Outsourced Procurement Manager

About us

The Outsourced Procurement team manages and develops our Development and Manufacturing Partners from contractual and business perspective with engagement and support from cross-functional teams and key stakeholders

Responsibilities

This role is pivotal in ensuring smooth operations with our manufacturing partners. The Outsourced Procurement Manager will manage commercial contracts and cost negotiations with Tier 1 suppliers while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver business objectives.

• Act as a key liaison for managing relationships between Dyson and assigned suppliers.
• Coordinate and drive regular and ad hoc tasks with suppliers and contract manufacturers, ensuring objectives are met within deadlines.
• Support internal meetings and discussions with Operations, Commercial, Finance, Engineering, Project, and Technical teams to align on company objectives.
• Respond to inquiries and tasks from internal and external stakeholders promptly and effectively.
• Contribute to operational decisions by providing sound commercial advice.
• Support cost optimization activities and assist in cost-down initiatives with internal and external engagement.
• Collaborate on contract negotiations and revisions for Tier 1 suppliers.
• Assist in resolving issues and claims, escalating where necessary.
• Foster teamwork and maintain strong relationships across internal and external stakeholders.

Key deliverables

• Achieve cost savings and optimizations through effective negotiations.
• Ensure timely completion of tasks, issues, and communications while meeting objectives.
• Maintain strong supplier relationships and act as a point of contact for escalations.
• Demonstrate adaptability in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Tasks, issues, claims, communications are completed within the given timeframe, while achieving the objectives
• Ability to work in a fast pace ever changing environment to deliver optimal solutions at prescribed time frame
• Demonstrated leadership by providing meaningful resolutions and guiding both internal and external parties in resolving issues
• People Developer, at Dyson we believe that everyone is a key component in the team, and we continue to develop people even as we deliver programs

About you

• Degree in Engineering with at least 7-10 years’ experience within the procurement function
• Strong commercial background within a Manufacturing / Engineering environment
• Experience working with ODM/JDM suppliers.
• Good understanding of procurement processes and legal regulations.
• Good knowledge & experience of product R&D and innovation with demonstrable experience of working with commercial teams
• Strong communication skills—able to present updates and challenges clearly in spoken, written, and presentation formats.
• Effective problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Capable in planning and project coordination.
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills.
• Comfortable with a fast-paced and intellectually challenging work environment, being resilient and able to handle pressure

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.