Senior Strategic Supplier Leader – NA Growth & Partnerships

Schneider Electric; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 169,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Development programs

Global career opportunities

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Supplier Leader for its North America contract manufacturing network. The role drives supplier partnerships, commercial strategy, and capabilities to enable growth, productivity, and risk management across a multi-million-dollar spend portfolio.

You will lead executive governance, RFQs, and negotiations, shaping long-term value creation with cross-functional stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years in strategic procurement, sourcing, supplier management, or related leadership.
• Experience leading complex RFQs, supplier selections, negotiations in contract manufacturing.
• Experience negotiating MSAs, SOWs, and BAs.
• Knowledge of should-cost, landed-cost, and total cost of ownership, tariffs & logistics.
• Understanding USMCA, IMMEX, tariff mitigation.
• Strong financial acumen and cross-functional influence.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Develop multi-year supplier roadmaps aligned with business priorities.
• Build strategic relationships with supplier leadership and ensure capacity plans.
• Lead executive supplier governance and supplier reviews.
• Oversee commercial aspects of new product introductions and outsourcing.
• Lead RFQs, supplier selections, and commercial negotiations.
• Create should-cost analyses using market intel and benchmarks.
• Negotiate pricing, terms, capacity commitments and other conditions.
• Manage MSAs, SOWs, BAs and other supplier agreements.
• Drive supplier productivity and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Identify and mitigate risks across quality, cost and continuity.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Supplier management

Contract negotiations

Cross-functional leadership

Cost analysis

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/SCM/Engineering

Job description

Schneider Electric is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Supplier Leader for its North America contract manufacturing network. The role drives supplier partnerships, commercial strategy, and capabilities to enable growth, productivity, and risk management across a multi-million-dollar spend portfolio.

You will lead executive governance, RFQs, and negotiations, shaping long-term value creation with cross-functional stakeholders in a highly matrixed organization.