Job Description

The primary lead and driver of electrical commodities like Power Supplies, Windings, Motors, Fans, etc with a global spend of 260M euros.  Responsibilities include leading global negotiations, insuring product supply, driving supplier quality and innovation, consolidating and improving the preferred supplier base.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and implement upstream sourcing strategies to support Corporate and Business Units objectives

Install upstream engineering/design process and procedures with Offer to Market and Offer Creation Process

Perform contract and global supply management functions for T1 suppliers

Develop concentration strategy and synergies with Business Units on Power Supplies & Windings, etc.

Locate, analyze, and develop a consolidated quality supplier base to meet current and future commodity needs.

Create and maintain mutually beneficial long-term partnerships with suppliers for continuous quality improvement.

Develop and train an upstream advance sourcing team to engage with the design community

Monitor “hot” problems & provide mgt leadership to support priority conflicts/process compliance issues

Participate in Sourcing process and ensure teams’ early engagement at OCP Phase

Monitor raw material impacts, trends & initiate strategic negotiation plans capturing productivity opportunities

Understand, track, and forecast the key cost drivers and market factors for assigned commodities

Develop cross-functional teams to understand company-wide needs and evaluate suppliers

Implement appropriate sourcing strategies to control costs and to assure an adequate source of supply.

Create and implement an internal customer satisfaction survey, utilize output for departmental fine tuning

Review critical production capacity and resolve supply line issues

Facilitate quarterly reviews and develop continuous quality/delivery improvement plans

Reduce active supply base through disengagement process and consolidation

Support initiatives & provide issues resolution as needed

Escalation point for BUs during product development: strategy, performance, quality, execution, cost

Interfaces with multiple locations/BUs/Plants on multiple large programs simultaneously

Map BU technology and product roadmaps with our Key strategic partners

Inputs into strategy; deploys and maintains strategy and adherence to K&C supply base.

Cost management- models proto costs; cost avoidance; design commonality; supports value engineering

Updates BU/Plants on supplier and industry trends and issues

Key Challenges

Manage the suppliers’ base to reduce cost

Reduce active supply base

Depth of commodity knowledge of all purchasing/engineering systems and procedures

Balance of old and new systems

Purchasing system constraints

Work on multiple tasks simultaneously

Effective global communication

Key Performance Indicators

·          Reduction of total vendor base

·          Reduction of K&C suppliers

·          Consolidation of business with K&C suppliers

·          Increase visibility within K& C Suppliers

·          Meet or exceed quality, productivity & OTD targets

·          Receive feedback from all global divisions and provide information all business units from a global visibility standpoint

Requirements

·          Degree in Electrical Engineering or Diploma with 7—10 years of related electrical commodity management experience especially with Power supplies, windings, transformers, sensors and power related products

·          Strong verbal, written communication and excellent presentation skills

·          Excellent negotiation skills & vendor relationship management

·          Cross-functional leadership, inter-personal & analytical skills

·          Team player

·          Demonstrate and able to train others on relevant procedures and knowledge of relevant corporate procedures

·          Ability to facilitate conflict situation and keep supervisor informed appropriately

·          Able to cope with difficult/new/additional responsibilities with short notice