Required skill set "Skills and Responsibilities: Required Skills: • Develop, implement, and manage procurement strategies, tools, and plans that align with the companys goals and objectives, while maintaining sustained supply in a highly dynamic environment • Direct activities of all functions involved in planning and purchasing of materials and capital equipment; partner with internal teams on inventory management of acquired elements. • Manage the ECO / MCO change Order, together with product life cycle and engineering; ensure process. Roles and responsibilities: • Currently seeking an experienced Strategic Sourcing & Category ManagerIn this role, you will be responsible for managing materials procurement life cycle including supplier selection, negotiation of contracts, purchase order management, capacity scale-up, and supplier performance. • The successful candidate will be responsible for optimizing and scaling planning and purchasing processes for new product introduction, and managing critical outsourcing activities. • You must be able to think strategically, manage relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, and deliver results in a timely and cost-effective manner. • The ideal candidate will have an engineering background to work in co-development manner with Engineering, Manufacturing, quality and vendors. • Manages and fosters relationships with cross-functional departments to ensure collaborative, actionable interactions.""