Senior Sourcing Program Leader - Military veterans preferred

Job Overview

The Sourcing team is seeking a highly experienced Senior Sourcing Program Leader to drive the sourcing initiatives that improve material availability, cost efficiency, and supply continuity for key corporate customer engagements. This role requires deep expertise in Design for Sourcing, Build-to-Print, and New Product Introduction (NPI), along with a strong foundation in procurement, engineering, and global supply chain operations. The successful candidate will engage critical suppliers and align sourcing strategies with business priorities to deliver measurable results across global programs.

The Senior Sourcing Program Leader collaborates with external and internal stakeholders, including Commodity and Plant Sourcing and Operations to develop project plans, monitor progress, update status, address roadblocks, and escalate issues as appropriate. The successful candidate for this position identifies gaps, implements countermeasures, drives regular operating rhythm with team and key stakeholders on supplier improvements, and aligns strategies across Operations, Engineering, Product Management, Customer Service, and Sourcing to ensure supply continuity. This position reports to the Global Sourcing Leader and will be based in Plano, TX.

Responsibilities:

• Lead sourcing and procurement programs focused on material availability and cost efficiency for strategic customer initiatives.
• Drive early supplier engagement in Design for Sourcing and Build-to-Print programs to ensure manufacturability, cost competitiveness, and supply continuity.
• Partner with Engineering and Product Management to support NPI readiness, supplier qualification, and ramp-up planning.
• Develop and execute project plans using standard work and cross-functional collaboration to ensure timely implementation.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers to resolve supply constraints and drive performance improvements.
• Align sourcing strategies with business objectives, ensuring supplier selection meets quality, cost, and delivery expectations.
• Monitor and report on sourcing KPIs including supplier risk, quality, delivery performance, and cost savings.
• Lead supplier development and process optimization to increase throughput, capacity, and reliability.
• Proactively identify and mitigate supply risks, adjusting priorities based on evolving business needs.
• Personally engage with critical suppliers to resolve material availability issues and ensure alignment with program timelines.
• Collaborate with Commodity and Plant Sourcing teams to streamline supplier portfolios and reduce chronic shortages.
• Forecast and report sourcing financial metrics, contributing to overall business productivity and margin improvement.
• Talent Development & Culture Building: Build and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Travel to domestic and international supplier sites (~15%) to support supplier development and issue resolution.
• Performing any other reasonable duties as directed by line management.
• Availability: Able to collaborate with global teams and management including night, early morning, or weekend meetings, as necessary.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS/BA degree: Business/ Finance/ Supply Chain/Sourcing, and related field.
  • MBA Preferred
• 7+ years of experience in supply chain, commodity management, and supplier management in global sourcing and operations manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of direct experience working with a global supply base in electronics.
• Project management experience in establishing Gantt charts, timelines, schedules for process improvements and qualifications.
• Knowledge of Sourcing qualification process, Materials and fulfillment standard work, and materials operations.
• Ability to communicate fluently in English both oral and written.

 Desired Characteristics:

• Demonstrate strong leadership skills thru engaging suppliers and peers to achieve common goals
• Experience of interfacing with strategic suppliers and managing supplier relationships at executive level.
• Ability to develop a strategy and drive execution in a matrix environment.
• Demonstrated business orientation and inspirational leadership with collaborative mindset in working across multiple business units and cultures.
• Experience with RPA and AI tools.
• High energy individual who is goal oriented and results driven.

ELIGIBILTY REQUIREMENTS: OmniOn Power will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

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