Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Chemelex is a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions that protect critical processes, places, and people. The Electronics Category Supply Lead will develop and execute global sourcing strategies for electronics, manage strategic relationships with suppliers and electronic manufacturing services providers, and ensure supply continuity, cost competitiveness, and supplier performance. The role also leads component lifecycle and obsolescence management, engineering collaboration, new product introduction, supplier development, and supply risk mitigation.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the global sourcing strategy for electronics, PCB assemblies, electronic components, and contract manufacturing
- Build multi-year category roadmaps aligned with business growth, product strategy, and technology evolution
- Identify and develop strategic supplier partnerships that provide competitive advantage in cost, quality, innovation, and supply continuity
- Drive supplier rationalization where appropriate while maintaining business continuity and geographic diversification
- Continuously monitor market trends, emerging technologies, and supply chain risks affecting the electronics industry
- Supplier performance management
- Capacity planning
- Commercial negotiations
- Quality and delivery performance
- Inventory strategies
- Business continuity planning
- Cost competitiveness
- Conduct regular executive business reviews and develop supplier improvement plans to ensure world-class performance
- Mitigate component shortages and allocations
- Reduce lead times
- Resolve end-of-life (EOL) risks
- Qualify alternate components and suppliers
- Improve overall supply chain resilience
- Monitoring component lifecycle status and identifying emerging obsolescence risks
- Developing proactive mitigation plans for end-of-life (EOL) components
- Coordinating last-time buys, inventory strategies, and alternate component qualification
- Partnering with Engineering and Product Management to prioritize redesign efforts when required
- Building long-term sourcing strategies that reduce dependence on sole-source and obsolete technologies
- Maintaining visibility into semiconductor market trends and supplier product roadmaps to minimize future business disruption
- Supporting supplier selection during concept and development phases
- Driving Design for Supply Chain (DfSC) best practices
- Promoting preferred suppliers, approved manufacturers, and standardized components
- Providing cost models and should-cost analysis during product development
- Supporting Design for Manufacturability (DFM) initiatives with contract manufacturers
- Identifying supply risks before product release
- Accelerating supplier qualification and new product launches
- Influencing component selection to improve availability, reduce lifecycle risk, and optimize total cost of ownership
- Lead supplier audits, performance reviews, corrective action plans, commercial negotiations, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Value engineering
- Component rationalization
- Supplier negotiations
- Alternate sourcing strategies
- Manufacturing optimization
- Global sourcing initiatives
- Design collaboration with Engineering
- Develop should-cost models for electronic assemblies and components while balancing quality, reliability, and long-term supply continuity
- Identify and mitigate supply risks related to:
- Sole-source components
- Semiconductor availability
- Long lead-time materials
- Geopolitical exposure
- Tariffs and trade regulations
- Supplier financial health
- Capacity constraints
- Business continuity
- Component obsolescence
- Develop contingency plans and dual-source strategies to improve organizational resilience
- Collaborate across:
- Engineering
- Supply Chain
- Operations
- Quality
- Product Management
- Manufacturing
- Finance
- Serve as the primary sourcing representative for electronics-related initiatives and provide strategic guidance on sourcing decisions that impact product design, cost, and supply continuity
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business, or a related discipline
- 5–10 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or supply chain within the electronics industry
- Demonstrated experience sourcing low-to-medium volume electronic products
- Experience managing global Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers
- Strong knowledge of electronic components, PCB assemblies, and electronics manufacturing processes
- Experience negotiating commercial agreements and supplier contracts
- Strong analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
- Willingness to travel internationally (approximately 20–30%)
Benefits
- Flexible (Hybrid/Remote)
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