Senior Manager – Strategic Sourcing, Electronics & Contract Manufacturing

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $156.4k - $260.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🛒 Procurement

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Dexcom

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1999

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🏭 Manufacturing

Healthcare • Consulting • Manufacturing

Dexcom is a leading provider of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems, revolutionizing how people manage diabetes and track their glucose levels. Known for their best-in-class glucose biosensing technology, Dexcom offers products like the Dexcom G7 CGM system, which provides real-time glucose monitoring and insights to help individuals become healthier. Founded in 1999, Dexcom has consistently innovated in the field of diabetes management, empowering users to take control of their health with accurate and advanced glucose monitoring solutions. Their products are designed for both adults and children and do not require a prescription.

📋 Description

• Lead Dexcom’s Electronics and Contract Manufacturing sourcing organization • Lead, develop, and coach category managers responsible for electronics and contract manufacturing categories • Develop and execute short- and long-term category strategies aligned with technology roadmaps, supplier capability, capacity, cost, quality, risk, geographic footprint, and lifecycle requirements • Own executive supplier relationships and commercial strategy across EMS partners, semiconductor and component manufacturers, authorized channels, Tier 1 suppliers, and critical sub-tier suppliers • Lead supplier selection, RFIs/RFQs, negotiations, contracting, cost improvement, capacity assurance, allocation models, demand and capacity reconciliation, recovery planning, and business continuity plans • Build sourcing strategies across the electronics value chain, including semiconductors, batteries, PCBs, components, PCBA manufacturing, final assembly, testing, and raw materials • Own BOM-level electronics supply-risk management across current and future products • Establish a fact-based supplier-readiness view covering BOM/AML status, supplier awards, purchase orders, lead times, inventory, capacity, qualification, contracts, alternate sources, and recovery actions • Validate supplier capacity claims against output, yield, OEE, equipment, labor, materials, lead times, expansion, and recovery assumptions • Lead sourcing through product transitions, supplier ramp-up and ramp-down, last-time buys, obsolescence, alternate-source qualification, and end-of-life execution • Integrate commercial decisions across Planning, R&D, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supplier Quality, Operations, Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, and NPI • Partner 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 mechanisms for lead times, allocations, PCN/EOL notices, counterfeit risk, geopolitical exposure, tariffs, and single-source dependencies • Translate supplier and component risks into mitigation plans involving inventory, alternate qualification, capacity protection, contractual safeguards, and executive escalation • Drive cost productivity using should-cost, clean-sheet, open-book, value engineering, total cost of ownership, alternate sourcing, process productivity, packaging/logistics, and supply-base leverage • Quantify sourcing opportunities and exposures, and structure agreements protecting supply assurance, capacity, allocation, inventory, pricing, productivity, change control, transitions, and business continuity • Create fact-based executive recommendations separating facts, assumptions, evidence gaps, decisions, tradeoffs, financial exposure, supply risk, ownership, and milestones • Set priorities, objectives, ownership, operating cadence, and escalation expectations for the electronics sourcing team • Build team capability through development plans, standard work, sourcing playbooks, succession planning, and knowledge transfer

🎯 Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree with 13+ years of industry experience • 5-8 years of previous people management experience • Proven people-leadership experience managing strategic sourcing or category management teams supporting electronics, PCBAs, semiconductors, and contract manufacturing in a complex, regulated manufacturing environment • Experience managing semiconductor and electronic-component supply chains, including foundry, assembly/test, manufacturers, authorized distribution, and critical sub-tier relationships • Demonstrated leadership of global EMS/CM relationships covering PCBA, SMT, testing, automation, component procurement, manufacturing capacity, qualification, production ramp, and ongoing performance • Ability to evaluate fab and assembly/test capacity, allocation, lead-time, lifecycle, raw-material, and obsolescence exposure • Experience negotiating supply assurance, capacity reservations, allocation mechanisms, volume commitments, pricing structures, productivity obligations, and long-term agreements • Ability to connect CM-level material planning and production constraints to upstream component supply and downstream Dexcom demand • Experience managing Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 supplier relationships • Ability to translate product roadmaps, BOM/AML data, demand scenarios, LRP assumptions, engineering requirements, inventory positions, and supply-market intelligence into sourcing and capacity strategies • Proven record delivering cost productivity, supply continuity, supplier transitions, NPI readiness, lifecycle/EOL execution, and business continuity • Strong negotiation, contracting, supplier relationship management, change-management, and executive stakeholder influence skills • Ability to develop quantitative and qualitative business cases and communicate tradeoffs • Strong financial analysis, market analysis, strategic planning, program management, and structured problem-solving capabilities • Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint • Preferred: experience in medical device, life sciences, automotive, aerospace, or another highly regulated manufacturing industry • Preferred: experience 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 methods • Preferred: practical knowledge of ERP/eProcurement, spend analytics, supplier performance, risk intelligence, BOM/AML management, and contract lifecycle management systems • Travel required: 15-25%

🏖️ Benefits

• A full and comprehensive benefits program • Growth opportunities on a global scale • Career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement • Home office workplace • Flex workplace option may be available for employees within commuting distance of a Dexcom site

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