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At Sonos we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers and know that it starts by listening to each other. As part of the Sonos team, you'll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives. This role can be done from home Building the world's leading sound experience starts with the experience we provide for our people. That's why we've been distributed from the start: initially between offices in Boston & Santa Barbara, and now with additional offices in Seattle, San Francisco & Paris. This role can be done from anywhere in the United States from one of our office locations or remotely from home. It's about impact, not location. #LI-Remote The Electrical Sourcing Manager - Electrical Components, in working closely with our Engineering teams, will lead a team jointly responsible for commercial relationships with suppliers, cost negotiations, continuity of supply, sourcing strategy, supply risk mitigation and diversification of the supply chain to support Sonos overall supply chain growth. Working with our US/Asia based teams, this leader will engage our US based Product Development, PRL, PCL, Materials Program Management, Supplier Quality, and Industrial Design from initial product development through EOL. The candidate for this leadership position will have strong technical and commercial skills, knowledge of semiconductor supply chains and innovative technology trends that will allow the candidate to spearhead advantaged supply chain strategies in partnership with internal and external stakeholders. What You'll Do: Manage supplier relationships and commercial activities such as business and technology reviews, RFQs, and roadmap/strategy discussions Craft comprehensive commodity and business strategies aimed at maximizing efficiency and driving down costs through strategic initiatives Lead executive business reviews with internal/ external stakeholders Establish commodity strategic direction by working with our technical teams, understanding the technical and the necessary business requirements that allow for a competitive advantage and position us for profitable growth. This requires a deep understanding of the supply base, technical needs and cost structures. Build robust supply chains based on product requirements and needs at the most basic levels of our supply chain to ensure that we have a complete and thorough understanding of the Sonos supply chain Ensure continuity of supply. Set up long-term/ short-term capacity planning with supplier, partner with Operations and Material teams to schedule supply to meet Sonos's component demand Collaborate with Product design and Engineering teams to review initial specifications of the parts/modules recommend sources to influence technical decisions in early phase of the program Be able to manage multiple projects in parallel Evaluate technical and business risks, analyze based on the data and create mitigation plans/alternatives Need to support management of development builds, materials, and any risk to execute successful ramp in NPI stage What You'll Need: BS degree with strong technical acumen and business understanding 8+ years work experience in sourcing related field Ability to toggle between strategic and detail oriented thinking Top-notch negotiation skills Ability to influence cross functional teams Demonstrated ability to apply analytical techniques to problem solving Strategic thinker and result oriented Natural leadership competencies; influences others through style and subject matter expertise An ability to balance business and technical objectives in decision making Excellent communication/prese