Product Manager/Business Developement

Job Summary

Supplier professional focused on the strategic leadership and relationship of company suppliers to achieve the best financial performance and relationship with assigned product lines

Principal Responsibilities

• Directs and manages the supplier business plan and implementation process throughout the organization leveraging supplier strengths and resources on behalf of the supplier and communicating supplier benefits to the company.
• Aligns goals and objectives of supplier with the company to ensure mutual goals and objectives are achieved.
• Determines, monitors and recommends plans for the supplier, company business relationship on a tactical and strategic level.
• Participates in supplier business reviews providing appropriate data and engaging in resolving issues.
• Identifies and drives new supplier opportunities with particular emphasis on the development of new services that blend unique supplier resource/capability along with service/capability to create a unique value proposition.
• Supports cross functional communication with the company's product groups in price negotiations and market knowledge.
• Responsible for the management of activities and programs that will drive the supplier’s pro-forma performance in an effort to achieve Avnet's financial goals.
• Performs analysis and reports of various program impact for the supplier.
• Manages forecasting pipeline requirements and rebate projections.
• Other duties as assigned.