PageWide Industrial Strategic Sourcing Lead

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We are seeking a Strategic Sourcing & Contract Manufacturing Lead to define and advance the organizations approach to managing contract manufacturers and critical suppliers. This role establishes supplier governance and commercial standards leads complex sourcing and negotiation strategies and provides senior oversight for supplier performance operational readiness risk and continuous improvement.

Serving as a functional leader and advisor the position guides supplier relationship owners and cross-functional partners in making consistent well-informed decisions that balance business requirements supply continuity and long-term supplier capability.

The ideal candidate brings extensive strategic sourcing and contract manufacturing experience strong commercial judgment and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and improve organizational capability without relying on direct authority.

Responsibilities

Contract Manufacturing and Supplier Performance

Define and lead the management model for contract manufacturers and critical suppliers including governance performance expectations review cadence escalation protocols and continuous improvement priorities.

Establish expectations for cost quality delivery inventory capacity responsiveness compliance operational readiness and business continuity.

Guide supplier relationship owners in resolving complex commercial operational quality and supply continuity issues.

Lead supplier performance reviews and long-term improvement plans that deliver measurable business results.

Partner with Operations Engineering Quality Finance and Program Management to align supplier capabilities and deliverables with business requirements.

Provide senior recommendations on supplier selection transitions capacity investments production readiness and risk acceptance.

Sourcing Contracts and Commercial Governance

Develop and maintain sourcing and supplier-management standards tools and scorecards covering segmentation strategy performance reviews corrective actions contract alignment financial health escalation and risk mitigation.

Lead negotiation strategies for complex or high-risk engagements including objectives leverage target outcomes concessions approvals walk-away positions and commercial risk tradeoffs.

Partner with HP Sourcing and Legal stakeholders to strengthen contract standards commercial guardrails and review governance.

Identify systemic gaps and lead improvements that strengthen accountability consistency and executive decision-making.

Functional Leadership and Organizational Capability

Provide functional leadership and mentoring to team members managing suppliers commodities and contract manufacturing partners.

Advise team members and leaders on supplier strategy negotiations executive communications escalations and cross-functional alignment.

Review supplier strategies and performance assessments before major engagements or decisions.

Develop reusable tools templates playbooks and best practices that improve supplier-management capability across the organization.

Education and Experience

Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Engineering Business Finance Operations Management or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.

Typically 12 years of progressively responsible experience in strategic sourcing supplier management procurement supply chain contract manufacturing or related fields.

Demonstrated record of leading complex supplier strategies contract manufacturing governance supplier performance negotiations and commercial decisions while influencing senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Strong understanding of contract manufacturing business models supplier relationship management commercial agreements and manufacturing operations.

Exceptional communication coaching negotiation influence and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience within industrial equipment manufacturing printing or technology industries.

Experience leading global suppliers and multinational sourcing projects.

Professional certifications such as CPSM CPM CSCP or equivalent.

Experience with supplier performance management systems procurement analytics and business process automation.

Success Measures

Sustained improvement in contract manufacturer cost quality delivery inventory capacity and responsiveness.

Improved commercial value and reduced risk exposure in high-value or high-risk agreements.

Consistent compliance with supplier and commercial governance requirements.

Reduced supply risk and stronger business continuity.

Timely well-informed executive decisions on supplier strategy transitions capacity and long-term investments.

Knowledge & Skills

Contract Manufacturing

Strategic Sourcing and Negotiation

Supplier Performance

Commercial and Contract Acumen

Risk and Business Continuity

Executive Influence and Coaching

The pay range for this role is $116150 to $182400 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location job-related knowledge skills and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time with or without notice subject to applicable law.

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