Strategic Sourcing Manager (RF & Microwave)

Location: Melville, New York, United States. On-site role with domestic and international supplier travel required, up to approximately 30%.

Salary: $120,000–$140,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global designs, manufactures, and distributes integrated circuits, modules, and subsystems for high-performance RF and microwave applications used across communications, defense, automotive, medical, scientific, and industrial markets.

What you will do

• Develop and implement global strategic sourcing and supply-risk mitigation strategies aligned with business and new-product growth initiatives.
• Manage supplier relationships, sourcing events, RFIs, quotations, proposals, bidding processes, negotiations, order management, invoice resolution, reporting, and budget forecasting.
• Conduct supplier business reviews, assess capabilities with Supplier Quality, and drive operational, financial, quality, and continuous-improvement performance.
• Identify value-engineering, cost-reduction, inefficiency-elimination, and supply-surety opportunities with suppliers and internal teams.
• Collaborate with engineering, quality, NPI, manufacturing, supply chain, and product development teams on priorities, issue resolution, specifications, and documentation.
• Monitor category markets, cost drivers, global pricing, and emerging supply risks; communicate mitigation plans and material-flow impacts to senior leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Materials Management, Engineering, or a similar field preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in operations and/or supply management, including 4+ years of direct-material sourcing or supply-management experience.
• Demonstrated success managing strategic sourcing capabilities, driving strategy and operational performance, and delivering total procurement value.
• Ability to lead cross-functional, multi-location projects globally and provide guidance to less experienced buyers.
• Familiarity with bills of materials and manufacturing processes.
• Strong oral, written, and presentation skills, including the ability to influence through data, risk/benefit analysis, relationship-building, and trust.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; experience with ERP, e-sourcing platforms, and RFQ tools.
• Ability to collaborate, pursue continuous improvement, maintain customer focus, communicate proactively, and support company safety initiatives and the Code of Conduct.
• Ability to regularly talk, hear, stand, walk, sit, use a computer keyboard, and occasionally lift or move up to 10 pounds, with reasonable accommodations available.

Nice to have

• Professional supply-chain certification such as CPSM or equivalent.
• Experience sourcing RF and microwave components, integrated circuits, and ceramic substrates.
• Working knowledge of contractual terms, clauses, and conditions.

Culture & Benefits

• Culture emphasizes uncompromising quality, continuous improvement, business judgment, customer obsession, accountability, urgency, teamwork, honesty, integrity, trust, and respect.
• Benefits include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), profit-sharing, disability and life insurance.
• Additional benefits include employer-sponsored wellness plans, commuter benefits, hospital and accident indemnity insurance, and employee assistance programs.
• Travel to suppliers, company facilities, and trade shows is required, up to approximately 30% domestically and internationally.