Sr Sourcing Manager, Metals & Signal, eero Hardware Quality Manufacturing and Supply Chain

The Sourcing Manager Metals & Signal at eero plays a critical role in the overall success of eeros product fulfillment model by:
- Maintaining key supplier relationships for commodity types including but not limited to PCBs antennas and fabricated metal
- Finding and executing on opportunities to improve supply chain cost competitiveness
- Finding and developing new strategic suppliers that offer the technologies materials and processes required for new products
- Working with eeros hardware engineering product management legal operations and other teams to support both new and sustaining hardware programs

Key job responsibilities
- Lead all commercial operations and strategy with supply base of assigned commodities including achievement of cost saving goals through negotiation risk management and issue resolution with a cross functional team
- Thoroughly understand and appropriately apply legal contract terms
- Negotiate and execute new contracts
- Research new suppliers technologies materials and processes
- Develop & manage cost models; forecast costs and proactively identify opportunities to reduce product cost
- Own NPI program budgets for all assigned commodities
- Build strong relationships with key supplier contacts and lead supplier escalations as appropriate
- Own forward costing estimates for assigned commodities; work with supply chain to validate costs paid to contract manufacturers are correct
- Analyze supplier cost structure and competitive landscape to identify and negotiate cost saving opportunities and mitigate cost increases
- Coordinate inventory levels on products leading into ramp down and EOL phases to minimize excess
- Support requests for engineering changes and negotiate NRE with suppliers
- Travel up to 20% of the time to suppliers in China Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia

A day in the life
Day-to-day the Sourcing Manager is responsible for prioritizing his or her own work based on the needs of the business. Common activities include meeting with suppliers and internal teams raising purchase requisitions and tracking spend and building cost and capacity models that help drive financial budgets and procurement decisions.

About the team
WiFi is the new electricity. Outside the smartphone its the technology we depend on the most. The foundation for the modern home. The basement of Maslows pyramid. It makes our favorite experiences -- Netflix Spotify FaceTime -- come to life.

But at best WiFi is like death by a thousand cuts: dead zones painful setup embarrassing passwords equipment thats a major eyesore. At worst its a complete failure -- usually right when you need WiFi most.

eero is fixing all of that. Its not easy which is why weve built a world-class team and culture. We believe deeply in what were doing and more importantly enjoy doing it together. Come join us.

- 8 years of high volume manufacturing operations or sourcing environments experience
- Experience in data analysis using tools such as Excel Pivot Tables SQL Tableau or equivalent
- Experience in global supply chain management managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company
- Bachelors degree in engineering or a related technical field
- Experience in confidential environments
- 5 years experience in commodity management roles for assigned commodities

- Experience in negotiations with global suppliers with a proven track record in cost reduction
- Experience in procurement practices working with engineering supply chain and Tier 1 OEM partners
- Experience practicing best-in-class procurement processes (category management benchmarking should-cost models RFX reverse auction contracting or equivalent)
- Experience with Six Sigma or analytical and process improvement techniques
- Speak write and read fluently in Vietnamese

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