Senior Category Specialist

3 weeks ago

Singapur, Singapore WSAudiology Full time

Driven by the passion to improve the quality of people’s lives, WS Audiology continues to grow as a market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation to reach more people more effectively.

This Senior Category Specialist will drive towards optimal TCO conditions (cost, commercial, quality, delivery, innovation) by developing and implementing category strategies to improve supply chain efficiencies, ensure resiliency, and reduce the total cost of the supply chain. Outcomes should sustain a competitive advantage for WSA, utilizing global market exploitation, leveraging spend, and technologies.

What you will do
  • Lead negotiation and cost-saving initiatives for outsourcing (EMS) of power supplies and accessories, managing approximately EUR 30 million annual spend.
  • Develop and own supplier relationships for strategic initiatives to implement cross-business synergies across a rationalized set of global and regional preferred supplier partners.
  • Serve as a Sourcing–R&D–Engineering liaison to ensure visibility and alignment on timelines, target costs, new platforms/technologies, supplier selection, and NPI risk mitigation.
  • Develop innovative solutions, forecast category projections, and provide mitigation actions to ensure key procurement metrics are achieved, with a special focus on risk mitigation and supply continuity.
  • Ensure commercial terms align with organizational goals, including payment and shipping terms and liabilities.
What you bring

Experience

  • Over 5 years of experience in strategic sourcing of direct materials or EMS.
  • Technical and cost driver knowledge in direct materials and components, preferably in electronics.
  • Experience in program and process development to integrate cost savings strategies into product development.
  • Ability to speak Mandarin is preferred, especially due to many suppliers being based in North Asia.
  • Experience managing external vendors to deliver results within designated timelines.
  • Experience handling internal and external stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of cost modeling and strategic sourcing processes.

Personal competencies

  • Learning agility – demonstrates swift understanding of core aspects in unfamiliar situations and seeks to assimilate new facts, data, and information.
  • Manage complexity – asks the right questions to analyze situations, gathers data from diverse sources, and uncovers root causes of problems.
  • Drive results – maintains a strong bottom-line orientation, persists despite obstacles, and has a track record of exceeding goals.
  • Collaborates – builds partnerships and works collaboratively to meet shared objectives.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills – able to clearly demonstrate and explain technical opportunities.
Who we are

At WS Audiology, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.

With 12,000 colleagues across 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by restoring hearing for millions worldwide.

Join a truly global company that values diversity, cares for one another, and celebrates success.

Sounds wonderful? We look forward to hearing from you.

WS Audiology is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive employee experience. We believe our best work occurs when everyone feels free to be their authentic selves.

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