Company
Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited
Job Area
Operations Group, Operations Group > Sourcing
General Summary
Role Overview
The Supplier Intelligence Manager is responsible for building and delivering a fact-based, insight-driven view of Qualcomm's supplier ecosystem to enable smarter sourcing decisions, risk mitigation, cost optimization, and supply continuity. This role serves as a strategic intelligence partner to Procurement leadership, Category Management, Sourcing, and Operations by translating supplier, spend, and market data into clear, actionable insights.
The role supports Procurement's broader transformation agenda by establishing repeatable supplier intelligence frameworks, improving visibility into supplier performance and risk, and enabling data-driven decision-making across direct and indirect spend categories.
Key Responsibilities
Supplier & Market Intelligence
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive view of the global supplier landscape, including supplier segmentation, criticality, concentration, and dependency analysis.
- Monitor supplier-related market dynamics such as capacity constraints, geographic risk, financial health, regulatory exposure, and technology or capability shifts that may impact supply continuity.
- Produce supplier intelligence briefs that inform sourcing strategy, supplier selection, and negotiation planning.
Supplier Risk & Performance Insights
- Partner with Category Managers and Procurement Operations to identify, assess, and track supplier risk indicators, including operational, financial, geopolitical, and compliance-related risks.
- Support development of supplier scorecards and performance frameworks by integrating data from procurement, ERP, and supplier systems (e.g., PO, AP, supplier master data).
- Surface early warning signals and insights that enable proactive mitigation planning rather than reactive response.
Spend & Supplier Analytics
- Analyze spend patterns, supplier fragmentation, and tail spend trends to identify consolidation, cost reduction, and efficiency opportunities.
- Partner with Procurement Operations and Analytics teams to improve visibility into contract utilization, maverick spend, and supplier compliance.
- Translate analytics into clear recommendations that drive sourcing actions and measurable business outcomes.
Strategic Partnership & Decision Support
- Act as a consultative advisor to Procurement leadership, helping shape key questions for sourcing, supplier strategy, and investment decisions.
- Support executive-level reviews with concise, data-backed insights on supplier exposure, savings opportunities, and risk posture.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, Supply Chain, and Business Units as needed to align supplier intelligence with enterprise priorities.
Capability Building & Transformation
- Help define and operationalize Supplier Intelligence as a core Procurement capability, including common methodologies, templates, and best practices.
- Contribute to Procurement transformation initiatives by enabling better data quality, insight consistency, and decision transparency.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to ensure intelligence outputs meet organizational standards for rigor and confidentiality.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
- 6–10+ years of experience in procurement, supplier management, supply chain analytics, market intelligence, or related roles.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex supplier and spend data into actionable insights.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders and support strategic decisions in a matrixed organization.
Preferred
- Experience supporting large-scale, global procurement organizations.
- Familiarity with ERP, procurement, and supplier data environments (e.g., PO, AP, supplier master data, contract data).
- Experience with supplier risk management, category strategy, or procurement transformation initiatives.
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
What Success Looks Like
- Procurement leaders proactively rely on Supplier Intelligence to inform sourcing, risk, and investment decisions.
- Supplier risks and opportunities are identified earlier, with clearer mitigation and action paths.
- Spend and supplier insights directly support measurable cost savings, risk reduction, and operational efficiency.
- Supplier Intelligence becomes a trusted, repeatable capability embedded within Procurement's way of working.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of Sourcing or related work experience.
OR
Associate's degree and 8+ years of Sourcing or related work experience.
OR
High School Diploma or equivalent and 10+ years of Sourcing or related work experience.
- Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master's = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.
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