Procurement Specialist

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Procurement Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to Design and execute SCM strategies that support business growth by developing strong supplier base and partnership, and optimizing costs, quality and reliability of suppliers. The work model for the role is: onsite This role is contributing to the Electrification Business Area. You will be mainly accountable for: Develop supply base and build up business ecosystem partnership • Investigate the supply market intelligence and develop supplier base for ODM (brand labelling) or JDM (Joint design) suppliers in Building automation business and ED ODM business. Plan for new supplier development footprint incl. hardware, software and solution to support fast product portfolio extension and business growth. Continuously improve the supply base to enhance the company’s competitiveness in business area. • Build up the connection between sales demand and the supply market resources, actively organize the communication between demand side and supply side and recommend the supplier resources and their technique, products and solutions to the company, effectively cooperate with Product Managers and R&D function to fully take leverage of the supply market resources. • Innovatively design and manage the business model and the operating model to build up a strong and sustainable partnership ecosystem. • Support electronics category management, incl. supply chain early involvement with R&D design, supply base evaluation, dual source development, supplier relationship to secure continuity supply. • Make plan for new supplier development and supplier improvement to enhance the supplier base, Optimize the supply chain and value chain. Implements effective sourcing strategies in line with the business strategy. Work with across functions for supplier management and ensure that suppliers have the capability and capacity to meet current and future business. Manage supplier performance to achieve target of cost, quality and delivery • Optimize the total cost of ownership and achieve cost reduction by various approaches, e.g. value engineering, should costing analysis, supply chain optimization and negotiation. Implement purchasing activities according with purchasing procedure, e.g. RfQ, bidding, e-sourcing, benchmark, outsourcing and etc. Conduct competitiveness bidding process based on company policy. • Work cross functions to manage suppliers’ production capacity & flexibility to meet the market demand, e.g. MOQ and lead time, Consignment model negotiation and continuously optimize the technical specification and the manufacture process and improve suppliers’ efficiency to contribute to cost saving of purchased goods. • Manage supplier on-time and on-quality delivery to meet company suppliers’ KPI target. Contract management, supplier relationship management and Risk management • Sign supply agreements with suppliers in line with company guidelines and business needs. • Manage the supply chain and supply risk at the different product life cycle stages. • Coordinate and handle commercial issues with suppliers. Build and enhance the supplier relationship in line with the requirement of integrity and compliance. Project management for new products • Early involvement in the R&D projects for new product development. Participate in the supply chain planning for new products and coordinate SCM activities according to the new product project target and schedule.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor or Master degree, preferably with Engineering major.
• At least 5 years working experience in sourcing / supply chain management.
• 3 years of souring and supply chain experience in the area of building & home automation, incl. brand labeling suppliers, EMS suppliers and software suppliers development and management; preferred knowledge about the market players, supply resources and business development in the area of building & home automation.
• Experience on electronics sourcing and electronics category management.
• Good communication and negotiation skills.
• Result oriented and take ownership.
• Strategic and systematic thinking.
• Customer focus and continuous improvement.
• Good written and oral communications skills in English.
• Data analytics and reporting in excel and PPT.
• SCM digital tools implementation in PowerBI or other tools.

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