Category Manager at Uline shaping product strategy and vendor partnerships for business growth. Leading a high - performing team and making a direct impact on company success.
About the role
- Global Sourcing Manager optimizing supplier relationships and cost efficiency at Sonos. Managing strategic sourcing initiatives and collaboration with engineering and operations teams.
Responsibilities
- Manage supplier relationships and commercial activities such as business and technology reviews, RFQs, and roadmap/strategy discussions.
- Craft comprehensive commodity and business strategies aimed at maximizing efficiency and driving down costs through strategic initiatives.
- Lead executive business reviews with internal/ external stakeholders.
- Establish commodity strategic direction by working with our technical teams, understanding the technical and the necessary business requirements that allow for a competitive advantage and position us for profitable growth.
- Build robust supply chains based on product requirements and needs at the most basic levels of our supply chain to ensure that we have a complete and thorough understanding of the Sonos supply chain.
- Ensure continuity of supply.
- Set up long-term/ short-term capacity planning with supplier, partner with Operations and Material teams to schedule supply to meet Sonos’s component demand.
- Collaborate with Product design and Engineering teams to review initial specifications of the parts/modules recommend sources to influence technical decisions in early phase of the program.
- Be able to manage multiple projects in parallel.
- Evaluate technical and business risks, analyze based on the data and create mitigation plans/alternatives.
- Support management of development builds, materials, and any risk to execute successful ramp in NPI stage.
Requirements
- BS degree with strong technical acumen and business understanding
- 8+ years work experience in sourcing related field
- Ability to toggle between strategic and detail oriented thinking
- Top-notch negotiation skills
- Ability to influence cross functional teams
- Demonstrated ability to apply analytical techniques to problem solving
- Strategic thinker and result oriented
- Natural leadership competencies; influences others through style and subject matter expertise
- An ability to balance business and technical objectives in decision making
- Excellent communication/presentation skills
- Ability to effectively work in multicultural global business environment.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- A 401(k) plan with company matching and immediate vesting
- An Open Time Off policy (OTO) so you have maximum opportunity to disconnect and recharge, with no tenure-based vacation accruals required
- 80 hours of sick time upon hire, refreshed annually
- Up to 12 paid holidays per calendar year
- A generous paid leave program for new parents or to care for a family member with a serious health condition, as well as short- and long-term disability for your own medical condition
- Company-paid Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary benefits, including Voluntary Life, AD&D, Accident, and Pet Insurance
- Mental health benefits to support your holistic well-being
- A generous employee discount program & Sonos Radio HD - on us!
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