Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, or Engineering required; Master's degree preferred.
Minimum 10 years' experience in networking, electronics, or electrical purchasing and commodity management.
Strong team-building skills to lead cross-functional process improvement teams.
Excellent communication skills to interface and influence at all levels.
Ability to simplify complex topics for non-technical audiences and prepare executive summaries.
Understanding of Optics commodity, materials, and manufacturing processes.
Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Project and Access.
Responsibilities
Create and implement strategic sourcing strategies for the enclosure commodity.
Conduct spend analysis and supplier assessments to streamline processes.
Develop commodity strategies to enhance supply chain efficiency and reduce costs.
Build cost models to validate strategies and understand cost drivers.
Manage supplier relationships and coordinate with Engineering and NPI teams.
Develop a competitive commodity supply base leveraging global markets and technologies.
Monitor and report on project priorities and savings initiatives.
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Wellbeing programs and tax savings options.
Income protection benefits.
Potential for discretionary bonuses and equity participation.
Sales roles eligible for commission through the Sales Incentive Plan.
Full Job Description
Job Description
Who You'll Work With
The Senior Sourcing Commodity Manager is responsible to strategically develop Optics commodity strategies for Arista in order to drive time to market, continuity of supply and meet cost reduction initiatives, The role will require the individual to be familiar with the complete range of strategic sourcing activities. This includes the analysis of spend, the formulation of and implementation of commodity strategies, the negotiation of contracts and the ongoing management of strategic supplier relationships.
What You'll Do
Creates, implements, and maintains strategic sourcing strategies for Arista's enclosure commodity to support company requirements.
Undertakes spend analysis, supplier assessment and supplier selection to agreed processes.
Develops and implements commodity strategies in line with company and manufacturing initiatives to improve supply chain efficiencies and reduce the total cost of supply chain management.
Builds cost models (TAC/should cost) to validate commodity strategies and to understand cost drivers.
Coordinates all activities with Engineering, NPI, and suppliers to ensure the selection of parts with long lifetimes and solid supply availability.
Working with the site supply chain leads, this individual will manage relationships with suppliers on behalf of Arista.
Develops a robust commodity supply base which creates and sustains a competitive advantage for Arista, utilizing global markets, leveraging spend, and best in class technologies.
Monitors/reports on priority projects and savings.
Ensures that agreed strategic sourcing targets for cost reduction are met in the commodity portfolio. This includes responsibility for meeting improvement plan targets and year on year cost reductions.
Provides support to NPI teams as required to meet target costs and establish program cost models.
Negotiations and management of cost models for suppliers to include "hard" money (such as price, volume discounts, etc.) and "soft" money (such as expertise, technical backup, etc.) in the context of Total Acquisition Cost (TAC) and Total Opportunity Cost (TOC).
Identification and delivery of opportunities for cost reduction.
Provides input for annual and long-term savings targets.
Trains/Mentors junior supply chain personnel on strategic sourcing process.
Ensures appropriate performance measure (Technology, Quality, Cost and Delivery) of supply base and feedback of results.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations or Engineering required; Master's degree preferred.
Minimum 10 years' experience in a networking environment (preferred), electronics or electrical, purchasing, commodity management and materials management positions. CPIM, CIRM, and/or C.P.M. desired.
Utilize strong team building abilities to lead cross-functional process improvement teams and lead change within the organization. Ability to coordinate cross-site, multi-functional objectives.
Ability to interface and positively influence at all levels through excellent communication skills.
Ability to listen and simplify complex topics for non-technical audiences, and prepare summaries for executives and stakeholders
Understanding of Optics commodity, materials, and manufacturing processes.
Strong PC application skills. Including complement of Microsoft Office Software, with strong capabilities in Project and Access.
Additional Information
Compensation Information:
The new hire base pay for this role has a salary range of $142,000 to $188,000. Arista offers different pay ranges based on work location, so that we can offer consistent and competitive pay appropriate to the market. The actual base pay offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, relevant experience, and work location. The pay range provided reflects base pay only and in addition certain roles may also be eligible for discretionary Arista bonuses and equity. Employees in Sales roles are eligible to participate in Arista's Sales Incentive Plan, which pays commissions calculated as a percentage of eligible sales. US-based employees are also entitled to benefits including medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, tax savings and income protection. The recruiting team can share more details during the hiring process specific to the role and location
About Arista Networks
Arista Networks is a computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking solutions for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance computing and high-frequency trading environments. Arista Networks was founded in 2004 by former Cisco Systems engineers and is led by CEO Jayshree Ullal. The company went public in 2014 and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ANET.
