Senior Manager – CAPEX & Tooling Procurement

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      "text": "In this role you will: ",
      "content": "<p><strong>Team Leadership &amp; Organization Building</strong></p>\n\n<li>\n<p>Build and lead the CAPEX &amp; Tooling Procurement organization, including hiring, mentoring, and developing a high-performing team of Strategic Sourcing Managers.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Partner with Manufacturing and Engineering leadership to inform factory design, production readiness, and industrialization roadmaps.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Establish scalable processes, procurement governance, and operating cadences tailored for a rapidly growing manufacturing organization.</p>\n</li>\n\n<p><strong>Strategy &amp; Execution</strong></p>\n\n<li>\n<p>Develop and execute the sourcing strategy for factory build-outs, production equipment, automation, and manufacturing infrastructure.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Oversee the sourcing and supplier strategy for all factory, production and sub-assembly tooling, including robots, stamping dies, casting tooling, molds, and assembly fixtures.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Develop long-term sourcing roadmaps that enable new production launches, capacity expansion, and localization efforts.</p>\n</li>\n\n<p><strong>Commercial &amp; Supplier Management</strong></p>\n\n<li>\n<p>Lead complex commercial negotiations, including master agreements, tooling contracts, SOWs, and pricing frameworks.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Establish and enforce robust governance across cost control, milestone adherence, engineering changes, supplier quality, and risk mitigation.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Build and maintain strategic relationships with key automation, tooling, and equipment partners.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Drive total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling, should-cost analysis, and cost transparency initiatives.</p>\n</li>\n"
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      "text": "Qualifications",
      "content": "<div>\n\n<li>\n<p><strong>10+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or commercial leadership experience. </strong>Ability to operate effectively across engineering, quality, operations, finance, and executive leadership</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>5+ years of people leadership experience</strong>, including leading and developing sourcing teams</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Significant experience leading <strong>CAPEX procurement and tooling sourcing within a manufacturing environment.&nbsp;</strong></p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Demonstrated experience supporting the <strong>build-out or launch of a production factory, plant, or major manufacturing line. </strong>Proven experience sourcing and negotiating for production equipment, automation systems, assembly lines &amp; tooling</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Strong commercial acumen with expertise in complex contract negotiation and supplier governance. Experience managing large-scale supplier relationships and multi-million dollar capital programs</p>\n</li>\n\n</div>"
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      "content": "\n<li>\n<p>Experience supporting <strong>greenfield factory builds</strong> or major production expansion programs</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Strong preference for experience in automotive, EV, autonomous systems, aerospace, industrial manufacturing, other complex hardware production environments</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Experience building procurement functions, category strategies, and operating processes from the ground up</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Familiarity with tooling lifecycle management, tooling amortization structures, and ownership agreements</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>MBA or advanced technical / supply chain degree preferred</p>\n</li>\n"
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