Strategic Sourcing Manager

Come join a fun and dedicated team where you can make a real difference! Avtech Tyee is committed to reducing our global environmental impact, supporting the health and safety of our employees, increasing the diversity of our workforce, and fostering mutually beneficial relationships within our community, all while developing and manufacturing some of the best and most reliable aerospace products in the industry….and

we need your help!

Avtech Tyee is searching for a Strategic Sourcing Manager with negotiation experience and a roll-up-your-sleeves attitude to help position our company for new growth and improved social responsibility. Leadership skills would be a real plus!

Avtech Tyee offers great benefits and a focus on career development. We’re backed by a corporation but with a small company feel. We have autonomy, close-knit teams, and a wide variety of products and processes that you can play with so you will never be bored. Avtech Tyee believes that in-person interactions are necessary to support and drive innovation, productivity, cross-functional collaboration, effective communication, team cohesion, and employee engagement.

Working on site at the facility is required.

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies across assigned spend categories company-wide, prioritizing based on spend value, risk, and savings opportunity.
• Lead negotiations with suppliers on pricing, terms, contracts, and service levels to reduce total cost of ownership.
• Identify, qualify, and onboard new suppliers; manage a diversified and resilient supplier base to reduce single-source risk.
• Partner with Engineering, Operations, and business-unit stakeholders to understand requirements and influence specifications or designs where cost or supply advantages exist.
• Manage supplier performance through scorecards, business reviews, and issue escalation/resolution.
• Track and report savings, cost avoidance, and category performance metrics to leadership on a regular cadence.
• Monitor market and supply conditions relevant to Avtech Tyee's spend categories and proactively flag risks or opportunities.
• Support new product introduction, capital projects, or service procurement as sourcing needs arise across the business.
• Ensure sourcing activity complies with company policy, and with contractual, quality, and (where applicable) regulatory requirements.
• Build and maintain supplier contracts, ensuring terms protect Avtech Tyee's commercial and operational interests.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of sourcing/procurement experience, ideally spanning multiple spend categories rather than a single commodity.
• Demonstrated track record of negotiating cost savings and favorable contract terms with suppliers.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to build spend and savings models and communicate them to leadership.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and influencing skills — this role works with stakeholders across the business without direct authority over them.
• Proficiency with ERP/procurement systems and spend-analysis tools.

• Experience sourcing across a mix of direct materials, indirect spend, and services.
• Experience in electronics, hardware, manufacturing, or technical-products environment.
• CPSM, CPIM, or similar supply chain / procurement certification.
• Experience introducing or improving sourcing processes, tools, or category management practices.

• Business acumen: understands how sourcing decisions affect cost, margin, and operational risk across the company.
• Negotiation: secures favorable terms while maintaining strong, sustainable supplier relationships.
• Cross-functional influence builds trust and alignment with stakeholders across departments without formal authority.
• Ownership: manages categories end-to-end, from strategy through supplier performance, without close supervision.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.**
• This position requires either a US Person (as defined in applicable export regulations) or a non-US person who is eligible to obtain required export…