Senior Global Sourcing Manager - Semiconductors

General Motors; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

GM vehicle discounts

Tuition assistance

Paid vacation & holidays

Job summary

General Motors in Mountain View, CA seeks an experienced semiconductor purchasing professional to lead category strategies, supplier negotiations, and cross-functional alignment with engineering, legal, finance, and operations.

You will manage supplier relationships, drive cost-focused initiatives, and develop contingency plans in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with up to 10% travel. This hybrid role offers exposure to senior leadership and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in purchasing, supply chain, program/product management, logistics or product development.
• Experience in Semiconductors.
• Experience negotiating with suppliers and drafting contracts cross-functionally with legal.
• Proven leadership capability; strong analytical skills.
• Self-starter, adaptable, problem-solver.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute purchasing strategies based on market trends and establish a robust supply base.
• Negotiate price, terms, and contracts for materials, tooling, and services.
• Optimize supply performance via benchmarking, cost/value chain analysis, and negotiations.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners through RFQ, procure-to-pay, order fulfillment and customer satisfaction.
• Drive for winning outcomes aligned to business goals.
• Develop and manage supplier relationships; provide proactive issue resolution.
• Develop supply protection and contingency plans.

Skills

Semiconductor purchasing

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation

Leadership

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communications

Cost knowledge

Procurement software

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business/Supply Chain/Engineering/Finance

MBA (preferred)

Tools

Procurement software

MS Office

Job description

Job Description

The Role

As a member of the GM semiconductor purchasing team, you will be part of developing a strong semiconductor supply chain to support our fast-growing electronics & software needs.

Specifically, you will be responsible for a particular semicategory category and actively leading the development of commodity strategies, sourcing/negotiations, budget, and execution. You will manage relationships, collaborate with suppliers and internal key stakeholders including engineering, legal, finance, operations and drive cross-functional alignment. Work is of a complex nature involving a considerable amount of initiative, analytical work and a high level of independent judgment.

What You'll Do

• Develop and execute purchasing strategies based on business, market, and technology trends and establish strong and competitive supply base
• Responsible for purchase of all or a specific portion of productive and/or non-productive materials, supplies, machinery, tooling and/or services
• Negotiate price, terms, and other items to complete full contract package
• Optimize supply performance by analyzing and applying appropriate tools including benchmarking, cost and value chain analysis, negotiations, supply chain analysis
• Work closely with cross functional partners internally and externally to trade off imperatives, identify creative solutions, and gain alignment, incl during RFQ management, change management, Procure to Pay, order fulfillment, and customer satisfaction
• Drive for winning outcomes that are focused on the mission of the business
• Develop and manage great supplier relationships
• Provide pro-active communication and resolution of issues
• Develop protection of supply and contingency plans

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• 5+ years relevant experience in purchasing, supply chain, program/product management, logistics or product development (any internship or co-op experience will not be considered)
• Experience in Semiconductors
• Experience managing and negotiating commercial issues with suppliers as well as contract drafting, redlining, and working cross functionally with legal
• Proven leadership capability
• Strong analytical skills
• Open-minded self-starter with the ability to adapt, improvise, and problem-solve
• Ability to work independently on multiple tasks and projects with various stakeholders within time constraints, as well as building relationships internally & externally
• Experience working in a fast-paced and evolving environment
• Highly proficient oral and written communication skills and adept at engaging and presenting to Senior Executives
• Demonstrates ability to develop and apply deep cost knowledge
• Knowledge of procurement and materials software, as well as MS software applications
• 10% travel internationally and domestically

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or related field
• MBA or equivalent experience or evidence of exceptional ability

Compensation

• The salary range for this role is $124,200 - 197,800. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
• Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc). This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}. This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

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