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You will be responsible for driving commercial value, strengthening supplier performance, and supporting profitable growth through effective sourcing and supplier engagement.\nThe ideal candidate combines strong commercial judgment, market awareness, supplier relationship management skills, and hands-on execution to build a capable, competitive, and resilient global supply base.\nOur Team\nYou will join the Supply chain organization supporting Connected Enterprise Solutions. Our team partners closely with engineering, manufacturing, operations, quality, finance, and commercial stakeholders to create long-term value through informed decision-making, strong supplier relationships, and continuous improvement.\nThis role offers meaningful visibility across a global organization and the opportunity to influence sourcing strategy, supplier capability, and business performance without formal direct-report responsibility.\nWhat You Will Do\nDevelop and execute global sourcing strategies across finished goods, externally manufactured products, engineered components, and strategic supplier relationships while providing sourcing leadership for a global portfolio representing multi-million dollars in annual spend.\nLead supplier identification, evaluation, selection, negotiation, and contracting activities in partnership with key business stakeholders.\nBuild strong supplier relationships while constructively challenging suppliers to improve cost competitiveness, responsiveness, quality, capacity support, and overall value creation.\nMonitor supplier markets, cost drivers, and industry trends to develop sourcing strategies and lead complex negotiations involving pricing, payment terms, lead times, capacity commitments, and long-term supply agreements.\nDevelop fact-based business cases using total cost of ownership analysis, benchmarking, should-cost methodologies, market intelligence, and make-versus-buy evaluations.\nPartner with engineering and product development teams during new product introduction activities to identify qualified suppliers, influence sourcing decisions, establish target costs, and support successful product launches.\nIdentify supplier and supply continuity risks and implement appropriate mitigation and business continuity strategies.\nDrive value creation through cost reduction, cost avoidance, supplier consolidation, specification optimization, localization strategies, and process improvements.\nEstablish supplier performance expectations and lead business reviews focused on cost, quality, delivery, responsiveness, innovation, and continuous improvement.\nCollaborate with procurement, planning, manufacturing, and quality teams to resolve supplier issues and improve supply chain performance.\nTranslate supplier data, financial analysis, market intelligence, and business requirements into actionable recommendations for business leaders.\nBalance long-term sourcing strategy development with rapid response to changing business priorities, supplier issues, market fluctuations, and customer requirements.\nImprove sourcing processes, governance, reporting, data integrity, and performance metrics.\nLead global initiatives through influence, challenge assumptions constructively, and build alignment across functions, regions, and organizational levels.\nApply Principle Based Management™ to create long-term value for Molex, its customers, and its suppliers.\nWho You Are (Basic Qualifications)\nExperience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, supplier management, or a related supply chain function within a complex manufacturing environment.\nExperience developing and executing sourcing strategies across multiple suppliers, products, manufacturing locations, regions, or business priorities.\nExperience leading supplier negotiations and supporting the development and execution of commercial agreements.\nExperience using spend analysis, market intelligence, cost analysis, benchmarking, total cost of ownership, or similar analytical tools to support sourcing decisions.\nExperience partnering effectively with engineering, manufacturing, operations, quality, finance, legal, supply chain, or product development teams.\nExperience identifying and mitigating supplier, capacity, cost, geopolitical, or supply continuity risks.\nDemonstrated ability to independently own sourcing initiatives, influence supplier and business decisions, and build alignment without formal authority.\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, respond quickly to changing business needs, and operate effectively in a dynamic global environment.\nStrong communication and relationship management skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across suppliers, functions, and global regions.\nBachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, Operations, or a related field.\n\nWhat Will Put You Ahead\nFive or more years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, or supplier management.\nExperience sourcing optical fiber cable, fiber-optic connectivity products, or related telecommunications and data communications solutions.\nExperience managing supplier and contract manufacturing relationships across Asia, including commercial negotiations and supplier development.\nKnowledge of optical fiber technology, fiber-optic connectivity solutions, copper interconnect products, cable assemblies, and related connectivity products.\nExperience supporting new product introduction, supplier qualification, product transfers, or manufacturing ramp activities.\nExperience applying should-cost methodologies, value analysis/value engineering, supplier localization, supplier consolidation, or dual-sourcing strategies.\nExperience utilizing SAP, Ariba, Power BI, or similar ERP, procurement, and analytics platforms.\nCPSM, CSCP, CIPS certification, or an advanced degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or Business.\nFor this role, we anticipate paying $110,000 - $150,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.\nAt Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.\nPlease note that visa sponsorship and relocation assistance are not available for this position.\nHiring Philosophy\nAll Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.\n\nWho We Are\nFor more than 30 years, Molex Connected Enterprise Solutions has manufactured and supplied copper and fiber-optic solutions that enable versatile structured cabling systems and connected infrastructure.\nAt Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.\n\nOur Benefits\nOur goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.\nAdditionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.\n\nEqual Opportunities\nEqual Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. 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