Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Aivres; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to enhance its supply chain management. This role involves developing vendor relationships, managing procurement costs, and ensuring effective supplier communication. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Management or a related field and experience in strategic sourcing with major tech companies. Join a dynamic team committed to innovation and efficiency in the tech industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Management/Science, preferably in Supply Chain, Procurement, or Logistics Management.
• Experience with major technology companies like Dell, HP, Cisco, etc.
• Strong technological strategy orientation.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with suppliers and vendors.
• Oversee procurement cost management and contracts.
• Communication with US suppliers and business units.
• Organize meetings with suppliers to analyze and make decisions.

Skills

Vendor assessment

Strategic sourcing

Technological strategies

Education

Bachelor of Management/Science (Supply Chain Management, Procurement Management, or Logistics Management)

Job description

Aivres is a leading data center servers and storage solutions provider committed to delivering innovative technologies that propel the world’s leading industries to new frontiers. We widely deliver and deploy cutting‑edge hardware products and designs to major data centers across the US, supporting critical modern applications that include cloud, AI, big data, mass storage, and edge. Our unique JDM model enables open collaboration with partners and customers to develop purpose‑built, performance‑optimized solutions that tackle different workloads and overcome real‑world challenges.

The Strategic Sourcing Specialist is responsible for managing the business’s supply chain in order to increase and maximize shareholder value. This role will build, develop and maintain the necessary vendor and supplier relationships in order to meet all business goals and objectives. This role will also develop and maintain strong internal controls, policies and procedures throughout the company relative to the procurement of goods and services.

Primary Responsibilities

• Responsible for suppliers management
• Procurement costs management
• Contracts management
• Responsible for business with US suppliers locally
• Responsible for daily communications and business with US suppliers and BUs
• Responsible for collecting and sorting related information of Suppliers and informing Aivres HQ in time
• Holding meetings with suppliers, analyze and make the related business decision

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Management/Science, preferred major: Supply Chain Management, Procurement Management, Logistics Management
• Related experience working with one of the following companies preferred: Dell/HP/Cisco/Oracle/Quanta/Wistron/Supermicro/Inventec/Seagate/Western Digital/Broadcom/Marvell/Microchip/Micron, etc.
• Strong orientation to technological strategies and concepts, vendor assessment and strategic sourcing