Procurement Specialist -Bilingual Spanish

Samsung Electronics; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is seeking an experienced procurement professional to lead strategic sourcing efforts for existing and new products.

You will collaborate with Supply Chain, Marketing, and Sales to optimize supplier relationships and drive value across R&D initiatives. The role requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience and a Bachelor’s degree, with a focus on cost/value optimization and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience in procurement or supply chain.
• Ability to analyze data and make strategic sourcing decisions.
• Experience collaborating with Engineering, Marketing, and Product Planning teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage strategic supplier relationships for R&D and strategic purchasing.
• Lead End2End multi-channel sourcing strategies for new and existing products.
• Analyze market trends and disseminate insights to drive sourcing decisions.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Strategic sourcing

Supplier relationship management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP systems

MS Excel

Job description

Position Summary

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship
Headquartered in Plano, TX., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), the U.S. Sales and Marketing subsidiary, is a leader in mobile technologies, consumer electronics, home appliances, enterprise solutions and networks systems. For more than four decades, Samsung has driven innovation, economic growth and workforce opportunity across the United States—investing over $100 billion and employing more than 20,000 people nationwide. By integrating our large portfolio of products, services and AI technology, we’re creating smarter, sustainable and more connected experiences that empower people to live better. SEA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Role and Responsibilities

• Tactical and strategic purchase cost/value-add projections for existing and new products
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and Marketing/Sales to develop and manage strategic supplier relationship
• Develop and drive End2End multi-channel sourcing strategy for R&D and strategic purchasing
• Systemize early stage business discussions for R&D and strategic purchasing
• Analyze/Report consumer electronics market trends and product infiltration strategy
• Cultivate strategic relationships with various North American organizations suited for discovering disruptive technology
• Orchestrate internal sourcing events for evaluation of potential suppliers
• Administer database utilization of potential suppliers
• Expand candidate company relationship management strategies for past, current, and future suppliers
• Identify sources of data for performance metrics, enhance process to collect data, and promote the collection efforts to outside organizations

Skills and Qualifications

• Experienced professional with full understanding on specialized areas; resolves a wide range of issues in creative ways
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analyzing data requires evaluating identifiable factors. Demonstrates good judgement in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
• Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work and receives general instructions on new assignments
• Interact and gain cooperation of various cross-functional team members, including Engineering, Marketing, and Product Planning Management
• Typically requires minimum 5 years’ of related experience and a Bachelor’s degree

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