Senior Strategic Purchaser - Electronics

Ascom Holding AG; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascom Holding AG in the Morrisville, NC office is seeking a Corporate Purchaser to secure optimal supplier contracts, drive cost efficiencies, and contribute to the Product Creation Process (PCP). You will manage quotes, evaluations, and negotiations across electronics and manufacturing suppliers.

The role requires 6–10 years in sourcing/procurement, with strong contract negotiation capabilities, supplier relationship building, and ERP/MS Office fluency.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years in sourcing or procurement.
• 6–10 years in contracting and contract negotiations.
• 1–2 years' experience in the IT, telecommunications, or healthcare sector.
• Proven track record of 6–10 years of building, maintaining, and developing supplier relations.
• Understanding and applying principles that optimize manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Request and collect quotes, evaluate, and negotiate costs and conditions for products, services or software at suppliers, incl. tooling, services, and manufacturing equipment into the Product Creation Process (PCP) or internal stakeholder.
• Negotiate prices and conditions for third party products into the PCP.
• To evaluate, recommend and select manufacturers/suppliers according to Sourcing processes.
• Yearly negotiating contracts or global BOM parts prices to be used by Ascom's EMS and centrally.
• Negotiate product prices with EMS suppliers.

Skills

Negotiation

Vendor management

Sourcing strategies

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP knowledge

MS Office proficiency

Education

Degree in Purchasing and Logistics or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

Ascom Holding AG in the Morrisville, NC office is seeking a Corporate Purchaser to secure optimal supplier contracts, drive cost efficiencies, and contribute to the Product Creation Process (PCP). You will manage quotes, evaluations, and negotiations across electronics and manufacturing suppliers.

The role requires 6–10 years in sourcing/procurement, with strong contract negotiation capabilities, supplier relationship building, and ERP/MS Office fluency.