Job Overview

Manages defined sourcing initiatives and category activities that balance procurement execution with strategic sourcing objectives. Supports category strategy development and driving measurable improvements in cost, supply resilience, and supplier performance.

Job Responsibilities

• Create a supplier sourcing strategy, under strong consideration of customer needs, that defines strategic suppliers into grow, fix and exit suppliers and maintains product footprint, incl. “make or buy”-analysis.  
• Develop suppliers per business requirement with cross functions
• Drive the attainment and improvement of relevant procurement KPI’s, incl. Material Productivity (CMP), Lead time performance, delivery (STR/STC), and Quality (DLPM).
• Responsible for improving material productivity by maintaining 125% material pipeline, CMP, TEBIT and WAV analysis
• Drive cost reduction opportunity with engineering team, lead VA/VE projects
• Responsible for contracting of supplier commercial agreements, incl. bailment, inventory management and supply agreements.  
• Responsible for preparing RFQ’s, utilizing E-Tools, awarding new business and negotiation all raw materials, components, and tooling
• Lead the optimization of the Supplier Footprint, incl. setup of new suppliers, reducing number of supplier and resourcing activities
• Collect and maintain capabilities and capacities of suppliers to avoid constraints
• Accountable for info record and PO accuracy and communicate relevant data to tactical buyer, incl. lead time, price and MOQ
• Responsible for conducting QBR’s with strategic suppliers and the drive of respective corrective actions
• Ensure and Drive MOQ optimization for material/components (incl. finished goods) used by the plant for production and establish supplier agreements, e. g. VMI, EDI, consignment, Scheduling Agreements frame order review, blanket PO)
• Responsible for calculating impact and getting the PIA approved
• Ensure data on OV tools is captured and delivered to finance.
• Conduct risk assessments for new suppliers and legacy suppliers not done yet.
• Ensure that all suppliers meet TE requirements for compliance (RoHs, Reach, conflict minerals, supplier portal usage)
• Drive the usage of the of the Supplier Portal by utilization of tactical buyer department
• Work with team on ISO Related documents, process and compliance check on regular frequency
• Support the tactical buyer in the following tasks: inventory management components, manage outside product, and block invoices

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Bachelor or above, Engineering background preferred
• 3+ years’ experience in sourcing area
• Experience in mechanical, Stamping, Machining, especially for plastic part; Electronics (PCB, PCBA, Cable)
• Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate strong customer focus and continues improvement attitude
• Strong project management skills and ability to multi-task
• Ability to work in a matrix environment with multi-cultural teams
• Ability to create competitive strategies and plans, broad knowledge of strategies and tactics of the marketplace, knows trends
• Knowledge of regional and global supplier base for relevant commodities
• Advanced knowledge in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office, i.e. Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint
• Fluent English at negotiation level,
• Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation
• Proactive, detailed-oriented
• Strong analytical skills
• Cross-functional skills

What your background should look like

Generally requires Bachelors degree in appropriate field or local equivalent with a minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible professional level experience

Competencies