Samsara19 days ago
Senior Manager, Global Supply
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Remote - US
Responsibilities
- 01Own end-to-end strategic sourcing for an assigned portfolio of direct-material commodities (e.g., cables/connectors/harnesses, PCBs, PCBA, sensors and optics, batteries, memory, SoC/storage), including supplier selection, RFQ, award, and ongoing commercial management
- 02Lead commercial negotiations — price, tooling/NRE, manufacturing value-add (MVA), payment terms, and Master Purchase Agreements (MPAs) — and defend Samsara's position on cost pass-throughs, should-cost, and inflation
- 03Build and execute supply-continuity strategies: dual-sourcing, qualification of alternate sources and raw materials, strategic buffer/inventory plans, and risk mitigation for sole-sourced or EOL parts
- 04Drive New Product Introduction (NPI) sourcing in partnership with Engineering and Product — early supplier engagement, cost targeting, and DFx/should-cost tradeoffs — to hit cost and availability goals ahead of ramp
- 05Establish and maintain a supplier 'chessboard' / JDM strategy: assess where current partners are strong, where we are gapped technologically, and where expansion or consolidation makes strategic sense
- 06Own quarter-over-quarter cost locks and PPV reduction, maintaining a source-of-truth cost model for your commodities and partnering with Finance and Planning on forecasting
- 07Manage supplier performance for quality, delivery, cost, and innovation, running structured business reviews and escalations
- 08Bring AI into the procurement toolkit — form the requirements and use cases for AI in sourcing, deploy analytics for spend, should-cost, and supplier-risk, and coach the team to adopt these tools in their daily workflows
- 09Partner cross-functionally with Legal on contracting, IP, and dispute matters, and with Operations Engineering and Planning on transitions and allocations
- 10Mentor and develop analysts and supply managers, and scale sourcing processes and decision frameworks as the team grows
- 11Champion, role model, and embed Samsara's cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally
Requirements
- 018+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement
What we offer
- 01This role is open to candidates residing in the US