To be a sourcing engineer to Identify, Select, Qualify and Manage suppliers. Develop strong supply base and Commodity supplier strategy to support buying activities and/or projects transferred to China, to achieve overall project target and cost saving objectives, perform commercial negotiation and MTA discussion, work together with quality team on continuous improvement initiatives toward establishing a world class supply base. In details:
- Identify, develop and qualify Asia suppliers to support business needs
- Review supplier base against project specifications and undertake various activities to develop and recommend a short list of suppliers for regular review by/with project managers
- Participate in project implementations, new product introductions, re-sourcing projects, etc when needed.
- Day to day supplier development work e.g. get quotations, analyze and monitor variances, review supplier progress against project milestones, first article inspection, pilot run and first production orders etc.
- Review and clarify accuracy of specifications between suppliers and business units overseas
- Manage supplier capability development, qualification & various performance
- Undertake ongoing activities to ensure fulfillment e.g., collect and review data on suppliers
- Provide technical support to supplier manufacturing process
- Take lead in resolving any technical issues and quality issues
- Drives continuously cost savings year over year for local sourced items through leveraging of spend, value engineering, supplier process improvement, supplier value added service, etc.
- Actively participate the development and execution of Commodity supplier strategies, survey and monitor developments in raw materials market and new technologies. Analyzes industry trends to assess short and long term strategic goals and objectives.
Major Responsibility
1. Manage the suppliers timely and effectively to achieve the saving target in conjunction with Indicor global sourcing strategies.
2. Work with Project Team on new projects—commercial discussion, risk assessment and management in accordance with Indicor customer requirement.
3. Maintain the good relationship with each customer and monitor the Asia supplier performance to reach the requirement of customer.
4. Drive corporate sourcing strategy and provide onsite support.
Candidate Requirements:
Education:
A recognized bachelor degree or above, mechanical engineering background is required.
Job related certifications:
Work experience: A minimum 5 years experience, preferably multinational corporation, with at least 3 years in commodity/project management or sourcing function or manufacturing engineering related responsibilities in an flow control manufacturing or sourcing/supply chain role.
Additional skills:
Fluent in written and spoken English and Mandarin;
Analytical, proactive and able to foster effective working relationships with business units, suppliers and colleagues;
Preferred technical knowledge on casting, machining, electronic products including PCBA, box building products etc;
Preferred working knowledge of PPAP, FMEA, Control Plan, SPC, VSM, 5S, TPM, Kaizen, Lean and quality systems including ISO9000 and QS9000/TS16949;
High business ethical standards
Must be able to work on multiple priorities and tasks simultaneously, while acting in a decisive manner and demonstrating a bias for action.