Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager

Nrg Bluewater Wind; Utah; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the smart home sector is seeking a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead supplier management and sourcing strategies. This pivotal role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure suppliers meet technical and commercial requirements throughout the product lifecycle. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in high-volume manufacturing and a strong ability to negotiate and manage supplier relationships. Join a company dedicated to innovation and customer satisfaction, where your contributions will help redefine the home experience and drive sustainable solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in high volume manufacturing or sourcing.
• Strong analytical skills for cost modeling and supplier selection.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier costs, contracts, and relationships effectively.
• Lead supplier sourcing and selection activities for new products.

Skills

Supplier Management

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Analytical Skills

Negotiation Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

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

Tools

Sourcing Methods and Tools

Job description

Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re driven by our passion to create a smarter, cleaner and more connected future.

Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are. Join the Smart Home team to create smarter, safer and more sustainable homes.

Who Are We:

Vivint LLC is a leading smart home company in North America. Vivint delivers an integrated smart home system with in-home consultation, professional installation and support delivered by its Smart Home Pros, as well as 24-7 customer care and monitoring. Dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services, Vivint serves more than 1.4 million customers throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Position Overview:

Vivint is looking for a Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager to be responsible for managing supplier costs, contracts, relationships, and roadmaps. The position will also play a lead role in representing the Supply Chain Organization in the new product introduction (NPI) process. In this role, the individual will lead supplier sourcing and selection activities and be responsible for managing the supplier relationship. It will be critical for the individual to develop close collaboration with Hardware Engineering, Program Management, Technical Operations, and other cross-functional teams. During the product development process, you are responsible for ensuring the suppliers are prepared to support the delivery of key parts on-time at specified quality and yield parameters and are prepared to meet the ramp quantities. It is the Sourcing Manager’s primary objective to ensure suppliers meet or exceed commercial and technical requirements throughout the life cycle of the product(s).

Responsibilities:

• Have strong organization and communication skills
• Standardize effective/efficient/repeatable supply chain processes
• Develop and own supplier/commodity/category sourcing strategies, ensuring that suppliers are capable of meeting Vivint’s current and future technical and business requirements
• 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
• Work with CM partners to resolve any part shortages or quality problems which affect production schedules
• Own, manage, and approve the ramp plan, ongoing production plan and forecast, tooling qualification schedule and tooling life for all designated suppliers
• Influence supplier technology roadmaps and create internal disruptive value-add to ensure Vivint’s system architecture and commercial requirements are met
• Establish and manage strategic supplier relationships at the executive level
• Provide interdepartmental program updates on cost, schedule, design, supplier issues, quality, risk, etc.
• Manage regular business reviews of strategic sourcing plan that define product roadmaps, supplier capabilities and annual/quarterly strategic business objectives
• Maintain personal knowledge of market trends including rigorous analysis of market drivers, cost structures and technical improvements

BASIC 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 environment.
• 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.
• Ability to solve problems and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to be innovative in issues related to strategic sourcing, vendor relations, quality assurance and the associated measurement systems.
• Strong analytical skills (i.e. cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier selection).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Fluent in English; Mandarin, Vietnamese, or Thai are a plus.

What We Stand For:

Honesty and Integrity Come First - Do the right thing

Customer Obsession is Our Advantage - A relentless passion to serve the customer. Innovation is Essential - Today’s innovation is tomorrow’s lifeblood

We Win Together - Individuals win games: teams win championships

Exceptional is Expected - Talk is cheap: create value, not just motion

We Give Back - Helping people is core to our DNA

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.

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