Regional Commodity Manager - Sourcing/Procurement - Electronics Firm

Regional Commodity Manager (Electronics)-- A leading MNC Company

Commodities: Transformers, EMS, Power Semiconductors, Relays and Windings on PCB, Passive components, Cables and other Drives components

Experience: 6 to 8 years

Product : Medium Voltage Motors, Medium Voltage Drives Etc.

Objectives and Responsibilities

- Understand the business needs of LDA and locations and identify feasible Local for Global (L4G) commodities/ components in alignment with Global Commodities Managers and global location

- Commodities Handled: Transformers, EMS, Power Semiconductors, Relays and Windings on PCB, Passive components, Cables and other Drives components

- Organize and drive global sourcing projects that are jointly defined with Global Commodity Manager and global locations to increase the PVO from India

- Contribution to global material strategies and execution of those regionally in India

- Reduce costs at suppliers through effective utilization of procurement levers (e.g. negotiation, cost transparency, e-sourcing, cost value engineering)

- Manage and track capacity utilization at suppliers as well as the development status of new products

- Support best-in-class Supply Chain Management processes in order to secure productivity, assets, quality, delivery reliability and innovation, including escalation, contract- and claim management

- Support with escalations, expediting and on-site tracking of progress of deliveries at suppliers to ensure on-time deliveries

- Forward systematically all relevant Procurement related project information (e.g. updated contractual conditions, Supplier Management data, supply market intelligence, commercial & technical trends, benchmarks) to keep all stakeholders up to date and maintain regular contact with relevant interfaces

- Ensure data transparency and report relevant procurement KPI (e.g. CNI, eAuctions, Supply Base Optimization, GVS share) in assigned commodities to ensure business planning and target achievement and to make results transparent

- Manage and develop India supplier base in commercial issues, supplier qualification, development and overall relationship management

- Contribute to sourcing decisions under consideration of total costs

- Product knowledge, Materials knowledge, commercial knowledge and Manufacturing of Drive knowledge.

- Handled Sourcing, Supplier development and Global projects

Skills:

Unrestricted :

- Demonstrates ownership culture by initiative in developing plans, execution of those plans, focusing on business results, full transparency, open & honest communication and making bold decisions

- Demonstrated strategic procurement skills in the areas of sourcing, negotiation, pooling, cost transparency, design-to-cost, cost value engineering, supplier development and supplier relationship management

- Strong written and verbal communication skills - if needed on executive-level - including extensive expertise in presentation development

- Demonstrates and applies advanced knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures for area managed and expert knowledge of other areas in the company and how they interact.

- Proofed ability to align with business partners and objectives as well as collaborate cross-functionally

- Open to travel on a regular basis (mainly domestically)

Experience - 8 years and min 3 years in Manufacturing. Worked with Global team for few years.