OVERALL MISSION / PURPOSE
- To organise, conduct and lead the price negotiations with key suppliers in regular basis. This is the major actions to achieve price reduction.
- Review RFQ package
- Pre-meeting with commodity management team leader to lay out the negotation plan, tactics and issues.
- Pre-meeting with suppliers to understand market situation and deliever AE expectation/target for the upcoming negotiation.
- Prepare presentation for each supplier negotiation: business update, scorecard result, new project incentive.
- Conduct and lead the pricing negotiation to make sure the negotiation results meet the overall target.
- Follow up with the suppliers on any open issues/actions from the negotiation meetings.
- Report and document the negotiation results/issues/actions.
- Publish the new pricings and effective date and drive for implementation in each division.
- To provide cost reduction projection and alternate parts proposal to the key projects. The objective is to ensure the components use in these products are cost effective and in-line with suppy chain strategies.
- Review BOM - propose alternate parts from PSL in avoid single source
- Source from and develop PML / Best Cost supplier
- Work on quotation and forward pricing for key items with suppliers
- Provide forward pricings projection
- Monitor the actualised cost reduction vs projection and take action to close the gap
- To represent the corresponding GCM group to monitor and report the PPV/NMI in the monthly review meeting with senior management.
- Co-ordinate within the team to plan and execute the actions to achieve the forecast PPV.
- Review the monthly POR to make sure the PPV progress as plan.
- Report any issue and concerns that will affect the PPV.
- To support Commodity Manager and Leader in specific BU issues such as material expediting , VMI and Incoterms.
- Evaluate escalation request from different manufacturer sites and Purchasing team.
- Escalate the request to supplier&aposs senior management and expedite for response/improvement.
- Take the lead on shortage escalation call and monitor the progress and report back to supply chain and related stakeholders.
- To support Commodity Manager and Leader in specific BU issues such as material expediting , VMI and Incoterms.
- Meet with supplier&aposs sales and marketing to get update on the market situation, review product roadmap/technology trend and design-in for new projects.
- Feedback the supplier meetings update to GCM team lead. Understand the commodity requirements and ensure key supplier&aposs latest/most cost effective technology is being considered in new design.
- Communicate with suppliers and ensure AE requirement are covered and in line with suppliers technology development and focus.
- To prepare and document the Commodity Strategy and Action Plan (5 Year Commodity Strategy, Executive Summary and Monthly Commodity Outlook and Industry Trend) for AE Procurement guideline and direction.
- Collect market information.
- Extract and review the related spend data from Power BI.
- Review the spend and performance of each suppliers.
- Review the data and action plan with major BU.
- Review and present the strategy and action plan to management.
- Finalise and release the Commodity Strategy and action plan.
- To organise, conduct and lead the material program review with key project stakeholders
- Recognise stakeholders and each teams focal contacts.
- Review and comprehend customer and project requirement.
- Identify critical design requirement and components.
- Obtain project information including customer, application, forecast, MP schedule, etc.
- Review and justify BOM cost and target cost with Sales and Marketing.
- To review and clarify BOM and component specification with Design and Marketing.
- Review BOM structure and component list.
- Verify and update findings with Design (DE).
- Identify critical and top spend components.
- Collaborate with DE to obtain most updated specification and drawings.
- Organize discussion for DE and GCM on specification and technical requirement.
- To validate GCM proposals on AML and Alernatives for BOM cost optimization.
- Confirm DFM, DFA, DFC is considered in component selection.
- Drive PML and PPL penetration.
- Verify multiple source and alternatives proposal are in place.
- Optimize BOM cost by using lower cost alternative, reducing part count and other design recommendation.
- To consolidate, publish and drive MPM result to project stakeholders and Management.
- Consolidate GCM feedback and alternative proposals.
- Verify and justify additonal cost savings and design recommendation.
- Review MPM result with GCM management.
- Report MPM result to project stakeholders.
- Drive follow up actions with stakeholders to optimize BOM cost from early design stage.
- To collaborate with GCM, CE and DE to have engagement and alignment with company preferred suppliers.
- Arrange and coordinate supplier technical seminar and meeting for design center.
- Align with GCM and interface with suppliers to drive supply chain strategy in design.
- Cordinate DE and CFG team to optimize the PML/PPL and Commodity classification in Ipro.
- To drive material readiness, smooth product transitions and identify supply chain risk
- Drive material readiness for NPI builds with the cooperation with GCM and Buyer.
- Ensure smooth product transitions by PM, GCM and Suppliers.
- Identify supply chain risk and mitigation plans for NPI builds.
Knowledge
1 . Basic commodity knowledge
2 . Market trend / technology roadmap
3 . Supply and demand situation
4 . Procurement terms and practices
- Divisions knowledge - Business and Product
- Program and Project Management
Skills
- Negotiation
- Communication
- Presentation
- Excel and Powerpoint
Abilities & Behavior
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Target oriented
- Analytical mind and decision maker
- Work through prorities
- Efficient task management
