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This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to manage supplier performance, negotiate with suppliers, prepare and monitor scorecard metrics, and facilitate supplier agreements. The goal is to ensure top-notch engineering support, optimal lead times, supplier reliability, and competitive advantages for Qualcomm. The Sourcing Specialist will also oversee supplier relationship management, delivery commitments, and KPI measurement.\nPrincipal Duties and Responsibilities:\nFoster strong relationships with key suppliers to ensure a robust and competitive supply chain.\nNegotiate costs for quotes or align to LTAs to ensure favorable pricing, lead times, and quality requirements are met.\nImplement cost-saving initiatives and strategies to optimize the procurement process and achieve cost reduction targets.\nOversee the creation, tracking, and fulfillment of purchase orders to ensure timely and accurate delivery of goods and services.\nEvaluate and mitigate supply chain risks by creating contingency plans and ensuring suppliers adhere to quality standards.\nCollaborate with engineering, program management, and planning teams to align sourcing strategies with project timelines.\nPrepare and align forecasts with suppliers, monitoring capacity to meet demand.\nSupport the Supplier Scorecard process to evaluate and improve supplier performance.\nMonitor supplier performance through key performance indicators (KPIs) and implement improvement plans as necessary.\nExecute individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables in line with established processes, with minimal supervision.\nAdapt to moderate changes and setbacks to manage pressure and meet deadlines effectively.\nLevel of Responsibility:\nCollaborate with the global sourcing team.\nTake accountability for individual work.\nProvide global support for sourcing negotiations and complex resolutions.\nApply creativity to troubleshoot technical problems and address novel circumstances.\nUtilize deductive problem-solving skills to resolve moderately complex issues.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.\n2+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.\nMinimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree.OR\nAssociate's degree and 2+ years of Sourcing or related work experience.\nOR\nHigh School Diploma or equivalent and 4+ years of Sourcing or related work experience.\nApplicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail  or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).\nQualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.\nTo all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies:Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. 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