Senior Sourcing Manager, Product Development

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

Lead the supply answer for our most critical new product programs, from first idea through serial production. Serve as the single supply chain point of contact for key account customers and for all program supplier issues. Mobilize category sourcing, supplier quality, and NPI specialists against program milestones. Lead critical supplier selections — build consensus, vet new suppliers, and bring program intelligence into negotiations.

Align supplier capabilities with product and technology roadmaps, including supplier technology forums with engineering. Deliver cost and productivity commitments through early sourcing, design-for-manufacturability, and supplier lean initiatives. Own capacity, ramp, tooling, and supply risk readiness across the portfolio, and report it to leadership. Lead, and mentor a team, creating an environment focused on performance, engagement and professional growth.

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business or related field required.
• 10+ years of experience in sourcing, supply chain or new product development is preferred, with proven leadership of a team.
• Experience handling complex categories and negotiating multi-million-dollar contracts; new product development / NPI sourcing.
• Skilled in strategic thinking and comfort working in ambiguity; cross-functional influence with engineering, quality, and program leadership; supplier and cost analysis.
• Travel minimum 10%.

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world.
• We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes.
• We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
• Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis.
• Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE.

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Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers.

We’re known for being:

• Innovative & adaptable
• Dedicated to absolute integrity
• Focused on the customer first
• Respectful and team oriented
• Optimistic and energizing
• Accountable for performance

nVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.…