Sr. Supply Base Manager

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

Palo Alto Networks is seeking an experienced and highly motivated NPI Supply Base Manager to join our exciting, fast growing company. The Supply Base Manager will work closely with Hardware and Software Engineering, as well as other internal cross-functional teams on implementing strategies, contracts and pricing with an overall focus on fostering long-term supplier partnerships. The Supply Base Manager will lead and be at the forefront of supporting the development, implementation and management of early commodity strategies to provide Operations and Engineering with quality and best in class pricing and Continuity of Supply, through its entire product life cycle. This position reports to the Sr. Manager of Supply Base Management will be stationed at our corporate HW in Santa Clara.

Your Impact

• Supply Base Management
  • Collaborate with Engineering & cross-functional teams on establishing technology roadmaps & sourcing strategies for NPI
  • Manage relationships with suppliers to ensure continuity of supply, flexibility, quality and supplier delivery performance
  • Support technical operations and quality management with field quality and customer satisfaction issues
  • Collaborate with suppliers, distributors and EMS providers to establish and maintain continuity of supply
  • Drive component commonality and design for manufacturability and supply chain
• Cost Reduction Strategies
  • Lead periodical cost negotiations with a focus on achieving & exceeding cost reduction targets
  • Partner with Engineering and NPI teams on driving cost avoidance, resulting in achievement of improved product margin and increased ROI
  • Conduct market research to track industry cost trends - leverage benchmarking tools to ensure best in class cost is achieved
• Business
  • Establish and maintain cross-functional relationships with NPI Supply Chain and HW Engineering team to develop commodity roadmaps
  • Negotiate & maintain master purchase agreements (MSA), service level agreements (SLA) and SMI/VMI agreements with suppliers
  • Meet and exceed quality, delivery and inventory performance to ensure KPI metrics goals are achieved
  • Lead supplier performance business reviews (SBR), including performance improvement plans
  • Lead complex projects, implement rapid solutions and work successfully cross-functional to exceed corporate objectives
  • Establish strategic processes to manage end-of-life products ensuring minimal liability to the company
  • Implement flexibility programs and drive lead-time reduction programs to improve material upside availability and overall continuity of Supply (CoS)
• Risk Mitigation
  • Utilize commodity management best practices to develop and execute supply chain risk assessment and mitigation strategies
  • Identify risk vulnerabilities - develop sourcing plans and strategies to secure continuity of supply while eliminating “stock outs”
  • Manage component life cycle, multi-sourcing and BOM reuse

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• 7+ years of experience in custom ASSP/ASIC and/or Integrated Circuit commodity space
• Prefer BS/BA degree or equivalent military experience required
• Excellent negotiator with the ability to leverage “trade-offs”
• Flexibility to work and achieve goals in a fast-paced, start up environment with an ability to adapt to changing requirements
• Strong understanding of materials and/or supply base management
• Willingness to travel 1-5% of the time (or as needed per business climate)

Additional Information

The Team

Our Operations team has extensive business and project-management experience in the contract manufacturing industry. This team has a dedication to, and a consistent track record of, success in all aspects of supply-chain, Supply Base and project management. Our operations team leadership establishes clear objectives, defining and implementing profit improvement and profiling inventory management, valuation, and lead-time improvement programs. If you have a passion for and knowledge in getting tasks done and experience with extensive end-to-end manufacturing and supply chain acumen, we want you!

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $114000 - $186000/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Our Commitment
We’re problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at [email protected].

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.