The Role
Develops supplier relationships, negotiates pricing and availability, and manages strategic customer quote opportunities globally. Creates customer-specific pricing strategies, evaluates competitive data, quantifies revenue and margin impacts, enhances backend margins, reconciles special cost quotes, and supports inventory replenishment. Collaborates with suppliers and internal teams, participates in supplier business reviews, and leads formal negotiations to grow sales and profitability.
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ACCOUNTABILITIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Develop, grow, and leverage the influential supplier relationships, negotiate competitive pricing and availability, increase sales and gross profit dollars for all regions.
- Engage with Mouser’s Supplier Partners, internal business development and supplier management resources in strategic quote opportunities to grow and maintain awarded business.
- Review customer quote opportunities and make price recommendations based on customer / product segmentation for customers, globally.
- Quantify revenue and margin impact of pricing strategies.
- Proactively work backend margin enhancement.
- Develop and execute effective pricing strategies for focus customers while maintaining corporate margin goal.
- Evaluate market and competitive data to optimally align pricing strategies within the market space.
- Create and maintain special cost quotes, ensure debits are reconciled and inventory is. replenished at the appropriate cost.
- Work with functional partners to find opportunities to grow business and optimize profitability.
- Participate in supplier business reviews.
SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
- Skill evaluation: Behavioral (80%);Excel (80%)
- Ability to independently create pricing strategies for customer specific quote opportunities.
- Must possess professional demeanor and strong relationship-building skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact with different levels of management both internally and externally.
- Proficient with math, profit margins, markups, and competitive pricing strategies
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills.
- Must be detailed and thorough in work habits with the ability to multi-task.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to interact with all levels of management, suppliers and other external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between functional organizations.
- Excellent follow-up and organizational skills with attention to detail
- Demonstrated negotiation skills (both internal, across the business and external with suppliers) and ability to lead formal negotiations.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelors degree in Business or related field with a minimum of two years related business experience in sales or purchasing; or an equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field.
Mouser Electronics is an award-winning, global distributor of semiconductors and electronic components that ships to over 650,000 customers in 223 countries/territories from its one million sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility in Mansfield, Texas. Mouser.com is an award-winning website that features more than 6.8 million products online from more than 1,200 leading manufacturers.
Mouser employees enjoy competitive pay and benefits, a business casual dress environment, a state-of-the-art facility in which to work, and an experienced management team with vision and a passion for growth. Mouser has built upon 60 years of growth and success in the electronic components distribution industry and is a TTI, Inc./Berkshire Hathaway Company.
Mouser Electronics, a TTI, Inc. company, is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, assignment, re-assignment, promotion, transfer, compensation, discipline, and termination. The Company prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment based on race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex; sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability or handicap; citizenship status; service member status; or any other category protected by federal, state/provincial or local law.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum two years of related business experience in sales or purchasing, or equivalent related experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
- Ability to independently create pricing strategies for customer-specific quote opportunities
- Knowledge of math, profit margins, markups, and competitive pricing strategies
- Strong influencing, negotiation, verbal communication, and written communication skills
- Professional demeanor and relationship-building skills with suppliers and internal stakeholders
- Analytical, problem-solving, organizational, multitasking, follow-up, and attention-to-detail skills
- Ability to coordinate across functional organizations and interact with all levels of management
- Ability to lead formal internal and external negotiations
Mouser Electronics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mouser Electronics and has not been reviewed or approved by Mouser Electronics.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials and public write-ups describe medical, dental, and vision coverage with multiple plan choices alongside an Employee Assistance Program and company-paid disability. These fundamentals are frequently referenced as reliable pillars of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Policies include paid holidays, vacation for salaried roles, PTO for hourly roles, bereavement leave, and FMLA. PTO is often highlighted as a notable positive in day-to-day experience.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — On-site amenities such as a health clinic and a 24/7 fitness center provide convenient wellness support beyond core insurance. Wellness initiatives (e.g., digital condition-management programs) further enhance practical, everyday benefits.
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The Company
What We Do
Mouser Electronics is a worldwide leading authorized distributor of semiconductors and electronic components from over 1,100 manufacturer brands. We specialize in the rapid introduction of new products and technologies for design engineers and buyers. Our extensive product offering includes semiconductors, interconnects, passives, and electromechanical components. In 2007, Mouser became a part of the Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Today, Buffett's holdings include insurance and finance subsidiaries and a host of almost fifty businesses ranging from jewelry and furniture to manufactured homes. Mouser has a strong commitment to customer service. That’s why we’ve won awards for our legendary worldwide customer service excellence. We understand the value of having a knowledgeable person there to answer your questions quickly. Mouser is redefining customer-focused distribution. For more information, visit www.mouser.com To learn about careers at Mouser, visit careers.mouser.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/mouserelectronics Twitter: www.twitter.com/mouserelec Instagram: www.instagram.com/mouserelec YouTube: www.youtube.com/mouserelec
