Offer Procurement Leader – Electronics
Why this role matters
You will be at the heart of innovation-working hand-in-hand with R&D to shape the next generation of products.
As the key interface between engineering teams and global suppliers, you will directly influence product architecture, technology choices, and cost competitiveness from day one.
Your decisions will impact what we build, how we build it, and who we build it with.
Your mission
You lead procurement for complex, international product development projects, ensuring that sourcing strategy is fully integrated into design and delivery.
You will:
* Own procurement for new product development projects
Manage sourcing activities across multi-site, multi-country projects involving critical electronic technologies.
* Shape product architecture early
Contribute to Make-or-Buy decisions and influence design choices to ensure competitiveness, scalability, and supply resilience.
* Be the bridge between R&D and suppliers
* Drive supplier and component selection
* Promote standardization and reuse
* Challenge technical and commercial choices
* Ensure alignment between engineering requirements and market capabilities
* Lead sourcing execution end-to-end
* Identify and onboard new suppliers
* Lead qualification processes (including audits)
* Secure sourcing readiness in line with project milestones
* Negotiate and secure competitive agreements
Own cost, contracts, and commercial negotiations for key components and assemblies.
* Deliver project performance
Ensure procurement targets are met across:
* Cost
* Lead time / time-to-market
* Quality and reliability
* Supply continuity
* Drive industrialization and ramp-up
Ensure smooth transfer to manufacturing and secure production ramp-up, in close collaboration with global plants (North America & Asia).
* Act as a procurement leader within the project team
Influence cross-functional decisions, drive value engineering initiatives, and ensure procurement excellence throughout the product lifecycle.
Key competencies
* Electronics-driven mindset
Ability to understand and challenge technical discussions related to electronic design and components
* Influence & leadership
Able to engage R&D, suppliers, and stakeholders without direct authority
* Strategic thinking with execution discipline
From early design decisions to industrial ramp-up
* Supplier ecosystem knowledge
Understanding of global electronics markets and supply chains
* Collaboration in international environments
Experience working across regions, cultures, and functions
* Change and impact driven
Proactive, solution-oriented, and comfortable in fast-moving environments
* Fluent in English
What qualifications will make you successful?
* Bachlors Degree in Engineering Business or relat...
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Nashville, US-TN
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Finance
- Recruiter: Schneider Electric
- Contact: Not Specified
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: 133889-en-us-3
- Posted: 2026-09-19 09:30:58 -
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