Global Sourcing Manager (Electronics & Components)
Location: Shenzhen, China or Hong Kong, SAR
Travel: Regular travel within China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia; occasional travel to the United States
Comp: 35,000 RMB/mo ($60,500 USD/yr)
This role is being created to reduce Bill of Materials (BOM) cost, diversify supply risk, and build a scalable, high-performing supplier network to support both new product development and existing Rocky Talkie product lines.
The Global Sourcing Manager will focus heavily on electronic components and subassemblies (including PCBs, chipsets, displays, speakers, antennas, and power systems), as well as mechanical components and finished accessories. This is a strategic sourcing role, not a day-to-day purchasing position.
Requirements
Responsibilities:
- Lead global sourcing activities across electronic and mechanical components for all Rocky Talkie products
- Identify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers to reduce cost, improve resilience, and support long-term scalability
- Integrate sourced components into ODM/JDM/CM partner supply chain systems
- Partner closely with engineering, operations, and product teams to understand technical requirements and drive value-based sourcing decisions
- Stay informed on component markets, supply risks, and technology roadmaps to proactively address supply and demand challenges
- Lead supplier negotiations, including pricing, payment terms, capacity commitments, and long-term commercial agreements
- Support cost control efforts during design reviews, change control processes, and New Product Introduction (NPI) programs
- Develop and maintain sourcing strategies and supplier plans that improve cost, quality, delivery, and supply continuity
- Support material sourcing for new programs, including forward pricing and cost roadmaps
- Partner with Asia-based Supplier Quality Engineering to ensure suppliers meet ongoing cost and quality expectations
- Maintain supplier performance metrics and lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs)
- Support escalation, shortage mitigation, or expediting efforts when required
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (electrical, mechanical, or industrial engineering preferred) or equivalent practical experience
- 5–7+ years of experience owning sourcing activities across electrical and mechanical components for powered consumer electronics products
- Strong ability to read and interpret technical drawings, Bills of Materials (BOMs), and electronic component datasheets
- Demonstrated experience supporting products from design through qualification, mass production, and sustained lifecycle
- Track record of contributing to products that ship at scale
- Experience working with ODMs, JDMs, and contract manufacturers in Asia
- CPSM or similar certification preferred
- Fluency in English and Mandarin (written and spoken)
- Strong negotiation and communication skills with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Highly independent, self-driven, and results-oriented
- Ability to regularly join early-morning meetings (as early as 7:00 AM Asia time) with US-based teams
- Willingness to travel within Asia and occasionally to Rocky Talkie locations in the United States
- Comfortable working remotely when not traveling