Supply Chain & Commodity Manager

The Supply Chain & Commodity Manager will serve as the primary interface for supplier quality, technology readiness, delivery assurance, and commodity supply continuity across PCBA, semiconductor, electronic component, electromechanical, and other critical US-based suppliers. This role combines supplier quality engineering with strategic supply chain and commodity management, including onsite validation of supplier deliveries, production readiness, capacity, order coverage, sub-tier supplier commitments, and forward-looking ability to support demand forecasts and business growth. The role partners closely with Procurement, Planning, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and supplier leadership to assess current performance, prevent supply disruptions, validate recovery plans, and develop a resilient supplier base capable of meeting near-term delivery needs and long-term product roadmaps. **Primary Duties & Responsibilities** - Serve as the primary supplier quality, technical, and supply assurance contact for PCBA, semiconductor, electronic component, electromechanical, and other critical US supplier categories. - Monitor supplier quality, delivery, capacity, responsiveness, and technology performance on a regular basis; drive continuous improvement with clear scorecards, action owners, and closure dates. - Conduct onsite supplier assessments to verify production output, shipment readiness, delivery commitments, inventory availability, work-in-process, yield performance, capacity, constraints, and recovery plans. - Evaluate suppliers' future ability to deliver using capacity models, production cycle times, tool and line utilization, labor and material availability, order coverage, backlog, forecast commits, and sub-tier supplier commitments. - Partner with Procurement and Planning to assess commodity risk, supplier readiness, lead-time trends, allocation exposure, dual-source opportunities, safety stock, and demand/supply gaps across current and future requirements. - Validate supplier order coverage with their own suppliers and sub-tier partners, including component availability, wafer/foundry/OSAT capacity, EMS capacity, distribution coverage, constrained materials, and long-lead-time items. - Develop and maintain supplier performance dashboards covering on-time delivery, quality escapes, yield, nonconformances, capacity, PO/forecast coverage, shortage exposure, escalations, and corrective action status. - Collaborate with Procurement to identify, develop, qualify, and scale new US and global suppliers across PCBA, semiconductors, electronic components, mechanical/electromechanical parts, and manufacturing services. - Lead failure analysis (FA), root cause, corrective and preventive action (CAPA), and 8D activities for supplier quality issues, delivery misses, process excursions, and repeated performance gaps. - Conduct Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Reliability (DFR), process readiness, and supplier technology reviews with R&D, manufacturing, and supplier engineering teams. - Perform supplier audits and process assessments covering quality systems, manufacturing controls, test capability, traceability, incoming material controls, configuration management, and change control. - Oversee supplier-driven changes, including PCN/ECN activity, product/process changes, last-time-buy risk, end-of-life exposure, tooling or site transfers, and qualification requirements. - Provide technical and operational support to suppliers to resolve process, quality, throughput, capacity, material availability, and delivery issues. - Lead supplier escalation and recovery plans when quality, delivery, capacity, or material risks threaten business continuity; communicate risks, mitigations, and executive-level updates. - Support commodity strategy by providing technical, capacity, quality, and supply risk input into supplier selection, sourcing decisions, negotiation priorities, and long-term supplier development plans. **Education & Ex…