Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:Operations Group, Operations Group > Sourcing

General Summary:

The Sourcing Manager will manage the direct procurement of hardware and software third-party IP used in Qualcomm design projects. Responsibilities include identifying and qualifying strategic suppliers, negotiating pricing and contractual terms, and managing business models. The role requires cross functional collaboration with engineering, finance, and program leads to align internal requirements with supplier offerings, and to support make vs. buy decisions. The ideal candidate will have 5 years of direct sourcing of third-party IP used in silicon designs. Strong analytical, negotiation, and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to build trust-based relationships internally and externally.

General Summary:

Join a team executing direct procurement of Third-Party IP, for both Hardware and Software Development across all Design Projects of QCOM.Identify and qualify strategic suppliers for these domains.Work cross functionally to put in place TLA and SLAs.Negotiate pricing based on different business models with suppliers.Comfortable negotiating the contractual T&Cs for products that incorporated in QCOM products.Ability to structure, negotiate, and manage business models with strategic suppliers.Identify strategic suppliers and work cross-functionally with engineering, finance, and program leads of the design projects to match their internal requirements to available IPs from our suppliers.  In addition, collaborate cross functionally to weigh the make vs buy decisions.Negotiate with our suppliers to stay within the target budget of each design project and within the annual budgets. Continue to build strong, trust-based strategic relationships internally and externally to bring more value to Qualcomm.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 5+ years of Sourcing or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

​5 years’ experience in direct procurement of Third-Party IP used in Silicon Designs in any or all of the following domains: Wireless, Compute/CPU, IoT, or Automotive

Additional Skills: 

• Background must show analytical skills to derive conclusions from often complex data sets. 

• Be able to crystallize conclusions into simple messaging targeting all levels of management. 

• Experience to read, edit, write, and negotiate contracts working with the internal cross-functional team members (engineering, procurement, finance, legal). 

• Must understand the basics of finance and legal terminology.   

• Team player with ability to execute in a matrix-environment. 

• Effective written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$132,700.00 - $199,100.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm.  We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus).  In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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