Sourcing Strategy Manager

Job Family:            General Supply Chain Management                    

Job Profile Title:    Sourcing Strategy Manager  

Location/ Division Specific Information-

USA – Remote;   USA – Austin, TX;    USA – Memphis, TN/   M04

How will you make an impact?-

The Sourcing Strategy Manager (SSM) should understand the Enterprise and Infrastructure (E&I) Division Sourcing, Commodity Management and Project Management teams, Jabil’s global infrastructure/capabilities, and the assigned sector.

The SSM is the focal point for all Sourcing activities for the sector and is responsible for stimulating, fostering, and managing the organic growth of commodity content within the sector.

The SSM will be the conduit between existing and targeted customers, Jabil Business Units/ Business Unit Directors, Design, and the E&I teams for commodity activity throughout the supply chain.

What will you do? -  

• Business Strategy and Direction:
  ·         Responsible to develop customer specific supplier and supply chain solutions for mechanical, electro-mechanical and electrical commodities. Define solutions for existing and new business opportunities and intra-Jabil site transfers.
  ·         Understand current customer’s product and future product road map to create value proposition concepts. Align with BD teams to launch value propositions projects.
  ·         Define supplier strategies across multiple geographies.
  ·         Assist BD in revenue generation through developing an in depth understanding of each BU’s specific business needs, translating those needs into tasks for the E&I Sourcing teams and developing differentiated supply chain solutions for the sector BU’s and customers.

• Develop, publicize and deploy a cohesive sector based strategy for sector specific products
  o    Define a supply base that is valuable and effective for the sector
  o    Direct RFQs to sector specific suppliers
  o    Leverage the expertise of the Commodity Mgrs to define effective supplier solutions

• Technical Management:
  ·         Develop and maintain gap analysis for Jabil/customer design requirements with supplier capabilities
  ·         Utilize E&I Sourcing teams to identify process inefficiencies/vendor capabilities
  ·         Drive the Divisional Sourcing teams to carry out the necessary Supplier Development to fill process gaps and unique customer process challenges
  ·         Understand customer qualification requirements for new products and oversea execution through regional management
  ·         Facilitate resolution of supplier quality issues and escalations.
  ·         Utilize E&I Divisional resources to advise designers of lower-cost material or assembly approaches, and sit it in on design reviews as required

• Cost Management:

•          Develop pricing strategies for production, design, and quoting activities

• Provide the sector critical part numbers for inclusion in the quarterly negotiation cycle

• Define, develop and make effective use of cost analysis tools

• Help develop a quick RFQ process, based on segment knowledge and direct suppliers with accurate target pricing and provide guidance on price trends

• Communication:
  ·         Ensure open communication and exchange of team ideas
  ·         Promote vision, professionalism and a customer centric culture
  ·         Build effective relationships with Sector VP and Director, Business Unit Director, Business Unit Managers and Global Business Unit Managers, peers, team members, and related departments

•   Develop winning value propositions that add value for our customers
  ·         Initiate/monitor involvement between the E&I Sourcing teams and Jabil’s engineering teams
  ·         Maintain effective prioritization and delegation of sector-based initiatives
  ·         Project Mgt. oversight of commodity project initiatives within the sector as a single point of contact, covering mechanical, electro-mechanical and electrical commodities

How will you get here? – 

Education:  

• Bachelor’s degree required

Experience:  

• Minimum eight (8) years related work experience

• Experience in Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure products and platforms is required

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:  

• Demonstrate a high level of competency in the knowledge of materials, tooling, and processing for Metal/Plastic/Packaging & hardware components and assemblies (both internally and externally with our customers)

• Demonstrated success in identifying and developing a common strategy around the customer and Business Unit needs within the sector

• Strong ability to collaborate with peers in other areas and management to reach the best solution for the organization

• Able to maximize the use of available resources to achieve the best results consistent with the sector objectives and strategy

• Strong ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community

• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors

• Ability to tailor advanced quality tools training to all levels of the organization

• Proficiency in English required

• Ability and willingness to be trained and learn Jabil’s software packages

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Prior experience in Supply Chain Management is preferred

• Strong experience and skill set in Mechanical & Electro-mechanical commodities is strongly preferred

• Multilingual is a plus
  

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