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• Assist/Manage the merchandise sourcing & production of select product categories in partnership with the Sourcing Manager.
• Partner on vendor strategy, product costing/placement, manage vendor communication and production management related to designated product categories
• Responsible for ensuring products meet established standards for safety and quality including monitoring quarterly Product Review Requests (PRRs) with product integrity partners
• Manage Development Tracking Reports (DTRS), sample tracking and approval processes throughout each development season
• Manage the workflow for data entry task Supplier Set Ups, price changes, financial roadmaps, and invoicing, and all Product Lifecycle Management data entry
• Contact vendors to follow-up and verify the accuracy of provided data, resolve routine issues and ensure vendor alignment with company processes and procedures
• Follow up with vendor communication regarding any outstanding samples (Approval, PP/TOP, etc.)
• Liaise with vendors and ticket/label suppliers to ensure company guidelines are followed to avoid late deliveries and charge backs due to non-compliance
• Ensure all items are completed within PLM system to ensure on-time PO issuance
• Schedule and participate Production Handoff to the Responsible Sourcing and Production team at the end of each costing season
• Prepare standard any ad-hoc reports as requested (Time and Action Calendars, production timelines, status updates, etc.)
• Build strong collaborative relationships with internal and external partners
• Attend weekly cross-functional meetings and quarterly product line review meetings to understand key sourcing issues and action items
• Communicate production status to global and regional partners during weekly cross-functional meetings as required
  

• 1+ years related experience, preferably in specialty retail or consumer products
• Associate degree or Technical Degree in Merchandising/Product Development/Design, Business or Supply Chain ideal
• Previous use in a Product lifecycle Management system a must.
• Exposure to Sourcing & Production of multiple product categories
• Proven track record of effectively communicating with manufacturers
• Ability to manage multiple SKU’s an timelines in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work collaboratively with multiple design and development partners, a team player
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability and desire to be flexible, adapt to change and grow with organization
  

NVIDIA is seeking a highly motivated Global Sourcing Manager to join our Ecosystem Enablement Team. In this role, you will develop and implement sourcing strategy and engagement plans with key supply partners to align with NVIDIA's pioneering technology and product roadmap. You will play a critical role in enabling new product development and scaling global capacity to support NVIDIA's growing ecosystem needs worldwide.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the development and execution of comprehensive sourcing and supply chain strategies in collaboration with Global Commodity Managers and cross-functional partners.
• Identify, evaluate, and engage key ecosystem partners across commodity categories such as thermal, mechanical, power supply, cabling, and data center infrastructure equipment.
• Drive supplier qualification efforts in partnership with engineering and program teams to ensure a resilient and strategically aligned Recommended Vendor List (RVL) across critical ecosystem commodities.
• Act as a strategic partner to engineering, business units, and supplier organizations, ensuring capacity, material readiness, and solution alignment to ungate and accelerate GPU deployments.
• Establish and manage strategic supplier relationships to ensure alignment on performance, capacity, and investment that supports NVIDIA's global growth and technology roadmap.
• Drive supplier readiness and investment to ensure sufficient global capacity and a resilient supply chain that meets NVIDIA's ecosystem expansion and GPU ramp-up requirements.
• Lead supply chain risk mitigation and enablement initiatives, including qualification, business continuity planning, and continuous improvement programs to strengthen overall supply resilience.
• Apply expertise in should-cost modeling and market trend analysis to ensure RVL suppliers offer competitive and balanced pricing.

What we need to see:

• 12+ years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, or related roles in the high-tech industry.
• Proven experience managing diverse commodities; experience in mechanical, liquid cooling, or power is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated ability to drive supplier qualification and cost modeling with cross-functional partners.
• Solid program management skills, with a track record of delivering results in complex, global environments.
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience); Master's degree preferred.
• Outstanding communication and influence skills with internal and external collaborators.
• High integrity, strong initiative, and excellent attention to detail.
• Strong sense of ownership, integrity, and initiative in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.
• Deep analytical skills with a focus on accuracy, thoroughness, and data-driven decision-making.
• Strong organizational, planning, and prioritization skills to manage multiple programs and deadlines.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technological world's most desirable employers; we have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us and, due to unparalleled growth, best-in-class teams are rapidly growing. If you're creative and autonomous with a real passion for your work, we want to hear from you!

The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 270,250 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Overview

Executes purchasing, sourcing, and supply operations, using AI-enabled tools and large data sets to drive data-informed purchasing, demand planning, and inventory decisions that support margin, inventory turn, and supply reliability within approved guardrails.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather quotes and product details as requested by Sales, Merchandising or marketplace team for resourcing and new product onboarding, utilizing the approved vendor network, sourcing platforms, and supplier marketplaces
• Align and communicate with cross-functional stakeholders including Amazon/marketplace teams on demand projections, timing, and launch strategy
• Complete new item and kit setup in the ERP system and ensure all required supplier and warehouse information is communicated to cross-functional teams to support multi-channel onboarding.
• Issue purchase orders, testing request forms, and deposits; confirm pricing, manage follow-up on shipping status, testing timelines, and payment schedules
• Maintain a detailed Open-to-Buy (OTB) log, tracking shipments, inventory commitments, and cash flow in accordance with approved financial guardrails
• Generate weekly purchasing and inventory analysis using AI-enabled tools and advanced analytics to identify trends by market channel
• Adjust delivery timing on open orders or issue replenishment orders based on performance trends and inventory needs by channel
• Manage freight coordination and port consolidation strategies, as appropriate, to control logistics costs while supporting in-stock performance.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of domestic and international orders through coordination with customs brokers, freight forwarders, suppliers, testing labs, and merchandising partners
• Calculate and maintain accurate landed costs, including tariffs and duties; manage documentation through required systems (e.g., ACE portal)
• Leverage AI-enabled tools and advanced analytics to analyze competitive pricing data scrapes and recommend pricing actions to Merchandising to offset landed cost impacts and support healthy margins by market channel
• Use data and analytics to identify overstock or underperforming items and recommend lifecycle actions, including promotions, digital and print marketing support, or discontinuation by market channel
• Manage, prioritize, and develop a Purchasing Assistant responsible for purchase order execution, follow-up, and transactional reporting

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Analytics, Finance, Operations, or a related field
• Demonstrated expertise leveraging AI-enabled tools, analytics platforms, and large data sets to inform purchasing, sourcing, demand planning, and inventory decisions
• An equivalent combination of education and relevant practical experience will be considered
• Strong understanding of demand planning, Open-to-Buy (OTB), and inventory forecasting
• Proven experience working with suppliers, including quote evaluation, cost structures, and MOQs
• Familiarity with imports, customs processes, tariffs, and landed cost calculation preferred
• Highly organized, analytical, and execution-focused, with strong attention to detail and follow-through

Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America's drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.

As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We're hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.

Join as a founding member of the Supply Chain team. To scale in relation to our exploding demand, the Strategic Sourcing Manager will work directly with our Head of Supply Chain in ramping up our production and building the team to do so. This Strategic Sourcer will lead procurement, planning and fulfillment, supplier development/quality and inventory. The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of aerial systems with the desire and capability to take on new challenges in unfamiliar areas to help keep soldiers off the battlefield. In addition, this individual will be responsible for:

• Leading the commodity strategy of all electronic systems including PCB's, EEE components and more
• Develop, and manage the supply base to enable quick prototype deployment and introduction to scalable production for drone integration
• Develop and manage purchase part inventory plans
• Independently question the requirements of our engineers regarding tolerance, lead times, etc.
• Act as the supplier interface for all RFIs, RFPs and RFQs
• Independently negotiate contracts including pricing, technical requirements, scope, and terms involving responsibility, liability, and intellectual property
• Visit supplier facilities and accurately assess operational capability, financial health, and capacity in order to award contracts in support of new product development and long-term production
• Work collaboratively with internal teams on sourcing strategy, market analysis, trade-off analysis reviews, make v buy, and supplier roadmaps with engineers to support cost, quality, and delivery targets
• Partner with internal stakeholders on requests for information, request for proposal, and request for quotation

You should have the following:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain or business
• 4+ years of procurement or supplier management experience
• Experience in electro-mechanical systems procurement
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally

US Salary Range

$120,000 - $170,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of Neros' total compensation package.

We're an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

When you're the best, we're the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary:

In this role, you will be a senior strategic sourcing resource, providing best in class sourcing and contracting strategies focused on delivering and optimizing provider value. You will accomplish this by leading and facilitating all aspects of strategic sourcing processes including developing and executing a robust workplan and roadmap of opportunities, strategy building, contract development, negotiations, communications, documentation, and implementation. You will also develop a provider-specific contract strategy to reduce spending and develop savings and service solutions, improve terms and conditions, identify new value propositions, maximize delivered value/operational efficiencies, and ultimately achieve a higher level of member satisfaction by becoming a trusted adviser.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and assist team members to create project plans that engage others to meet savings goals and business objectives.
• Evaluate client spend data to prioritize implementation of contracts based on highest savings opportunities and present a workplan of priority to provider and Vizient teammates.
• Work in collaboration with provider and Vizient colleagues to enhance existing Vizient national agreements and create custom agreements on behalf of the provider.
• Identify new savings and contracting opportunities as well as gaps in contracting portfolio to ensure realization of engagement value.
• Conduct meetings and communicate opportunities, next steps, successes, and challenges to Vizient leadership and key provider stakeholders, leading the effort to collaborate and incorporate feedback to improve process, outcomes, and deliverables.
• Lead the bid process and generate Request for Proposals (RFP's).

Qualifications:

• Relevant degree preferred.
• 5 or more years of experience working with contracts and negotiations required.
• Experience in a health care environment preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in competitive bidding, and management of high profile agreements.
• Must be financially savvy with working with expense and revenue budgets.
• Excellent verbal, written presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel.

Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $88,900.00 to $155,500.00. This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

About the Company

Avdoo is a New York City–based real estate development firm focused on acquiring, entitling, and developing residential and mixed-use projects across Manhattan and Brooklyn.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly driven, aggressive, and entrepreneurial Acquisitions Associate to focus exclusively on off-market deal origination. This is not a broker-facing role. This position is about building direct relationships with building owners and sourcing opportunities before they ever reach the market. We are looking for someone who has successfully closed real estate transactions in Manhattan and Brooklyn — not just sourced deals, but helped drive them across the finish line. If you are hungry, competitive, and relentless about finding and closing deals — this is the opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Source off-market acquisition opportunities directly from property owners throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn
• Develop and maintain direct relationships with building owners (not brokers)
• Identify and pursue development sites, conversion opportunities, multifamily assets, distressed situations, and office repositioning opportunities
• Confidently discuss and structure potential joint ventures, recapitalizations, and ground leases directly with building owners
• Drive opportunities from initial outreach through LOI, negotiation, and closing
• Conduct neighborhood-level research to uncover ownership patterns and acquisition angles
• Perform high-level zoning analysis (FAR, bulk, use, air rights, conversion potential)
• Collaborate with the underwriting team to evaluate feasibility and structure transactions
• Present new opportunities weekly to the executive team in acquisition meetings, clearly articulating the opportunity, zoning potential, ownership dynamics, and strategic angle
• Track outreach efforts, pipeline, and owner communications
• Be active in the field — walking neighborhoods, meeting owners, uncovering opportunities before competitors

Qualifications

• 2–5+ years of experience in NYC real estate acquisitions, investment sales, or development
• Demonstrated track record of closing transactions in Manhattan and Brooklyn
• Deep familiarity with prime Manhattan and Brooklyn neighborhoods, including submarkets and development dynamics
• Strong working knowledge of NYC zoning and development potential
• Comfortable analyzing development upside and structuring transactions
• Confident and professional communicating directly with building owners and principals
• Ability to clearly and confidently present opportunities to senior executives
• Persistent, resilient, and comfortable handling rejection
• Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills
• Organized and disciplined in managing outreach and pipeline

Pay range and compensation package

• Base Salary: $75,000 – $100,000 (commensurate with experience)
• Upside: Meaningful commission structure tied directly to deals sourced and closed
• Significant earning potential for high performers

Equal Opportunity Statement

Avdoo is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.

Additional Details

• In-office role based in New York City (not remote)
• Highly entrepreneurial, performance-driven environment
• Direct exposure to senior leadership
• Clear path for growth and advancement

For more than 30 years, SQA Services has been a leading provider of managed supplier quality services, offering audits, assessments, remote surveillance, corrective actions, remediation, inspections, and engineering solutions to manufacturers across all industries. We deliver these services by deploying a network of highly skilled associates based throughout the United States and in over 90 countries worldwide, ensuring rapid on-site support at your supplier locations. Our associates are expert quality assurance professionals with extensive experience and local expertise, enabling us to represent our clients on-demand and with greater speed and efficiency than our competitors.

We're hiring for a Quality Mechanical Source Inspector position in Cleveland, OH. The schedule is for the first shift, part-time, 20-35 hours a week, 3-4 days per week on an as-needed basis. If you have a passion for mechanical products and a keen eye for quality, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

• Conducting precision mechanical inspections at one or more client suppliers in Cleveland, OH, and the Midwest region.
• Performing precision inspection verifications on mechanical parts, components, assemblies, and materials.
• Inspection may include, but is not limited to, purchased parts, in-process and final assemblies, and materials for workmanship and conformance to specifications/drawings.
• Performing surface plate inspection of the first article, in-process, and lot sample parts if required.
• Utilizing inspection equipment such as micrometers, gauge blocks, dial indicators, height gauges, optical comparators, profilometers, and coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) if necessary.
• Visual acuity and the ability to detect defects in highly complex products.
• Verifying documentation packages to industry/commodity-specific standards.
• Classifying defect types and verifying rework conducted during the time of the inspection.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with precision mechanical parts inspection.
• Strong ability to read and interpret manufacturing drawings and industry/commodity standards.
• Proficient in GD&T and validating dimensions (tolerances ?.005") using hand tools (e.g., indicators, micrometers, calipers, height gauges).
• Experience with certificates of conformance and inspection documentation.
• Ability to adapt to new technology and software.
• Excellent visual acuity to detect defects in complex products.

• Associate's degree or higher in a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Certification in inspection techniques or GD&T is a plus.

SQA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment is based on merit and qualifications, and is not influenced by race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally protected status.

This position requires access to ITAR-controlled technical data and/or defense articles. As such, the candidate must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder) to comply with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Applicants who do not meet these criteria will not be considered for this role.

Bioworld Merchandising is seeking a strategic and experienced Director, Apparel Product Development & Sourcing to lead product development initiatives aligned with business goals and brand priorities. This leader will own the full product lifecycle across apparel and/or accessories, ensuring innovation, quality, speed to market, and cost efficiency. You will manage a team and partner closely with Sales, Merchandising, Design, and Production to deliver high‑quality licensed and private label products across global markets.

Essential Duties

• Develop and lead product development strategies aligned with seasonal launches and brand direction.
• Manage the end‑to‑end product lifecycle from concept through production and delivery.
• Own development calendars, key milestones, and on‑time delivery.
• Provide technical expertise across materials, construction, sourcing, and manufacturing.
• Drive innovation in fabrics, materials, and development processes, including sustainability and reduced‑impact materials.
• Partner with global manufacturing teams to ensure quality, cost efficiency, and timeline adherence.
• Support style‑level costing and margin targets; collaborate on costing accuracy, capacity planning, and delivery.
• Work cross‑functionally with Sales, Merchandising, Design, and Fit to align product strategies, SKU optimization, and margin integrity.
• Ensure consistency across categories while maintaining brand and licensing standards.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high‑performing product development team and foster a collaborative, innovative culture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of apparel product development experience, ideally including licensed and private label categories.
• Deep understanding of apparel industry standards, textile technology, materials, and product construction.
• Proven leadership experience in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment managing teams and complex development calendars.
• Strong strategic mindset with the ability to anticipate trends and translate insights into actionable product strategies.
• Experience partnering with global vendors and driving quality, cost, and delivery performance.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence across a global matrix organization.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and product development systems; PLM experience preferred.

Education & Experience Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in Product Development, Merchandising, Textile Science, or related field preferred (or equivalent experience).

Responsibilities:

• Will be responsible for sending inquiries and negotiating prices.
• Prepares chart/GRID for all existing inquiries showing the different prices among makers and the corresponding GP that will help decide on who to place the order.
• Weekly production review with coordinators in the team and discuss and resolve any potential issues that may affect delivery and quality.
• Review with sales potential orders ensuring the price is within the parameters provided.
• Prepares buy sheets and PO issuance
• Create a library of existing orders – bodies, makers, fty prices and sell prices
• Send weekly updated order summary for all makers making sure all orders and Pos are received by the suppliers
• Collaborating with design teams to translate product concepts into production-ready specifications, including fabric selection, construction details, and trim options.
• Acting as a liaison between design, merchandising, sales, and production teams to ensure smooth communication and alignment on product details and timelines.
• Responsible for various other tasks and responsibilities

Express Employment Professionals and the Specialized Recruiting Group in Rochester Hills is a nationally recognized specialized team with a deep history of success and is expanding its team due to incredible growth! We are looking for an outstanding individual who enjoys engaging with people, welcomes a challenge! If you have a desire to help others succeed with your expertise in technical industrial recruiting, this position is for you!

This is an opportunity with unlimited potential for growth with a company that recognizes and rewards you for your achievements!

Qualifications:

• Previous recruiting experience required in industrial skilled trades
• Knowledge of the skilled trades profession or equivalent industrial knowledge, with ability to transition between various skilled trade professions
• Comfortable with cold calling, in-person and via phone in prospecting new clients
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and professional social media
• High energy, competitive spirit! Goal driven to succeed!
• Hungry to learn and grow in the trade of helping people succeed
• Speaks the language of the industrial trades with potential candidates and customers

Requirements:

• Full cycle sourcing, recruiting, interviewing and account management activities in the skilled trade arena
• Maintain pool of candidates for targeted placements in skilled trades
• The Skilled Trades Recruiter will be primarily responsible for filling related job orders within the skilled trades specialty
• Schedule client interviews and collect feedback, generating offers and completing onboardings as needed
• Maintain client relationships - develop new ones - including on-site visits and occasional travel
• Develop and maintain professional knowledge of the market, staffing industry, and pertinent labor laws
• Work collaboratively with internal sales team on market dynamics and trends specific to function
• Write and place job advertising in various social media to build pool of candidates to take to market and support existing key client accounts

Skills Required:

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software
• Proficiency with or the ability to quickly learn the organizations information systems

Benefits – Why US?

• Locally owned with the support of a $3.0 Billion organization, recognized, and awarded nationally as a top recruiting team in professional placement, along with 2021 Best of Staffing Client recognition.
• Work alongside the most talented in the industry to building your craft.
• Highly competitive compensation, PTO, flexible work environment, guaranteed company 401K matching, profit sharing, major medical, dental, vision and company paid insurance.
• Nationally recognized internal training programs and certifications 100% company paid to build your skills.
• Highly energetic environment with talented team, focused on helping people succeed!

If you are qualified and interested in this exciting opportunity, please reply with your current resume.