Sourcing Manager- Contract Manager

We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. And we’ve created a culture here that cares just as deeply about the career you’re building. Ours is a no ego culture of collaboration and innovation where those seeking their next challenge can find big opportunities and make a huge impact on the lives of all those who we protect. We don’t just want you to work here. We want you to grow and thrive here.

We’re embracing a hybrid work model that enables our teams to split their time between office and home. Hybrid for us means we expect our teams to come together in our state-of-the-art office on two core days, typically Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday – working together in person and choosing where they work for the remainder of the week. We all benefit from flexibility and get to use the best of both worlds to get our work done.

Well, we’re growing and thriving. So, we need smart, talented, and humble people who share our values to join us as we disrupt the home security space and relentlessly pursue our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. 

Primary Responsibilities:
● Support the development and execution of SimpliSafe’s hardware sourcing strategy, ensuring alignment with the company’s product roadmap, supply chain objectives, and long-term manufacturing strategy.
● Manage day-to-day relationships with Contract Manufacturing (CM) and Joint Development Manufacturing (JDM) partners, ensuring performance targets for cost, quality, delivery, and responsiveness are met.
● Monitor supplier performance using established metrics and scorecards, drive corrective actions, and support continuous improvement initiatives.
● Collaborate with Engineering, Product Management, Quality, Operations, and Manufacturing teams to resolve supplier-related issues and support product lifecycle management activities.
● Support new product introductions (NPI) by coordinating with manufacturing partners and internal stakeholders to ensure products launch on schedule, meet quality expectations, and achieve cost targets.
● Identify and execute cost reduction opportunities for existing products through supplier negotiations, process improvements, and value engineering initiatives.
● Lead commercial negotiations, including product pricing, tooling investments, non-recurring engineering (NRE) expenses, and other manufacturing-related costs.

● Support supplier selection, qualification, and RFx activities in partnership with SimpliSafe’s Asia sourcing and operations teams.
● Work with the Legal team to support contract review, compliance, and negotiation with suppliers
● Monitor supplier capacity, material availability, and operational risks, escalating issues and supporting mitigation plans to ensure supply continuity.

Desired Skills and Experience:
● 3+ years in managing outsourced manufacturing and development of consumer electronics
● Extensive project management and partner relationship management experience
● Enjoy working in a highly collaborative environment
● Excellent written and verbal communication skills
● Analytical with a high degree of attention to detail
● Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to build relationships
● Experience in contracts and contract negotiations, and contract strategy development and execution
● Demonstrated experience managing by influence, both with internal and external partners
● Experience improving supply chain and supplier performance, including the use of cost models and performance metrics in the contract manufacturing industry
● Experience working with Asian manufacturers and traveling to manufacturing sites. Ability to travel internationally 15%
● Bachelor’s Degree in ME, EE, IE, Business, or Supply Chain Management

Nice-to-haves:
● Master’s degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial Engineering or MBA
● Language skills with the ability to speak/read Mandarin/Chinese
● Strong understanding of geo-political and global trade influences within Asia

• Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers, putting them at the core of our work, and developing strong, long-term relationships with them.
• Aim High - Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar.
• No Ego - Maintaining a “no job too small” attitude, and an open, inclusive and humble style.
• One Team - Taking a highly collaborative approach to achieving success.
• Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed.
• Lean & Nimble - Working with agility and efficiency to experiment in an often ambiguous environment.