DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
| Executing NPD Projects: · Develop product and supplier market understanding to support NPD sourcing decisions. · Lead NPD sourcing activities throughout PDP, including costed BOMs, sourcing plans, supplier selection, and risk mitigation. · Provide Design-to-Value input to support manufacturability, quality, cost, and supplier capability. · Manage key sourcing projects in line with Molex procurement policies and project management requirements. · Support customer-focused sourcing actions to improve business win rate, cost competitiveness, and speed to market. · Identify and implement NPD cost avoidance and cost reduction opportunities. · Lead supplier qualification and onboarding before production release. Regional Category Management: · Manage assigned DSS direct material categories and sustaining supply base to improve cost competitiveness, supply continuity, and supplier performance. · Develop and execute sourcing strategies, including TCO, should-cost review, volume consolidation, alternate sourcing, localization, dual sourcing, and supplier development. · Partner with Global Category Leaders and cross-functional teams to align divisional sourcing strategies and business priorities. · Manage BOM cost across the product life cycle through RFQ analysis, cost reduction roadmap execution, price change control, and purchasing term improvement. · Conduct spend, demand, cost, market trend, and supplier performance analysis to support sourcing decisions and risk mitigation. · Lead supply risk mitigation actions, including supply base optimization, capacity evaluation, BCP support, VA/VE projects, and supply imbalance resolution. · Support PCN, EOL, supplier/material change, localization, capacity expansion, and strategic product pipeline activities. · Manage SRM activities with key suppliers, including supplier scorecard reviews, performance improvement, commercial negotiation, and supplier agreement support. |
| SCOPE: | · This is part of DSS Division CSBU Procurement team. |
EDUCATION:
| REQUIRED: | · Bachelor’s degree or above in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or another related Technical Field |
| PREFERRED: | · MBA or another related graduate degree or Certification |
WORK EXPERIENCE:
| REQUIRED: | · 5+ years of direct material procurement, sourcing, or category management experience, including NPD sourcing, supplier development, cost analysis, negotiation, and cross-functional project management. · Experience in global procurement management with significant experience in negotiations. · Global knowledge of suppliers and international markets. Related industry experience.
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| PREFERRED: | · Sourcing experience on connectors, cable, plastics, machining, molding, stamping, die-casting, plating, electronic components and outsourcing categories. |
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
| REQUIRED: | · Fluent in business English · Strong management and leadership skills · Clear communication at all levels · Cross-functional collaboration · Strong analytical and problem-solving skills · Demonstrated experience driving cross functional collaboration across geographies · Ability to manage multiple projects · Excellent organizational skills · Sense of urgency, high energy, and self-motivation · SAP and MS Office proficiency · May require business travel up to 20-30%
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| PREFERRED: | · RF components sourcing experience for China and abroad. · Familiar with ISO9000\ IATF 16949\ISO14001
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