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At Trackonomy, our employee value proposition champions your growth through varied responsibilities and a commitment to innovation. Join us to evolve professionally in a company that reshapes both industries and individuals.

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About Trackonomy

At Trackonomy, we are pioneering a transformative network of interconnected objects. Our goal is to bring inanimate objects to life, giving them the ability to converse, think, and interact in real-time. Envision a world where our devices seamlessly integrate with every physical entity, facilitating a global conversation among them. Our overarching mission is to craft the operating system for the connected world, one object, and sensor at a time. Our customers are major players in various verticals such as logistics, industrial, utilities, healthcare, and government. They use our solutions for a wide range of applications like predictive maintenance, workflow optimization, asset protection, safety, security, and environmental monitoring. We are a unicorn, funded by top investors like Kleiner Perkins and 8VC.

Our executive leadership team has experience working together for over two decades, having previously held key roles in the C-suites of renowned companies such as Flextronics, Heptagon, GT-Nexus, and Digital Motors Corporation. Together, we have engineered a revolutionary technology that is yielding extraordinary results.

Are you ready to be a part of the next chapter in Silicon Valley's hyper-growth IoT success story?

Summary:

We are seeking a Project Procurement Manager to assist with strategic procurement in a New Product Introduction (NPI) environment. This position requires the ability to work with business units, engineering, production, finance and legal teams and third parties such as contract manufacturers and suppliers.

Position requires strong quantitative and analytical skills, critical thinking, and ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.

The Project Procurement Manager is positioned at the interface between our engineering teams and the industries that supply core technologies. We are responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies as well as recommending product innovations based on improving technology and materials alternates based on market availability.

The position requires an interest in market dynamics, negotiation and pricing, manufacturing processes, and risk mitigation, including short-term spot buys. The position is part of the supply chain management team who drives centralized capacity planning for all components used across our products and helps drive long term strategic deals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Support business units and engineering teams in identifying the requirements and provide supply and technology solutions to meet the product development and production needs.
Implement procurement strategies to facilitate efficient, cost-effective acquisition of the goods and services necessary for the business.
Collaborate across the organization to ensure business objectives are met. Includes the ability to rapidly synthesize and communicate findings to senior leaders and to actively identify potential supply issues that can affect product strategy.
Optimize supply chain performance through continuous delivery, improvement of costs, service and performance KPIs.
Service internal manufacturing organizations.
Develop an in-depth understanding of value-added manufacturing processes and costs and market intelligence and apply this knowledge to influence our future product roadmap and sourcing decisions.
Provide overall program management support and contribute to ongoing development of processes, templates, escalation procedures, and reporting.

Qualifications:

Education, Experience, Knowledge:

BA/BS degree plus 8+ years of work experience, Master's degree or MBA preferred
A tenacity, passion and demonstrated skill in negotiations
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Technical understanding and/or background preferred
Superb communication and interpersonal skills
Can build, grow and develop key cross-functional relationships to be able to influence and drive projects
Ability to operate independently
Ability to make quick decisions and solve complex problems with 80% information
Experience in supplier management and operations and ability to solve complex supply chain issues.
Direct experience in electronics component procurement and managing PCB/PCBA contract manufacturers.

The salary range for this role is $120,000 to $250,000, plus bonuses and Pre-IPO equity. It is uncommon for anyone to be hired at or near the top range for their role, and final compensation is based on the facts and circumstances of the case. The compensation range is broad because it reflects many factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience, and training directly relevant to the role, business and company needs, cultural fit, level, and location.

Trackonomy Systems is proud to ensure equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, medical condition, genetic information, marital or registered domestic partnership status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

We strive to provide a stellar experience throughout the application process and ensure all applicants will be given proper consideration based solely on merit and Trackonomy's business needs.

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