Facebook

Sourcing Manager

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Fremont, CA

Job Description

The Sourcing Manager position will act as the primary operational contact to support outsource services sourcing and procurement for Facebooks global network expansion presence. This role has oversight over partner engagements that enable further deployment of Facebooks CDN footprint within interconnect partners network. As a Sourcing Manager, you will be responsible for managing relationships with Facebook's supply chain partners. In this role you will be responsible for supplier performance management, sourcing and operations for Facebooks Network Appliance fleet. This is a role that will be accountable to work closely with cross functional Facebook teams while executing with speed and agility to achieve all cost, quality and delivery goals for new and sustaining products.

Sourcing Manager Responsibilities

* Analyze the overall supply chain to identify risk and drive resolution to systemic supply chain issues affecting quality, cost, delivery or lead times

* Provide supplier operational performance inputs and drive supplier business reviews

* On time Delivery: Measure, report and action to improve delivery performance

* Ongoing Cost Productivity: Measure, report and highlight cost improvement to commercial sourcing leads as compared to market pricing and pricing models

* Communication of forecast, build plan review and delivery coordination with supply chain partners

* Ensure alignment between capacity plan priorities and supplier deliveries

* Review and approval of all engineering and technical program management change orders

* Quote compilation and accuracy

* Ensure supplier mix is in alignment with awarded business splits as defined by commercial sourcing management

* Purchase order accuracy

Minimum Qualifications

* Bachelors degree or equivalent 4+ years of industry experience in a technical or business-related field

* 4+ years of experience in Sourcing Management or Supply Chain Management with a technology focus

* Experience working in an analytical and results focused role

* Experience in improving supply chain and supplier performance processes

* Experience in using cost models and objective based performance measures, in OEM & Service environments

* Experience working with and managing global suppliers

* Experience working and demonstrated experience influencing stakeholders and business partners

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience managing service vendors in a critical operational environment, supply chain design and reverse logistics

* Project management experience

* Knowledge of business process outsourcing (BPO), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and/or data centers

* Demonstrated experience driving a plan to bring resolution to differing opinions, reaching out across functional boundaries to drive collaboration and sharing credit in a team environment

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About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

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Facebook

Menlo Park, CA

Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application for use by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.52 billion daily active users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.