Best Practices, Capability Maturity Model (CMM), Commodity Management, Cross-Functional, Establish Priorities, Follow Through, Manage Agenda, Procurement Management, Project Tracking, Project/Program Coordination, Purchasing/Procurement, Reporting Dashboards, Risk, Risk Management, Supply Chain, Vendor/Supplier Management, Vendor/Supplier Selection, Work From Home
Location: Cupertino, CA
Introduction
This contractor will work directly alongside the Client's Critical Minerals and Materials (CMM) Global Supply Manager to co-drive two parallel workstreams: driving structured raw material risk mitigation best practices with suppliers and engaging suppliers to reduce raw material risk exposure. This is a hands-on, externally-facing role that sits at the intersection of supply chain risk, supplier management, and program operations.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Comfortable independently leading structured, initiative-driving conversations with external supplier contacts, setting agendas, managing follow-through, and moving stakeholders toward documented commitments without needing step-by-step direction.
- Genuine interest in global current events, trade policy, geopolitical tensions, and commodity market dynamics and the ability to connect macro signals to supply chain risk implications at the material and supplier level.
- Comfortable working in or learning digital platform tools to manage multi-supplier tracking systems, build structured databases, and maintain live program dashboards. Broader comfort with Excel strongly preferred.
- Ability to manage parallel workstreams with multiple stakeholders simultaneously, tracking status, prioritizing follow-ups, and maintaining momentum across a large supplier base without losing detail.
- Prior work experience at client or in client's Industry
- Applicants must be able to work directly for Artech on W2
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
- 3 years of experience in supply chain, procurement, commodity management, or a related operations function.
- Experience in a supplier-facing or externally-engaging role; comfort running meetings and driving follow-through independently.
- Familiarity with critical minerals, raw materials, or global commodity markets is a plus but strong curiosity and willingness to learn is equally valued.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Lead structured supplier conversations independently: preparing for, facilitating, and following up on mitigation-focused discussions with suppliers to drive commitment to action.
- Develop and deliver personalized feedback to supplier respondents, translating self-assessment data into clear, actionable improvement recommendations.
- Build and maintain program tracking infrastructure in a digital database.
- Coordinate the expansion of the program to new suppliers.
- Monitor geopolitical developments and commodity market signals relevant to critical minerals and materials, flagging events that may affect supplier risk levels or sourcing concentration.
- Support cross-functional escalations to Engineering and Procurement where material qualification, substitution, or dual-source approval is required.
- Contribute to executive-level reporting: synthesizing program status, risk reduction progress, and supplier response data into clear, decision-ready summaries.
Company Benefits & Culture
- Onsite work schedule: Tuesday - Thursday; Remote work: Monday & Friday
- Engaging work environment at the intersection of supply chain risk and supplier management
- Opportunities for professional growth and skill development
For immediate consideration please click APPLY to begin the screening process with Alex.