Supply Management Professional

Supply Management Professional

Live Wire is seeking a highly capable Supply Management Professional to support the development of our global supply base for electronics and wire harness components. This role plays a critical part in New Product Introduction (NPI) by ensuring timely supplier readiness, strong cost management, and reliable material availability for prototype, pilot, and production builds.

The ideal candidate is analytical, collaborative, proactive, and skilled in navigating the fast‑paced realities of product development. This position will interface daily with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and program teams to align supplier activities with technical requirements and program milestones.

This role may be filled at a Specialist level unless otherwise approved.

• Lead or support sourcing and supplier qualification for new electronics and wiring components.
• Ensure suppliers meet readiness, capacity, and material availability for prototype through production builds.
• Align supplier deliverables with engineering milestones, BOM updates, and validation phases.
• Support PPAP, FAI, DV/PV, and engineering change coordination.
• Evaluate, select, and onboard suppliers for wiring harnesses, PCBAs, sensors, and electronic subsystems.
• Support category strategies focused on cost, performance, manufacturability, and scalability.
• Conduct RFQs, cost analysis, negotiations, supplier selection, and contractual agreements.
• Build strong partnerships with domestic and international suppliers.
• Track and improve performance across quality, cost, delivery, and responsiveness.
• Support regular supplier business reviews and drive corrective actions when needed.
• Identify risks such as shortages, semiconductor constraints, capacity issues, and logistics delays.
• Support development of contingency planning, lead‑time or inventory mitigation.
• Analyze quotes, cost structures, delivery trends, and defect data to support decisions.
• Provide insights and recommendations to cross‑functional teams.
• Support ERP‑related activities including PO management, cost updates, and supplier master data.
• Partner closely with engineering, manufacturing, program management, quality, and finance to ensure effective flow of information to and from the supply base.
• Support program reporting, sourcing status updates, and readiness reviews.
• Serve as a connective link between technical teams and suppliers.
• Domestic and international travel may be required (10–15% annually) for supplier visits, qualifications, and program support.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• Preferred: MBA or certification in APICS / CSCP / CPIM or similar.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in supply chain, procurement, sourcing, or logistics.
• Experience in electronics or wiring commodities is highly preferred but not required.
• Demonstrated ability to support global suppliers, negotiate contracts, and manage cost, quality, and delivery performance.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency with supply chain analytics tools.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, Net Suite) and supply chain analytics tools.

Associate

Full‑time

Supply Chain

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