.
• Communication: Successful communication involves five components. Verbal communication refers to your ability to speak clearly and concisely. Nonverbal communication includes the capacity to project positive body language and facial expressions. Written communication refers to your skillfulness in composing text messages, reports, and other types of documents. Visual communication involves your ability to relay information using pictures and other visual aids. Active listening should also be considered a key communication soft skill because it helps you listen to and hear what others say. You need to be able to listen to understand how to best communicate with someone.
• Strategic Thinking: Understands business issues and opportunities and translates or aligns them to a vision, strategy and plans to chart a course of action.
• Teamwork: Collaborate with others to achieve common goals. Build strong, positive working relationships with supervisor and team members/coworkers. Exercise the ability to compromise and be adaptable.
• Problem-Solving / Critical Thinking: Ability to balance the needs of different people in a solution to a problem. Able to meet the needs of different constituents in the solution of a problem. Able to solve problems with multiple criteria that need to be met. Identifies and assesses all potential responses to a problem.
• Integrity / Work Ethic: Deal with Conflict Properly. Report on Unethical Behavior. Be upfront about your shortcomings. Be willing to do hard work. Take accountability for your actions. Be a team player. Respect others. Don’t abuse your power. Keep morale up.
• Interpersonal Skills: Interpersonal competencies help you interact, communicate, and collaborate with others effectively. Typical examples of interpersonal skills include empathy, active listening, and emotional intelligence.
• Coaching and Mentoring: Coaching and mentoring both exist for the same purpose: helping others grow, develop, and reach their full potential. Both coaching and mentoring give the opportunity for individuals to take responsibility for their own personal and career development.
• Managing Up: Managing Up is about using the traits of a good manager to help bring out the best in you as an employee. When done effectively, managing up makes your manager’s job easier, as well as your day-to-day job. Understanding the best way to communicate with your boss, demonstrating that you care, meeting performance goals and more, won’t go unnoticed.
• Conflict Management: Conflict management is the use of techniques to resolve disagreements or control the level of discord. Conflict resolution techniques include facilitating meetings for the conflicting parties to identify the problem, discuss resolutions and create superordinate goals that require cooperation from conflicting parties.
• Delegation: Delegation involves assigning tasks you have responsibility for to your coworkers or team members. When you delegate tasks, you reduce your workload while retaining responsibility. Learning more about delegation can help you improve delegation practices in your organization. Delegation is a basic managment technique that involves assigning responsibility to another person and granting the appropriate level of authority required to complete the assignment.
• Emotional Intelligence: Emotional intelligence in the workplace begins from the inside out with everyone. It involves recognizing various aspects of your feelings and emotions and taking the time to work on the elements of self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills.

ABOUT MARKI MICROWAVE

Shattering Performance Barriers Since 1991.

At Marki Microwave our goal is to invent technologies to empower the RF and microwave industry to design faster, simplify production, eliminate complexity, and shatter performance barriers.

Marki Microwave is a privately-owned company based in Morgan Hill, California, 30 minutes from downtown San Jose in Southern Silicon Valley. We offer a full benefits package, including:

• Holiday pay
• Paid Time Off (4 weeks)
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• 401(k) ER matching
• Employee Dependent Scholarship Plan
• College Loan Subsidy Program

Marki Microwave is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, military or veteran status, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected classification.