Senior Manager – Strategic Sourcing, Electronics & Contract Manufacturing

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Direct and oversee Dexcom’s sourcing organization for Electronics and Contract Manufacturing.

• Lead, mentor, and develop category managers responsible for the electronics and contract manufacturing sectors.

• Formulate and implement short- and long-term category strategies that align with technology roadmaps, supplier capabilities, capacity, cost, quality, risk, geographic footprint, and lifecycle needs.

• Manage executive supplier relationships and commercial strategies across EMS partners, semiconductor and component manufacturers, authorized channels, Tier 1 suppliers, and essential sub-tier suppliers.

• Guide supplier selection processes, including RFIs/RFQs, negotiations, contracts, cost improvements, capacity assurance, allocation models, demand and capacity reconciliation, recovery planning, and business continuity strategies.

• Create sourcing strategies spanning the electronics value chain, which includes semiconductors, batteries, PCBs, components, PCBA manufacturing, final assembly, testing, and raw materials.

• Oversee BOM-level electronics supply-risk management for both current and future products.

• Develop a data-driven supplier-readiness perspective that encompasses BOM/AML status, supplier awards, purchase orders, lead times, inventory, capacity, qualifications, contracts, alternate sources, and recovery actions.

• Assess supplier capacity claims in relation to output, yield, OEE, equipment, labor, materials, lead times, expansion, and recovery assumptions.

• Manage sourcing activities during product transitions, including supplier ramp-up and ramp-down, last-time buys, obsolescence, alternate-source qualifications, and end-of-life execution.

• Integrate commercial decisions across various departments, including Planning, R&D, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Quality, Operations, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, and NPI.

• Collaborate with technical and operational teams on design-for-supply, component selection, manufacturability, supplier readiness, validation planning, launch execution, and product continuity.

• Establish market intelligence and risk management systems addressing lead times, allocations, PCN/EOL notices, counterfeit risks, geopolitical exposures, tariffs, and single-source dependencies.

• Convert supplier and component risks into actionable mitigation plans focusing on inventory, alternate qualifications, capacity protection, contractual safeguards, and executive escalation.

• Enhance cost productivity by utilizing should-cost models, clean-sheet analysis, open-book approaches, value engineering, total cost of ownership assessments, alternate sourcing, process efficiencies, and leveraging the supply base.

• Identify sourcing opportunities and risks, structuring agreements that ensure supply assurance, capacity, allocation, inventory, pricing, productivity, change control, transitions, and business continuity.

• Provide fact-based executive recommendations delineating facts, assumptions, evidence gaps, decisions, trade-offs, financial exposure, supply risk, ownership, and milestones.

• Define priorities, objectives, ownership, operational cadence, and escalation expectations for the electronics sourcing team.

• Enhance team capabilities through development plans, standard work practices, sourcing playbooks, succession planning, and knowledge transfer.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree is typically required, along with 13+ years of industry experience.

• 5-8 years of prior experience in people management.

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing strategic sourcing or category management teams in electronics, PCBAs, semiconductors, and contract manufacturing within a complex, regulated manufacturing environment.

• Proven experience managing semiconductor and electronic-component supply chains, including foundry, assembly/test, manufacturers, authorized distribution, and critical sub-tier relationships.

• Evidence of successful leadership in global EMS/CM relationships covering PCBA, SMT, testing, automation, component procurement, manufacturing capacity, qualifications, production ramp, and ongoing performance.

• Capacity to evaluate fab and assembly/test capacity, allocation, lead time, lifecycle, raw material, and obsolescence risks.

• Experience negotiating supply assurance, capacity reservations, allocation mechanisms, volume commitments, pricing structures, productivity obligations, and long-term contracts.

• Ability to connect CM-level material planning and production constraints with upstream component supply and downstream Dexcom demand.

• Experience in managing Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 supplier relationships.

• Proficiency in translating product roadmaps, BOM/AML data, demand scenarios, LRP assumptions, engineering requirements, inventory positions, and supply-market intelligence into sourcing and capacity strategies.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver cost productivity, supply continuity, supplier transitions, NPI readiness, lifecycle/EOL execution, and business continuity.

• Strong skills in negotiation, contracting, supplier relationship management, change management, and influencing executive stakeholders.

• Capability to develop quantitative and qualitative business cases and communicate trade-offs effectively.

• Strong expertise in financial analysis, market analysis, strategic planning, program management, and structured problem-solving.

• Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint.

• Preferred: Experience in medical devices, life sciences, automotive, aerospace, or other highly regulated manufacturing sectors.

• Preferred: Familiarity with global EMS providers, semiconductor manufacturers, PCB/PCBA suppliers, battery and electronic-component manufacturers, and authorized distributors.

• Preferred: Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, value engineering, should-cost, total cost of ownership, supplier development, and structured cost-productivity methodologies.

• Preferred: Practical knowledge of ERP/eProcurement, spend analytics, supplier performance, risk intelligence, BOM/AML management, and contract lifecycle management systems.

• Travel requirement: 15-25%.

🏝️ Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package.

• Opportunities for growth on a global level.

• Career development through internal learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.

• Home office setup.

• Flexible workplace options may be available for employees within commuting distance of a Dexcom location.