Global Sourcing Manager, Mechanical (Manufacturing)

Fluidstack

$90K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience sourcing mechanical categories for manufacturing
  • Understood supplier qualification processes with technical engineering involvement
  • Ability to read and analyze engineering drawings and specifications
  • Demonstrated experience in securing supplier capacity in challenging markets
  • Proficient in managing supplier performance through data analysis
  • Experience in negotiating complex, long-term supplier agreements
  • Familiarity with steel, fabrication, and thermal component markets is a bonus.

Responsibilities

  • Own sourcing for mechanical components including steel and fabrications
  • Lock supply and lead times in alignment with manufacturing build plans
  • Qualify suppliers through technical audits and approvals
  • Negotiate multi-year agreements for pricing and priority
  • Manage supplier relationships with a focus on performance metrics
  • Ensure capacity commitments can withstand demand fluctuations
  • Challenge supplier quotes through detailed analysis of specifications.

Benefits

  • Commitment to pay equity and transparency
  • Opportunities for exceptional candidates beyond rigid qualifications
Full Job Description
Role Scope
  • Own sourcing for mechanical categories feeding manufacturing: steel, fabrications, cooling components, and mechanical assemblies.
  • Lock supply and lead times against the build plan, with capacity commitments that survive demand spikes.
  • Qualify suppliers technically with engineering: first articles, PPAP-style approvals, and audits.
  • Negotiate multi-year agreements that hold price and priority as volumes grow 10x.
What We're Looking For
  • The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
  • You've sourced mechanical or fabricated categories for a manufacturer and owned the supplier relationships.
  • You read drawings and specs well enough to challenge a quote line by line.
  • You've qualified new suppliers under time pressure without skipping the steps that matter.
  • You've secured capacity in constrained markets.
  • You manage suppliers on data: on-time delivery, PPM, and lead-time performance.
  • Bonus: Steel and fabrication markets. Cooling and thermal components. Should-cost modeling. Supplier development.


We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

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