Senior Sourcing Manager

The posting, as Infinitum wrote it

About Us

Infinitum is revolutionizing the future of motors with our patented Aircore technology — delivering superior performance in half the weight and size, while reducing the carbon footprint compared to traditional motors. Our solutions open up sustainable design possibilities for smaller, lighter, and quieter machines, improving quality of life while conserving energy and reducing waste. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, we are driven by innovation and a commitment to making a positive global impact. Learn more at goinfinitum.com

Position: Senior Sourcing Manager

Location: North Austin, TX (Onsite)

Reports To: Director of Purchasing

Travel: Approximately 20-30%, domestic and international

Position Summary

The Senior Sourcing Manager is responsible for developing and executing Infinitum's strategic sourcing strategy for direct materials, engineered components, and contract-manufactured products across the global supply base.

As Infinitum's first dedicated strategic sourcing leadership role, this position will establish sourcing methodologies, supplier-selection processes, negotiation frameworks, and category-management practices. The role will lead alternate-source development, supplier qualification, commercial negotiations, long-term agreements, cost-reduction initiatives, and supply-risk mitigation while partnering closely with Engineering, NPI, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Planning, Finance, Legal, and Purchasing.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year sourcing and category strategies based on product demand, technology, supplier capability, cost, capacity, geography, and supply risk.
• Lead supplier identification, market mapping, RFQ/RFP development, competitive bidding, proposal evaluation, supplier selection, and award recommendations.
• Identify, evaluate, qualify, and develop alternate suppliers to reduce single-source exposure and improve supply resilience and geographic diversification.
• Lead supplier capability assessments covering manufacturing processes, capacity, quality systems, technical capability, financial health, scalability, and business continuity.
• Partner with Engineering and Quality through supplier qualification, samples, first articles, validation builds, PPAP/FAI or equivalent processes, and production approval.
• Lead complex supplier negotiations covering pricing, long-term/supply agreements, payment terms, lead times, capacity, MOQ/NCNR, cancellation flexibility, inventory liability, tooling/NRE, warranty/quality terms, and total landed cost.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, the Director of Purchasing, and Supply Chain leadership on contract development, redlines, risk assessment, and execution.
• Lead structured cost-reduction programs using should-cost, supplier cost breakdowns, TCO, commodity indices, benchmarking, volume-price analysis, freight, tariff, and FX impacts.
• Partner with Engineering on design-to-cost, value engineering, specification optimization, st

[…]
ontractual risk, and long-term value.

• Strategic thinking: builds sourcing strategies around future business requirements, not only current demand.
• Supplier development and cost intelligence: develops production-ready suppliers and challenges pricing with facts and cost models.
• Risk awareness and execution discipline: identifies vulnerabilities early and converts sourcing strategies into measurable outcomes.
• Cross-functional influence and executive communication: drives alignment across Engineering, Operations, Finance, Quality, and Purchasing.

Key Performance Indicators

• Annualized realized cost savings and sourcing savings pipeline versus target.
• Purchase-price / BOM-cost reduction.
• Percentage of critical components with qualified alternate sources and reduction in single-source exposure.
• Strategic spend under contract / LTA and commercial-term improvements.
• Sourcing project cycle time, supplier qualification completion, and NPI sourcing readiness.
• Supplier capacity coverage, localization, and geographic-diversification progress.

Why Join Infinitum

• Be part of a sustainability-driven company transforming the motor industry.
• Build and shape Infinitum's strategic sourcing function from the ground up.
• High-visibility role with direct impact on product cost, supplier strategy, supply resilience, and growth.
• Work closely with Engineering, Operations, and executive leadership on next-generation product and supply-chain decisions.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage (Medical/Dental/Vision)
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA) - includes employer contributions.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k) - Traditional and Roth
• Open Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Community give-back opportunities.

Infinitum embraces diversity and is an equal opportunity employer.

Agency representatives, we appreciate your interest, but we've got this!