Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager — Hardware & NPI (Seattle)

nrg Energy; Washington; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NRG Energy, a diversified energy company, seeks a Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead supplier costs, contracts, relationships, and roadmaps.

You will drive sourcing strategies and manage supplier relationships across hardware engineering, program management and operations to ensure parts availability, quality and ramp readiness. The role requires a strong background in consumer electronics supply chains, cross-functional leadership, and a proven track record in strategic sourcing and cost

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management or Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 7 years' experience in high-volume manufacturing operations or sourcing.
• 7 years direct experience in supplier / supply chain management.
• Supply chain experience managing cross functional teams in a consumer electronics product company.
• Familiarity with world-class sourcing methods and tools.
• Strong analytical skills (i.e. cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier selection).

Responsibilities

• Develop and own supplier/commodity/category sourcing strategies.
• Establish supplier selection criteria, evaluate alternative suppliers, manage the RFQ process, and drive final supplier selection in partnership with Product Management, Engineering, Quality, and other cross-functional partners.
• Properly prepare for and negotiate various agreements as needed with suppliers to establish best-in-class pricing, flexibility, quality, delivery, payment, warranty, and service terms.
• Formulate contingency plans to de-risk technical challenges, long lead time, single source, and any supply issue.
• Institute programs to optimize schedule flexibility while minimizing excess inventory exposure.
• Own, manage, and approve the ramp plan, ongoing production plan and forecast, tooling qualification schedule and tooling life for all designated suppliers.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

World-class sourcing methods

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Supplier relationship management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management or Engineering

Job description

NRG Energy, a diversified energy company, seeks a Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead supplier costs, contracts, relationships, and roadmaps.

You will drive sourcing strategies and manage supplier relationships across hardware engineering, program management and operations to ensure parts availability, quality and ramp readiness. The role requires a strong background in consumer electronics supply chains, cross-functional leadership, and a proven track record in strategic sourcing and cost