were looking for an experienced Senior Strategic Buyer to lead the commercial and contractual aspects of a large-scale procurement program involving multi-million-dollar annual spend.
This is a senior individual-contributor role with significant ownership of supplier negotiations, commercial agreements, cost optimization, and supply-risk management.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and execute sourcing strategies to support serial production and scale-up.
Take a hands-on role in leading negotiations with strategic suppliers and contract manufacturers, including pricing, payment terms, agreements, and supply commitments.
Drive cost optimization through benchmarking, cost analysis, and volume-based negotiations.
Manage commercial and supply risks related to lead times, MOQs, inventory, forecasts, capacity, and engineering changes.
Develop alternative and dual-sourcing strategies for critical components.
Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Quality, and Supply Chain.
Provide visibility into supplier readiness, commitments, savings, and key risks.
Requirements: 10+ years of strategic procurement or sourcing experience in hardware or manufacturing companies.
Proven experience managing significant procurement spend and complex global supplier negotiations.
Experience supporting NPI-to-serial-production transitions and production ramp-ups.
Strong commercial understanding of supplier agreements, pricing, payment terms, and supply-chain risk.
Experience sourcing electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical components and working with contract manufacturers.
Strong negotiation, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills.
Independent and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
Fluent English; Spanish is an advantage.
Willingness to travel internationally as needed.
This position is open to all candidates.