Job Summary：
- Overall manage commodity in casting housing and also commodity strategy.
- Working with cross-functional teams across various regions and have a successful track record of managing suppliers at all levels to achieve objectives and negotiate pricing globally.
Responsibilities：
- Engage with internal stakeholders from different regions to capture assigned commodity requirements
- Develop and execute the assigned commodity strategy that to lead to the lowest total cost in terms of price, quality, delivery and service; to ensure a good healthy supplier panel.
- Ensuring the future needs in terms of new technologies and supplier base optimization are identified and executed
- Lead the development and execution of annual commodity productivity strategies, utilizing applicable tools such as supplier negotiation, market testing, cost breakdown analysis, on site cost audit, resourcing and VAVE(PCO)
- Need to work with suppliers for price negotiation, supplier general agreements, raw material and currency indexation agreements.
- Support capacity issue by working closely with supply chain and suppliers
- Lead the advance sourcing process; identify potential suppliers globally, evaluate and approve them following the New Supplier Introduction process
- Lead re-sourcing project worldwide
Educational Background (Language):
- Bachelor degree or above on mechanical, engineering, alternatively commercial background
- Strong English skills in listening, writing and oral communication
- German will be plus
Job Relevant Knowledge:
- Knowledge of manufacturing process in casting and others
- Knowledge of automotive industry standard, and basic mechanical technical knowledge
- Knowledge of general commercial terms, cost structure
- Strong negotiation skills, analysis skills
- Result orientation, hands-on mentality
- Cross function communication and influence, conflict management
- Self-motivated and able to initiative
Work Experience:
- Min 5+ years’ professional experience in commodity management purchasing, strategic sourcing within automotive industry
- Willing to stretch and work with different time zone-Ability to travel up to 20%, domestic and international travel