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Jabil

Sourcing Strategy Manager

Jabil, Austin, Texas, us, 78716

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Sourcing Strategy Manager

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Jabil . This position focuses on driving strategic sourcing and commodity management across Jabil’s global operations.

Responsibilities

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

Define a supply base that is valuable and effective for the sector

Direct RFQs to sector specific suppliers

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

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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