Senior Sourcing Engineer

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Senior Sourcing Engineer, Electronics Overview
Drive sourcing activities through Commodity Management and New Product Introduction to meet overall company objectives. Responsibilities
Commodity Management
Evaluates the supplier base encompassing technical capability, quality sustainment, and costs deliverables.
Defines, develops, and executes sourcing strategies.
Identifies and implements cost savings opportunities.
Negotiate contracts (commercial and terms of supply), conducts price negotiations and regular supplier/quarterly business reviews (SBR/QBR) on suppliers’ performance indicators. Driving for root cause analysis for performance indicators failing below expectations and following up for closure to the action plan.
Maintains sustainable relationships and partnerships with suppliers to optimize procurement spend and fulfil the assigned commodities cost target.
Be point-of-escalation to manage supply and quality delinquencies.

New Product Introduction - Sourcing Support
Leads DFM discussions and manage RFQ packages with suppliers and internal key stakeholders (R&D, Industrial Engineering, SQE) to meet drawing specifications and achieve optimal component cost and quality
Manages the FA (First Articles) submission timeline, qualification status and approval records. Expedite resolution of FA failures to meet the project target milestone.
Ensures supply chain connectivity of all parts during Product transfer and NPI builds till mass production phase.
Comply and adhere to company Quality Management System and Environment, Health & Safety Management System requirements.

Others
Undertakes and performs any other duties as assigned by the Dept Head

**Requirements**:
Degree in Engineering with min. 5 years (or Diploma in Engineering with min. 8 years) or more of relevant experience in sourcing, purchasing and process engineering in a manufacturing environment.
Experience in manufacturing processes related to EE commodity, preferably in power supply, PCBA, and related EE components and processes.
Experience in NPI sourcing and product transfer.
Ability to comprehend engineering drawings, BOM independently for the purposes of vendor qualification & selection
Knowledge in SAP and MS Office.
Exposure in high-mix low-volume (HMLV) environment and Kanban system, preferably in a medical equipment environment
Flexibility and willingness to travel (10% - 25%) Personal Trait Profile
Ability to influence suppliers to meet performance targets.
A good team player.
Ability to work independently, a self-starter and resourceful.
Tenacity to do what is necessary to meet on-time deliveries.
Multi-tasking - Expediting, Analysis, Reporting simultaneously. Key Relationships
Internal
Engineers, Production
Engineers, R&D
Buyers
Supervisors, Production
Engineers, Supplier Quality
Functional executives
External
Suppliers
Auditors

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