Job Description

Strategic Sourcing Manager with 3-5 years of experience in Liquid Cooling of Data Center Infrastructure equipment. Experience and knowledge of the industry supply chain and critical suppliers. Education level BA in Business Administration with a MBA preferred. Key skills in negotiation of business terms in contracts. Understanding of strategies in "Should Be Cost Modeling", Cost management, Relationship Building, Communications.

Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. Able to operate in fast pace, ambiguous environment. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization.

Interfaces with internal and supplier stakeholders to provide cost-effective procurement of materials and components for company product supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Provides direction and specialist knowledge in supply chain strategies for continuous cost improvement through partner negotiations.

• Creates supply chain standards and communicates product standards/specifications to suppliers.

• Conducts competitive analysis of suppliers, cost models, market analysis and supply chain alternatives. Evaluates submitted proposals/quotes against Oracle standards.

• Recommend and qualify new suppliers that meet both stakeholder, competitive cost and product standards.

• Negotiates and executes supplier contractual agreements while sustaining product competitiveness.

• Provide supplier performance feedback to ensure Oracle standards are achieved.

• Creates and implements supply chain initiatives and improvements to drive efficiencies and best practices.

• Develops constructive stakeholder relationships which involve direct interaction with different Oracle lines of business and Oracle suppliers.

• Influences product selection with stakeholders based on continuity of supply, cost, and technology.

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