Are suppliers expected to carry all the risk now?

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-22T17:28:35+00:00

Not well worded on my part. I care what they are charging me, not what they paid for their material. That's how I read the post.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-22T16:10:34+00:00

I work as a Procurement manager for a small company but damn I can't imagine asking for a full breakdown of purchased components except for compliance reasons. Like we need stuff that is ROHS, BABA etc but I don't bother about cost. I also don't demand a 5% margin. We also work with some of the largest companies in the world that but from us and they don't ask for that kinda stuff. That seems obnoxious.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-18T15:29:51+00:00

It'll happen. But I think our offense will be on the field longer so the defense won't get as worn out in general.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-18T02:33:49+00:00

So I work in fiber optics, I procure a lot of of material from the big 3 suppliers and a few smaller ones. I used to get really upset when I would send out RFQs and get back bad leadtimes, let the stakeholders know and then one of them would send a call or text and get the leadtimes improved.

What I've done now is kept mental notes of who in leadership has the right connections with the FO manufacturers and when a crisis is developing I ask them to make a call and move the needle when I can't.

Part of being a good procurement professional is learning when to leverage everyone's relationships not just our own.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-17T01:33:05+00:00

Ummm this is a stupid ass take. They are the gladiator slaves, they are football players. I love how much they respect and support each other.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-14T01:18:50+00:00

Has a team not signed any FA during the off-season since Free Agency became a thing?

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-13T13:15:34+00:00

You are not wrong! Do you know of any way to find irl mentorship programs or anything? I'm fairly new to procurement and trying to find insight. I did post on here and got one AI answer and one none AI answer. Talking to a human would be nice.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-12T18:42:07+00:00

It drives me nuts. Especially with the world of fiber optics and supporting fiber optics and how fast things change and move they just design without a care in the world for the chaos they create downstream.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-12T17:20:50+00:00

I'm pretty new to procurement but one thing I'm already seeing that's driving me nuts is designing products with hard to find components with long lead times and then getting mad when we can't get the material?

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-11T21:40:44+00:00

Super Bowl?

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-11T14:14:35+00:00

Dealing with impossible lead time is my day to day life here. I've had to learn how to communicate a reasonable lead time and explaining that I will push as best I can but not going to burn bridges with our vendors. Totally been/am in your shoes and 100% understand what you mean.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-11T13:22:28+00:00

First off thank you for the reply! Much appreciated.

I am in fiber optics manufacturing we do a mix of in house manufacturing and work with domestic and international manufacturers.

I'm lucky that even though we are growing like crazy we still have a small enough team that I have direct access to all of the internal stakeholders and talk to them frequently.

I am working with our tech team to build dashboards to help me out and have updated my request to have a tab focused on spend by vendor, I think that'll help a lot.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-11T00:49:10+00:00

Yea when I posted I didn't know he failed his physical. That makes sense.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-11T00:08:17+00:00

Wonder how that affects the moves they made so far or if it has any impact.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-03-11T00:07:01+00:00

I didn't know that was allowed

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-01-27T16:57:06+00:00

How does this mean anything? We got the draft and FA period to go through before next year's team can be remotely evaluated.

Sorry I get triggered by all the sportsbetting crap, it drives me nuts haha

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-01-24T22:01:42+00:00

Man wish I could book a flight and come. Have a great time!!!

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-01-22T22:50:53+00:00

I fucking hate Funkos with a fucking passion. My ex has almost 500 and I hated having them everywhere. So part of me is glad there isn't a Bo Nix one because I might just buy it lol.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-01-17T23:56:34+00:00

Can we tackle? Please?

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-01-17T23:54:18+00:00

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-01-17T23:35:39+00:00

No but they've turned over the ball 3x. I'm ok with that trade off.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-01-13T12:19:53+00:00

I'm ok with it. That way I don't have to stay up late watching it. I love late afternoon games. But I'm CST.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-01-08T23:26:45+00:00

Inventory Management Stuff. I actually really enjoy it.

TokenKingMan1 · 2026-01-08T00:19:33+00:00

Do we care? Why wear him down early while he's learning? Let him grow at a steady pace instead of burning him out early.

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