Description
Responsibilities
- Development, presentation, execution, and regular updating of procurement strategies for responsible commodities globally and regionally. Significant focus on a cost competitive and sustainable supply base, driving cost optimization, supplier improvement and development, supplier quality, and supply chain performance.
- Manage supplier relationships with current suppliers.
- Identify, benchmark and analyze potential new suppliers that could reduce costs and provide increased value to Yanfeng.
- Lead, develop, and manage commodity road maps to meet or exceed planned goals for cost savings and material economics and to provide forecast information to the organization.
- Drive and support cost savings activities including material changes, material consolidation etc.
- Understand market for responsible commodities and drive initiates to mitigate risk or promote opportunities for the business.
- Work with commercial on material economics claim with OEM customers.
- Follow purchasing operating system and purchasing process to complete sourcing and negotiation, execution of strategies, and any operational procurement items.
- Update purchase orders periodically with suppliers per the agreement
- Support purchase to pay issues.
- Support supplier development teams by leading supplier executive reviews with low performing suppliers, support and negotiate supplier charge back escalations.
- Guarantee compliance with internal processes.
Qualifications
- Bachelors level degree, Supply Chain Management or Business Administration.
- 5-9 minimum years of experience with supply chain-related roles with a focus on negotiation.
- 3-5 minimum years of experience within the automotive industry.
- Experience with raw materials is a plus.
- Strong relational/interpersonal skills.
- Must be willing to travel and work at supplier locations, including industrial manufacturing plants which may require climbing, lifting, or working in confined spaces.
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