Sourcing Manager, Electronics

A unique opportunity to be a key contributor to the development and supply of great products to our customers globally!

reMarkable creates hardware and software products that help people all over the world find focus. We launched our original reMarkable 1 paper tablet in 2017. Since then, we’ve sold more than 2 million devices, grown to over 450 employees, and transformed from a small startup to a fast-growing scale-up. Following the successful launch of the reMarkable 2, which was named one of TIME's top 100 inventions of 2020, our subscription service Connect in 2021, and the Type Folio in 2023, we've set ourselves exciting growth and product development goals for the coming years.

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The team you will be joining

Sourcing & Procurement is part of the Supply Chain and Operations organization in reMarkable. The ambition of the Sourcing & Procurement team is to develop and manage a world class supplier base with competitive terms and conditions, enabling reMarkable growth journey into a truly global tech company.

The team holds the global responsibility of defining commodity strategies, sourcing new suppliers, negotiating terms and conditions and managing and developing suppliers, supplier relationships and contracts enabling reMarkable to make stellar, innovative products at competitive prices superseding our customer’s expectations.

Do you want to make a meaningful impact in building the next generation supply chain?

As Sourcing Manager for Electronic commodities, you work closely with our Engineers and Product Managers on new product development projects to set the commodity strategy and manage direct relationships with assigned Electronics component manufacturers in the entire product lifecycle. You will report to the Head of Commodity Management, and you will be a key contributor to defining and maintaining the commodity strategy and will have a central role in planning, implementing and following up on strategic initiatives.

As Sourcing Manager, Electronics you will be responsible for

• Driving the full source to contract process, including orchestrating cross functional supplier qualification

• Actively monitor, assess, and report to key reMarkable stakeholders regarding global electronics market dynamics and their impact to reMarkable's business

• Working closely with our Supply Chain and Operations team to follow up with our active supply base of electronic components on supply continuity

• Monitoring supplier performance and ensure compliance on regular basis

• Driving cost improvement initiatives within your scope of commodities

• Using your experience to balance the responsibility for strategic, tactical and operational initiatives

• Working closely with our Engineering and Project Management stakeholders on new product development projects to define, plan and execute sourcing strategies

• Contribute to build and develop processes, tools and ways of working

Who we believe will succeed in this role

First of all, we believe you hold strong process improvement, problem-solving, and communication skills. As an experienced sourcing and procurement professional, you excel in negotiating contracts and have a commercial mindset. You are pragmatic, analytical, as well as a team player. Working experience of ERP systems is a plus. Technical expertise in electronics components and mass production suppliers, especially in the electronics industry is a differentiator. Your solid project management and business acumen enable you to handle stakeholders and dependencies. Established experience and proven track record of electronic component sourcing and procurement is required, with a preference for a relevant degree within engineering, administration or equivalent.