Sr. Supply Base Manager

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Job description

Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an experienced and highly motivated NPI Supply Base Manager to join our exciting, fast growing company. The Supply Base Manager will work closely with Hardware and Software Engineering, as well as other internal cross-functional teams on implementing strategies, contracts and pricing with an overall focus on fostering long-term supplier partnerships. The Supply Base Manager will lead and be at the forefront of supporting the development, implementation and management of early commodity strategies to provide Operations and Engineering with quality and best in class pricing and Continuity of Supply, through its entire product life cycle. This position reports to the Sr. Manager of Supply Base Management will be stationed at our corporate HW in Santa Clara.

Your Impact

Supply Base Management

Collaborate with Engineering and cross-functional teams on establishing technology roadmaps & sourcing strategies for NPI

Manage relationships with suppliers to ensure continuity of supply, flexibility, quality and supplier delivery performance

Support technical operations and quality management with field quality and customer satisfaction issues

Collaborate with suppliers, distributors and EMS providers to establish and maintain continuity of supply

Drive component commonality and design for manufacturability and supply chain

Cost Reduction Strategies

Lead periodical cost negotiations with a focus on achieving & exceeding cost reduction targets

Partner with Engineering and NPI teams on driving cost avoidance, resulting in achievement of improved product margin and

increased ROI

Conduct market research to track industry cost trends; leverage benchmarking tools to ensure best in class cost is achieved

Business

Establish and maintain cross-functional relationships with NPI Supply Chain and HW Engineering team to develop commodity roadmaps

Negotiate & maintain master purchase agreements (MSA), service level agreements (SLA) and SMI/VMI agreements with suppliers

Meet and exceed quality, delivery and inventory performance to ensure KPI metrics goals are achieved

Lead supplier performance business reviews (SBR), including performance improvement plans

Lead complex projects, implement rapid solutions and work successfully cross-functional to exceed corporate objectives

Establish strategic processes to manage end-of-life products ensuring minimal liability to the company

Implement flexibility programs and drive lead-time reduction programs to improve material upside availability and overall continuity of Supply (CoS)

Risk Mitigation

Utilize commodity management best practices to develop and execute supply chain risk assessment and mitigation strategies

Identify risk vulnerabilities; develop sourcing plans and strategies to secure continuity of supply while eliminating "stock outs"

Manage component life cycle, multi-sourcing and BOM reuse

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