Apptronik
Global Supply Manager - Electrical & Electronics
Austin, TX · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- At least 7 years; hardware NPI and transition to volume production experience is strongly preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or related field.
About the job
Leads global sourcing strategy and supplier relationships for electronics commodities, ensuring cost, capacity, quality, and supply resilience from prototype through scaled production.
What you'll do
- Own commodity strategies, supplier selection, contracts, negotiations, cost roadmaps, and supplier performance for electronics categories.
- Manage supply risk, sourcing redundancy, supplier qualification, and material readiness across NPI, pilot builds, and production ramp.
- Partner with engineering and cross-functional teams on design-to-cost, manufacturability, sourceability, and program readiness.
What they ask for
- Direct strategic sourcing or commodity-management ownership of electronics commodities, with hands-on experience in at least two listed electronics categories.
- At least 7 years in strategic sourcing, commodity management, or global supply management, with direct electronics-commodity ownership.
- Proven should-cost modeling and negotiation results, plus experience driving cost roadmaps and design-to-cost or VA/VE initiatives with engineering.
- Experience qualifying international suppliers, managing electronic-component supply risks and commercial agreements, and reading schematics, BOMs, drawings, and test specifications.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting hardware NPI through volume production; robotics, automotive, aerospace, medical-device, or high-mix electromechanical background.
- Familiarity with PLM/ERP/MRP, APQP/PPAP, IPC standards, electronics testing, localization, or component lifecycle management.
Tools
PLM, ERP/MRP, Teamcenter, IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620, IPC-6012, flying probe, in-circuit test
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