Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Relations Lead

Tata Consultancy Services; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 64,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Miami, FL is hiring for a senior strategic sourcing professional to lead end-to-end RFx processes and supplier development across global regions. You will drive cost reductions, perform should-cost analyses, and manage supplier relationships with cross-functional teams in Manufacturing, Engineering, and Finance.

Responsibilities cover onboarding suppliers, reviewing technical drawings, preparing RFQ packages, and delivering sourcing recommendations while coordinating

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier development, or category management.
• Strong sourcing knowledge across mechanical, electrical, electronic, and manufactured components.
• Hands-on experience managing RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs from requirement gathering through supplier response and sourcing recommendation.
• Proficiency in supplier capability assessment, supplier performance reviews, qualification, consolidation, development, and alternate sourcing.
• Strong experience in should-cost analysis, benchmarking, supplier negotiations, cost-benefit analysis, and annual savings programs.
• Ability to review drawings, prepare RFQ packages, analyze quotations, and create techno-commercial comparisons.
• Experience working with global suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders across North America, Mexico, China, and Europe.
• Working knowledge of sourcing dashboards, supplier scorecards, industrialization tracking, and Jaggaer or comparable sourcing platforms.
• Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Supplier Development, Category Management, RFI, RFQ, RFP, Should-Cost Analysis, Cost Reduction, Benchmarking, Supplier Negotiation, Techno-Commercial Analysis, Supplier Capability Assessment, Supplier Scorecard, Alternate Sourcing, VAVE, Jaggaer, Industrialization, Global Sourcing.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary onsite interface between customer stakeholders, suppliers, and the offshore sourcing team.
• Lead strategic sourcing initiatives for mechanical, electrical, and electronic commodities and support supplier identification across the USA, Mexico, China, and Europe.
• Manage end-to-end RFI, RFQ, and RFP execution, including drawing review, package preparation, supplier communication, quotation collection, commercial comparison, and sourcing recommendations.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships; conduct capability assessments, performance reviews, supplier development, consolidation, and readiness activities.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Product Owners, Engineering, Quality, Strategic Sourcing, and Finance to align priorities, timelines, risks, and issue resolution.
• Drive cost reduction through should-cost analysis, benchmarking, fact-based negotiations, value analysis/value engineering, and alternate sourcing.
• Track project milestones, service-level commitments, supplier readiness, industrialization, savings, and productivity goals.
• Provide daily updates, weekly executive status reports, sourcing dashboards, supplier scorecards, and category strategy updates.
• Own escalation management, governance reviews, and risk mitigation for supplier delays, sourcing risks, and critical project issues.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Supplier development

Category management

RFIs/RFQs/RFPs

Should-cost analysis

Cost reduction

Global sourcing

Supplier negotiations

Benchmarking

Supplier scorecard

Industrialization

VAVE

Jaggaer

Tools

Jaggaer

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services in Miami, FL is hiring for a senior strategic sourcing professional to lead end-to-end RFx processes and supplier development across global regions. You will drive cost reductions, perform should-cost analyses, and manage supplier relationships with cross-functional teams in Manufacturing, Engineering, and Finance.

Responsibilities cover onboarding suppliers, reviewing technical drawings, preparing RFQ packages, and delivering sourcing recommendations while coordinating