Strategic Sourcing Lead: External Manufacturing

Oracle; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 83,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matched

Paid holidays

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Analyst for External Manufacturing to support the Global Strategic Sourcing Group in scaling critical hardware for OCI. You will help shape supplier cost, capabilities, and supply availability across contract manufacturers serving Oracle's cloud infrastructure.

Based in Denver, Colorado, you will analyze spend, build cost models, run RFIs/RFPs, and lead negotiations with suppliers.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic sourcing for contract manufacturers.
• Ability to build cost models and conduct pricing analyses.
• Experience with RFIs, RFQs, RFPs and supplier evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Support sourcing strategies for external manufacturing partners (contract manufacturers) and related suppliers.
• Analyze supplier spend, pricing, cost structures, capacity, lead times, and other data to identify opportunities and risks.
• Support supplier selection activities, including RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, bid analysis, supplier evaluations, and sourcing recommendations.
• Develop cost models and conduct pricing analyses to establish negotiation targets and identify cost-reduction opportunities.
• Participate in supplier commercial negotiations covering pricing, capacity, lead times, payment terms, liability, and other business requirements.
• Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, Planning, Operations, Quality, Finance, Legal, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into sourcing strategies and supplier actions.
• Monitor supplier performance and identify risks related to cost, capacity, continuity of supply, quality, delivery, and manufacturing execution.
• Support business reviews with external manufacturing partners by developing performance metrics, analyses, presentations, and action plans.
• Identify and execute cost optimization, productivity, and value-improvement initiatives while maintaining supply, quality, and business requirements.
• Support new product introductions, product transitions, manufacturing changes, and other sourcing activities throughout the product lifecycle.
• Maintain sourcing data, supplier information, commercial documentation, and reporting required for effective category and supplier management.
• Develop dashboards and analyses that provide visibility into sourcing performance, supplier trends, cost opportunities, and business risks.
• Drive assigned sourcing projects from analysis through recommendation, stakeholder alignment, and implementation.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of sourcing processes, analytical tools, reporting, and supplier-management practices.

Skills

Strategic Sourcing

Cost Modeling

Supplier Management

Negotiation

Data Analysis

RFI/RFQ/RFP

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Analyst for External Manufacturing to support the Global Strategic Sourcing Group in scaling critical hardware for OCI. You will help shape supplier cost, capabilities, and supply availability across contract manufacturers serving Oracle's cloud infrastructure.

Based in Denver, Colorado, you will analyze spend, build cost models, run RFIs/RFPs, and lead negotiations with suppliers.