Job Description
This position is responsible for leading the sourcing and investigationof new potential suppliers for direct materials of seating components in North America Region.
Main responsibilities :
- Control sourcing on time at or below cost targets
- Investigate and validate new potential suppliers in North America Region to support YFS operations
- Identification and analysis of potential new suppliers and lead the cost savings opportunities.
- Ensure flawless SDT launches per PLUS and customer timing / deliverables
- Maintain direct production materials / components to ensure accuracy
- Strive to achieve cost savings goals and financial commitments per program / corporate targets
- Understand and support execution of supplier Commodity Strategies
- Support Commodity Managersin developing and implementing sub commodity strategies (SMPE)
- Initiate and lead cross functional Make vs. Buy decisions
- Supplier Management activities : RFQ(Request for Quote), change management, contract negotiations, payment queries, dispute resolution,etc.
- Coordination of commodity specific cost savings and economic variances with senior management for forecast planning
Qualifications :
- 4 years degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Business Administration with a Master Degree desired
- Minimum of 5 years experience within automotive or related industry
Technical :
- Automotive manufacturing, engineering, procurement, Supply Chain Management(SCM) and / or costing
- Problem solving to analyze and identify waste in supplier process to drive cost reductions and process improvements
Contract Administration :
- Ability to analyze and execute contracts
- Understand key contract provisions and terms and conditions
- Understand Statement of Work requirements
Financial :
- Understand benchmark requirements
- Identify and understand key cost drivers
- Prepare and present cost analysis to support decision making process
- Work to understand TotalCost impacts to the business to drive proper sourcing decisions
Negotiations :
- Ability to gather information, analyze data,prepare for and / or lead negotiations to ensure Yanfeng Automotive seatings financial, quality, delivery, cost savings and other corporate goals are met
- Understand supplier performance, process, footprint strategies in relation to Yanfeng Automotive seatings’ operations in orderto provide Best Cost sourcing
- Understand customer commercial and footprint strategies in order to provide Best Cost sourcing
Other :
- Support annual Business Review process with strategic suppliers to ensure supplier specific roadmaps are met
- Support Commodity Teams in driving improvements in the following areas in order to meet or exceed planned goals : forecasted savings, continuous improvement, economics mitigation, supplier quality performance, supplier rationalization, subcommodity strategies, LCC sourcing content, payment terms, supplier T&Cs, and other strategic objectives
- Support Material Best Business Practices (MBBP) to implement strategies and cost savings
- Develop sub commodity strategies through SMPE initiatives
- Support on site Supplier Readiness Reviews (SRR) and Launch Readiness Reviews (LRR)
- Support compliance with BOS, PLUS, POS and SOX procedures
- Support advanced and operational Purchasing activities within a Commodity organization starting from phase 0-5 and over production lifetime
People Management :
- Interact effectively with cross functional team - purchasing,program management, operations facilities, quality, engineering, costing, finance
- Lead and deliver results to support cross functional goals launch on time, below cost targets,internal return rates, etc
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