Apptronik - Global Supply Manager - Electrical & Electronics

• Direct ownership of electronics commodities in a strategic sourcing, commodity management, or global supply management capacity. • Deep hands-on experience in at least two of: PCB fabrication, PCBA/EMS, wire harness and cable assembly, compute hardware, sensors. • Proven should-cost modeling capability and a negotiation track record with quantified results on electronics categories. • Demonstrated experience developing commodity cost roadmaps and driving design-to-cost, VA/VE, and cost-reduction initiatives jointly with engineering. • Experience developing and qualifying suppliers internationally, including managing regional footprint and concentration risk. • Ability to read schematics, BOMs, fabrication and harness drawings, and test specifications, and to engage electrical engineering on technical detail. • Experience managing semiconductor and electronic-component allocation, long-lead materials, NCNR commitments, lifecycle risk, EOL events, and last-time buys. • Experience owning commercial agreements end to end. • Strong spreadsheet and modeling skills. • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting to executive leadership. • Strong record of applying first-principles thinking to supplier negotiations. • Track record of managing successful escalations to the executive level within a supplier. • Experience qualifying and scaling a prototype supplier into a production supplier. • Experience managing large suppliers through new product development in a high-change environment. • Robotics, automotive, aerospace, medical device, or high-mix electromechanical background. • Familiarity with PLM and ERP/MRP data flows for electronic components and with AVL/AML management. • Experience with Teamcenter or equivalent PLM environment, including BOM revision, AVL/AML, and engineering-change workflows. • Experience managing country-of-origin, localization, tariff, domestic-content, and supply-chain compliance requirements. • Experience with APQP, PPAP, or equivalent supplier production-readiness methodologies. • Working knowledge of IPC standards (IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, IPC-6012) and electronics test strategies including flying probe and in-circuit test. • Component obsolescence and lifecycle management experience. • Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field • At least 7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, commodity management, or global supply management with direct ownership of electronics commodities • Experience supporting hardware products through NPI and transition to volume production strongly preferred. • Prolonged periods of standing and walking • Periods of sitting at a workstation and working on a computer • Ability to safely lift and/or move approximately 15 pounds at times. • Ability to move throughout operational areas and maintain awareness of surrounding people, equipment, and robotic systems. • Visual ability necessary to operate equipment, monitor robotic systems, and read printed and digital material including engineering drawings • Ability to communicate effectively with team members during normal operations and when responding to safety or operational concern • Ability to walk manufacturing floors and use required personal protective equipment during supplier audits and site visits • Ability to travel domestically and internationally, averaging 25% per year including supplier manufacturing sites • This is a direct hire.  Please, no outside Agency solicitations.