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Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Operation Manager

United States, Redmond 151000.00 - 210000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted June 09, 2026
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Job Responsibility

  • Lead centralized procurement intake for all robotics-related purchasing, applying governance and ensuring compliance with intake and approval processes
  • Drive supplier onboarding including NDA execution, third-party assessments, and vendor registration across robotics hardware and component suppliers
  • Manage the end-to-end purchasing process for all parts: from initial supplier on-boarding (intake, correct routing, and transaction management), to driving clear-to-build readiness and inventory management with program managers, leveraging Meta procurement tools and platforms
  • Review, approve, and track invoices
  • follow up on pending items
  • resolve escalations and expedite transactions between engineering, suppliers, and finance
  • Assign, track, and oversee robotic procurement workstreams given to procurement ops DRIs, ensuring timely completion and alignment to sourcing priorities
  • Develop deep, forward-looking insights to anticipate risks early and drive mitigation and preventive actions - while exploring alternative options to secure supply for upcoming builds
  • Drive procurement process improvements across multiple teams and functions
  • Build technical partnerships with cross-functional teams to gain early insights and timely visibility into upcoming needs, ensure proper processes are followed, and engage Strategic Sourcing early in critical business discussions and planning
  • Leverage AI model and tools, collaborating with Buy@ and system teams to create an automated process for longer term
  • Own material management, inventory control and disposition, and drive Clear to Build workstreams
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to drive the supplier selection process (own RFx) and component qualification under strict engineering and commercial best practices
  • Provide commodity technology, cost, and supply insights, applying value engineering and technical cost reduction concepts at both product and category levels
  • Drive supplier and site readiness activities for programs leading to successful builds at required volumes, spanning operational, commercial, and legal domains

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain or related discipline
  • 7+ years' experience in procurement, supply chain, or sourcing, including direct vendor or hardware purchasing
  • 3+ years' experience in robotics, automation, or technical hardware procurement
  • Experience with hardware supplier due diligence, and purchase-to-pay processes
  • Proficiency with procurement platforms, contract lifecycle management tools, and ERP/MRP transactional systems

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with contract manufacturing, global sourcing, and supplier risk assessment
  • Experience balancing rapid innovation with governance and compliance for technical hardware purchases
  • Experience interfacing with internal and external partners in an entrepreneurial and cross-functional environment, requiring a latitude for independent judgment while coordinating people and technical resources
  • Proven leadership managing or supporting operational teams
  • Master's degree in Engineering, Business, or Supply Chain Management
  • Understanding of robotics subsystems, specifications, and manufacturing constraints
  • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
  • 5+ years' robotics hardware or manufacturing experience
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

What we offer

  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits

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