Category Manager – Wireless Routers

Job Description

Eagle Wireless is a connectivity company delivering secure, reliable, and scalable cellular modules and solutions for automotive and IoT applications. With a strong presence in the United States and global R&D teams across North America, Europe, and APAC, Eagle Wireless supports customers worldwide with long-life, compliant, and cyber-secure connectivity products. Focused on trust, supply chain resilience, and regulatory compliance, Eagle Wireless helps OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and IoT innovators deploy connected technologies with confidence in an increasingly complex global environment.
Eagle Wireless offers medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid vacation and paid parental leave to support you and your family.

Category Manager – Wireless Routers

We are looking for an experienced Category Manager – Wireless Routers to lead sourcing and category strategy for our new Wireless Routers product line. You bring deep segment expertise: you know the supplier landscape (ODMs, chipset vendors, and component suppliers), you understand cost structures and BOM economics, and you have existing relationships across the wireless router / CPE ecosystem. This is a build-from-scratch mandate — you will define supplier strategy, negotiate commercial terms, and establish the cost and quality foundation for a brand-new category at Eagle Wireless.
1) several years of hands-on strategic sourcing / procurement experience, and (2) direct experience sourcing wireless routers, CPE, or Wi-Fi networking hardware, including existing ODM and Wi-Fi chipset-vendor relationships.
Applications that do not clearly evidence both will not be considered.

Identify, qualify, and select ODM and component suppliers (chipsets, RF front-end, PCB, mechanicals, packaging)
Establish a dual/multi-sourcing strategy to mitigate supply chain risk
Lead cost modeling and profitability analysis to assess suppliers’ cost structures and identify opportunities for cost reduction and value optimization
Conduct competitive bidding processes to ensure the selection of the best suppliers based on quality, price, delivery, and service performance
Supplier Relationship Management:
Own the strategic supplier relationship: performance scorecards, quarterly business reviews, and escalation ownership for cost, quality, and capacity issues
Cost Management:
Lead commercial negotiations on pricing, BOM cost breakdowns, payment terms, and contracts
Build and maintain cost benchmarks and should-cost models for router platforms
Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Engineering, Quality, and Program Management on RFQs and new product introductions
FCC, CE, Wi-Fi Alliance), and quality standards
Monitor component market trends, allocation risk, and pricing movements (e.g. Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes affecting the wireless networking and consumer electronics sectors
Work closely with Sales, Marketing, and Product Development teams to ensure sourcing strategies align with market demands and customer requirements
Provide strategic sourcing input and guidance for new product development and portfolio management
Prepare regular reports on category performance, supplier metrics, cost savings, and other key performance indicators
Use data-driven insights to guide decision-making and continuously improve category strategy

5+ years of hands-on strategic sourcing / procurement experience, of which at least 3 years sourcing wireless routers, CPE, or Wi-Fi networking hardware (general category-management or non-procurement backgrounds are not a fit for this role)
~ Strong command of BOM costing, cost breakdown negotiation, and should-cost analysis
~ Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field
~ Excellent negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
~ SAP, NetSuite)
~ Willingness to travel internationally to Asia for supplier visits (approx. Fluent English

Experience in automotive or IoT wireless module procurement
Existing network with ODMs such as Sercomm, Arcadyan, Askey, Gemtek, Compal, or Wistron NeWeb
Preference to be given to candidates in Cleveland Ohio location who are able to work on-site; A fast-growing, international environment with direct customer and supplier exposure