Strategic Sourcing Manager

3 days ago


Redmond, Washington, United States Ascendion Full time
About Ascendion

Ascendion is a leading digital engineering solutions company that empowers growth and delivers 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.

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Our community of change makers is driven by a passion for tech and a commitment to excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute strategic sourcing plans to help internal customers meet their goals.
  • Negotiate agreements and contracts with suppliers, including term sheets, MOUs, NDAs, SOWs, development agreements, and component purchase agreements.
  • Analyze industry trends and evolving technology to identify opportunities to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit industry developments that benefit our clients.
  • 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 the financial health of critical suppliers.

Requirements:

  • Aerospace/defense/space industry knowledge.
  • Experience with people as a buyer, issuing purchase orders, late deliveries, and invoicing.
  • Supply Chain program management, including onboarding new suppliers with production designs, managing first-time build with suppliers, coordinating logistics, and managing technical requirements and actual build of PCBA.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Documentation experience.
  • Technical inclination, data crunching, and Excel skills.
  • Experience with RFQ, RFI, and RFP processes.
  • Leadership experience in selecting vendors in manufacturing/hardware/medical spaces.
  • Vendor performance analysis and good reporting skills.

Benefits:

  • 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.
  • 10-15 days of paid vacation time.
  • 6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year.
  • Ascendion Learning Management System.

Ascendion is an equal opportunities employer.



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