Senior Staff Analyst, Sourcing - Specialized Individual Contributor

Aston Carter•San Jose, CA

9d•$53 - $53•Hybrid

About The Position

Negotiates favorable terms, volume discounts and long-term contracts with suppliers and prepares and processes requisitions and purchase orders for the procurement of technical equipment, custom engineered products, systems, software or components. Acquires and maintains understanding of technology trends, market forces, cost trends and supplier technology road maps. Reviews purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy and discusses defects and delivery problems with suppliers and negotiates refunds. This is a highly specialized individual contributor role that requires deep expertise from a professional / technical thought leader in their respective field or discipline. This position typically requires extensive experience in a specialized field and an advanced college degree or equivalent. The role requires expertise within a discipline in a specialized field. The job provides technical guidance and direction for his/ her area of specialization. The job requires good analytical skills as well as evaluative judgement based on the analysis of factual and qualitative information in complicated or novel situations. The complexity implied at this level of problem solving relates to the ability to filter, prioritize, analyze and validate potentially complex and dynamic material. This job typically requires a degree or equivalent and a minimum of 4 or more years experience.

Requirements

cost reduction
Experience with supplier-side or sourcing environments
Exposure to international suppliers / global supply chains
Familiarity with ERP systems (no specific system required—general fluency is fine)
Automotive background
Appliances background
Consumer electronics background (e.g., Apple, Meta)
Minimum of 4 or more years experience

Nice To Haves

Open to non-med device (preferred) if experience is more advanced

Responsibilities

Lead data analysis for cost reduction & supplier performance improvements
Analyze supplier performance details and trends
Analyze internal and external cost details to identify opportunities and build strong data driven cases to support cost negotiations
Create cost models for supplier price structures. Develop models detailing impact on variables to cost and profit including things on volume/spend growth and impact on material price changes
Utilize AI in modeling and analysis
Issue RFQs, facilitate & lead auctions, and generate should cost requests
Analyze results from above and provide summary and recommendations to sourcing managers
Develop negotiation fact sets and presentations to support supplier negotiations
70% current products, 30% NPI