Responsibilities:

• Drive manufacturing partners to ensure on time delivery of products, maximize revenue shipment and meet market share commit.
• Support NPI Programs (factory resources, part in-house etc).
• Manage Factory capacity (production line optimizations, DL allocations etc) to meet business needs.
• Drive/support mitigation effort for business continuity.
• Manage Factory E&O / Product Roll over to minimize exposure and obsolescence.
• Manage Factory Inventory for assurance of supply & mitigate liability risk.
• Manage part consignment for assurance of supply and contain book to physical variances.
• Drive factory responsiveness to meet demand changes and business needs; these include supporting material buffers, driving hybrid crews, rebalancing crews, etc.
• Manage factory exception cost & mitigations.
• Executes risk mitigation, business continuity, cost management, and operation strategies.
• Support Process Improvement/SC Initiatives (ABC, WW Pooling, Consignment Enabling, FDS, TER, CTO, TDD, etc.).

Qualifications:

• First level university degree or equivalent experience; advanced university degree preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience in procurement or supply chain function.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes, industry, and suppliers.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong business application skills (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint) and supply chain modelling skills.
• Strong knowledge and use of procurement tools and applications.
• Strong communication skills, including presentation and negotiation abilities.
• Basic Project Management Skills.
• Basic ability to develop suppliers
• Strong teamwork and basic leadership skills; basic influencing skills.