Commodity Manager

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Commodity Manager, Electronics Overview
Drive sourcing activities through Commodity Management and New Product Introduction to meet overall company objectives.

**Responsibilities**:
Commodity Management
Develops and implements a sourcing strategy for the EE/Electro-mechanical commodities including technology direction, supplier analysis, development & selection, and pricing strategy.
Acts as primary interface with suppliers for all relationship management, pricing & contract negotiation, establishing the business framework for transactions, quarterly performance reviews, business development and supplier development initiatives.
Conducts strategic analysis on pricing, market intelligence, suppliers, contracts and agreements.
Evaluates the supplier base encompassing technical capability, quality sustainment, and costs deliverables.
Manages critical shortage, develop strategies on constrained commodities.
Identifies and implements cost savings opportunities through product transfer or complexity reduction initiatives.
Drives supplier development activities to understand Leica’s product and quality requirements and deliverables.
Maintains sustainable relationships and partnerships with suppliers to optimize procurement spend and fulfil the assigned commodities cost target.
Leads and drives process improvement, defines business processes and implements new tools/ processes.
Provides leadership support and coaching to team members towards delivering overall performance of department’s KPIs.
Comply and adhere to company Quality Management System and Environment, Health & Safety requirements.
New Product Introduction (Sourcing)
Manages RFQ packages, leads DFM discussions with suppliers and internal key stakeholders (R&D, Industrial Engineering, SQE) to meet drawing specifications and achieve optimal component cost and quality.
Manages FA (First Article) 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 Tollgate 5 phase. Requirements
At least 10 years of relevant experience in sourcing, purchasing and process engineering in a manufacturing environment.
Experience in manufacturing assembly and New Product Introduction (NPI) processes.
Experience in project transfer and project management skills.
Ability to comprehend engineering drawings independently for the purposes of suppliers’ qualification & selection.
Knowledge of APAC suppliers (EE/Electro-Mechanical) base.
Knowledge in SAP and MS Office, Project Management tools.
Exposure in high-mix low-volume (HMLV) environment and Kanban system, preferably in a medical equipment environment.
20% - 30% travel.
Personal Trait Profile
Ability to influence suppliers to meet performance targets.
Ability to work independently and a good team player.
Self-starter and resourceful, pro-active to ask the right questions.
Tenacity to do what is necessary to meet on-time deliveries.
Multi-tasking - Expediting, Analysis, Reporting simultaneously. Key Relationships
Internal
Engineers, Industrial Engineering
Engineers, R&D
Engineers, Supplier Quality
Buyers
Supervisors, Production
Functional executives

External
Suppliers
Auditors

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