Sourcing Engineer, ABCD, VR

Axon•Scottsdale, AZ

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter. Your Impact: Does the thought of finding ways to leverage technology to help others excite you? Do you enjoy transforming requirements into real products and helping to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical parties? The mission as the Mechanical Sourcing Engineer is to build a world-class mechanical supplier network for our products that can ensure continuity of supply, scale to support demand, provide cost reduction and anticipates and mitigates supply chain risks. You will work throughout the product development lifecycle executing strategic projects to optimize commodities, subcommodities and individual suppliers; executing detailed projects with suppliers to implement changes and improvements affecting quality, cost, capacity, risk, and subsupplier management and to launch new products.

Requirements

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain or related field.
Minimum of three (3) years of experience in supply chain, technical sourcing, and/or engineering.
Ability to work on multiple cross functional projects simultaneously.
Ability to develop strong relationships with key stakeholders to drive proper rigor in supplier selection process.
Self-motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to manage rapid changes typical during the NPI development process.
Skilled at pricing and terms & conditions negotiations.
Strong proficiency in Google/Microsoft Office software packages.
Excellent communicator, ability to lead in an environment of in-direct control.
Communicates effectively in a dynamic, multidisciplinary team environment to meet internal and external customer demands.
Excellent analytic and problem-solving skills.
Ability to lead and influence change in the face of complexity and ambiguity.
Proficient with managing and understanding cross-cultural business practices, especially within Asia.
Located or willing to relocate to Scottsdale, AZ.
Ability to influence without authority, create win/win situations, and produce results.
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, product specifications, procedures and standard.

Nice To Haves

Work experience in a new product introduction (NPI) sourcing environment is preferred.
Experience with a high mix/low volume procurement environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

Proactively communicate with the design engineering teams prior to and during the NPI development process to understand their current & future needs for new product components; influencing by leveraging industry experience.
Work with the Mechanical Category managers on sourcing decisions that are aligned with their strategies. Provide the tools, methodologies, techniques, and technical insight to drive intelligent sourcing of mechanical products.
Seek cross-functional team agreement on discrepancies.
Establish strong relationships with manufacturers and their associated representatives to understand product roadmaps and availability to support future product development.
Collaborate with suppliers, engineering and quality for DFM on new products
Work with the sourcing team to develop and ramp component sources for new products and support the NPI purchasing team’s efforts to ensure components are purchased in a timely manner for the different engineering builds.
Assist the respective category managers and cross-functional category teams in developing and executing multidimensional commodity strategies that support the NPI work stream with an emphasis on cost optimization, time to market, technology, quality, supply continuity, supply chain consolidation, service and risk mitigation.
Support negotiations of Axon pricing at the component level for mechanical commodities; partnering with the category managers to develop and execute negotiation strategies with new product suppliers to achieve specific targets for pricing, service, quality & delivery.
Ensure supplier awards for new business are leveraged in pricing negotiations.
Identify and manage the implementation of cost reduction opportunities on new and existing products in collaboration with the category management and continuous engineering teams.
Identify risks in our current supply chain and work together with the mechanical category manager and continuous engineering team and component engineer to qualify additional sources of supply for critical components on our BOM’s. Lead teams in identification of risks/hazards relative to new product designs, processes, suppliers, and applications.
Assist the mechanical category manager & Legal teams in negotiating and executing optimal contract terms with key new suppliers.
Participate in the supplier selection process and ensure supplier selections are based on sound selection criteria for new product introduction activities to select the right supplier for the part, considering long term fit and total cost of ownership.
Participate in periodic business reviews with key suppliers to review supplier performance on new product programs
Own the development and maintenance of the approved manufacturer’s list.