Job Description

Responsibilities

• Supplier scouting & qualification
  • Identify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers and product opportunities (domestic and international) that fit our product, quality, cost, lead‑time and compliance requirements.
  • Run supplier discovery sprints, organize lab analysis and installation testing to validate technical capability, capacity, and commercial fit.
• Product specification & lifecycle ownership
  • Develop and maintain clear, testable product specifications and acceptance criteria for sourced products.
• Supplier relationship & commercial management
  • Own ongoing supplier relationships: commercial terms, lead times, capacity planning, and price negotiations
  • Support contract renewals, NDAs, quality agreements, and change‑control processes.
• Quality, yield and issue resolution
  • Monitor supplier performance (quality metrics, yield, defect rates, on‑time delivery).
  • Coordinate root‑cause analysis and corrective action for quality incidents, and track remediation to closure.
  • Coordinate cross‑functional incident response and communicate impacts to stakeholders.
• Cross‑functional program and project leadership
  • Structure and lead sourcing stage gate projects (scoping, resource plan, milestones, dependencies) as needed
  • Act as the central point between procurement (sourcing and AMS), supply‑chain/planning, product management, finance/accounting, and legal.
• Cost, margin and portfolio optimization
  • Provide input to portfolio rationalization decisions: which sourced SKUs to introduce, keep, or sunset based on margin, complexity, and asset implications.
  • Bridge between product/commercial with sourcing / AMS and planning to ensure bring in product at the right quantity / right time, minimize chances for stock out / EEOA.
  • Working with Sourcing/AMS on supplier product performance cost optimization, improve financial performances.
• Process & governance
  • Own 3rd party sourcing managing process, drive continuous improvement of supplier management processes and documentation.
• Influence & stakeholder management
  • Influence cross‑functional stakeholders without direct authority; escalate and present recommended actions to senior leadership.
• RCP responsibilities: observe and summarize patterns, identify competitive insights and communicate with key stakeholders in time with facts and recommendations as fits

Qualifications

Must to have:

• Exceptional project & program organization
• Proven track record structuring multi‑stakeholder projects, managing timelines, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Deep customer requirements understanding
• Ability to translate internal and external customer needs (product managers, operations, end customers) into actionable product specifications and supplier requirements.
• High technical aptitude and hands‑on technical experience
• Strong technical literacy relevant to the product domain (e.g., processes, test methods).
• Analytical & financial acumen
• Comfortable building cost models, margin analyses, and forecasting supplier impact on P&L.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing skills, with strong curiosities, connecting dots, putting puzzles into picture.
• Technical background, to be able to make correct judgement in supplier capability in 1. Unique / strength of technology innovation; 2. Quality control capability and process integrity; 3. Work with supplier in process/quality improvement to provide consistent high quality of product.

Nice to have:

• Film industry understanding
• Supplier & commercial savvy: Experience in commercial terms negotiation, supplier management is a plus.
• Quality & manufacturing process knowledge: Familiar with quality systems (root cause analysis (5‑Why, Fishbone), CARs and inspection/test planning.
• Can push people and hold suppliers and internal teams accountable while maintaining productive relationships. Skilled at influencing without direct authority and synthesizing inputs into clear recommendations.
• Communication & documentation: keep supplier interaction/product performances/discussion as well sample history well
• Resilience & bias for action
• Pragmatic problem solver who escalates appropriately and closes open items. Drives pilots and tests to fast‑fail and learn.

Preferred experience & background:

• 5+ years in product management, supplier management, sourcing, procurement, or manufacturing/quality role
• Prior experience managing third‑party suppliers and new product introductions (NPI) at scale.
• Industry experience in Films preferred.
• Familiarity with relevant regulatory requirements (e.g., REACH, etc.).
• Bachelor’s in engineering, supply‑chain, sourcing or related field