Supply Chain & Commodity Manager

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary supplier quality, technical, and supply assurance contact for PCBA, semiconductor, electronic component, electromechanical, and other critical US supplier categories.
• Monitor supplier quality, delivery, capacity, responsiveness, and technology performance on a regular basis; drive continuous improvement with clear scorecards, action owners, and closure dates.
• Conduct onsite supplier assessments to verify production output, shipment readiness, delivery commitments, inventory availability, work‑in‑process, yield performance, capacity, constraints, and recovery plans.
• Evaluate suppliers' future ability to deliver using capacity models, production cycle times, tool and line utilization, labor and material availability, order coverage, backlog, forecast commits, and sub‑tier supplier commitments.
• Partner with Procurement and Planning to assess commodity risk, supplier readiness, lead‑time trends, allocation exposure, dual‑source opportunities, safety stock, and demand/supply gaps across current and future requirements.
• Validate supplier order coverage with their own suppliers and sub‑tier partners, including component availability, wafer/foundry/OSAT capacity, EMS capacity, distribution coverage, constrained materials, and long‑lead‑time items.
• Develop and maintain supplier performance dashboards covering on‑time delivery, quality escapes, yield, nonconformances, capacity, PO/forecast coverage, shortage exposure, escalations, and corrective action status.
• Collaborate with Procurement to identify, develop, qualify, and scale new US and global suppliers across PCBA, semiconductors, electronic components, mechanical/electromechanical parts, and manufacturing services.
• Lead failure analysis (FA), root cause, corrective and preventive action (CAPA), and 8D activities for supplier quality issues, delivery misses, process excursions, and repeated performance gaps.
• Conduct Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Reliability (DFR), process readiness, and supplier technology reviews with R&D, manufacturing, and supplier engineering teams.
• Perform supplier audits and process assessments covering quality systems, manufacturing controls, test capability, traceability, incoming material controls, configuration management, and change control.
• Oversee supplier‑driven changes, including PCN/ECN activity, product/process changes, last‑time‑buy risk, end‑of‑life exposure, tooling or site transfers, and qualification requirements.
• Provide technical and operational support to suppliers to resolve process, quality, throughput, capacity, material availability, and delivery issues.
• Lead supplier escalation and recovery plans when quality, delivery, capacity, or material risks threaten business continuity; communicate risks, mitigations, and executive‑level updates.
• Support commodity strategy by providing technical, capacity, quality, and supply risk input into supplier selection, sourcing decisions, negotiation priorities, and long‑term supplier development plans.

• Minimum 9 years of experience in supplier quality engineering, supply line engineering, electronics manufacturing, semiconductor/component supply chain, commodity management, or related supplier development roles.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Materials Science, or an equivalent technical discipline preferred;
  Bachelor's degree with relevant experience may be considered.
• Experience supporting PCBA suppliers, EMS/contract manufacturers, semiconductor suppliers, electronic component suppliers, and US‑based supplier development or localization programs.
• Demonstrated experience conducting onsite supplier audits, capacity assessments, process readiness reviews, delivery verification, order coverage reviews, and supplier recovery actions.
• Extensive experience in process development, improvement, monitoring, and problem solving at supplier sites.
• Experience working with Procurement, Planning, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and supplier executives to resolve supply continuity, quality, delivery,…