Job Description

I.        Basic Purpose of Position

Responsible for achieving aggressive targets on service, quality and cost associated with commodities and services. Provides leadership, facilitation, collaboration and focus to the supply chain for the achievement of continuous improvement, total cost reduction and supplier diversity goals. Ensure materials are available to production to support customer delivery requirement as or below the bid cost.

I.        Major Responsibilities

A.      Revenue forecast

·         Responsible for company revenue forecast.

B.      Materials

·         Manage Inventory.

·         Work with customer to understand future demand, predict material constraints.

·         Be consultant to customer in future purchase order release.

·         Responsible for the procurement of materials that is on time to customer and production requirements, ensuring input material meets the quality standards and resolving gaps in a timely manner. For the identification, selection, and management of suppliers to minimize total cost of ownership and minimize supply chain risks for the company and its customers.

·         Proactive risk identification in the supply chain and establishing mitigation strategies to minimize delivery, cost and inventory risks to the company and its customers. Inventory risks include but are not limited to excess inventory, material liability, delivery risk and obsolescence.

·         Responsible for the complete and comprehensive reporting of status to planning, customer administration and others as required.

·         Negotiating with suppliers to achieve the net working capital targets established by the company. This includes inventory and payment terms.

·         Accurate identification, communication, and mitigation of delivery risks in the supply chain with sufficient time and clarity for resolution before impacting the customer requirements.

·         Negotiation of competitive material pricing for all commodities to ensure new business will meet desired targets both in acquisition of new business and execution.

·         Support all department for ad-hoc requirements for non-production materials and “as required” production supplies

·         Manage the supplier rating system including feedback and corrective actions.

·         Support all departments with supply chain and material management expertise as required.

·         Communication of all commercial requirements to suppliers, including but not limited to price, quality, delivery, revision/ specification of products.

·         Maintain export licenses and obtain the necessary support of U.S. personnel to ensure continuity of supply in compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations.

·         Supplier Development.

A.      Budget:

·         Preparation of annual budget as it pertains to their respective department including staffing, training requirements, expenses, supplies, travel.

·         Management of the above throughout the year, flexing appropriately with business fluctuations.

·         Meeting or exceeding the annual cost reduction target. 

B.      People:

·         Skill assessment including skills gap analysis for both current and future need and employee development.

·         Maintain departmental roles with sufficient flexibility to allow for business fluctuations with the minimum staff possible.

·         Performance management

C.      Resource Provision:

·         Responsible to provide the appropriate, qualified staff to the project leader for identified projects. The project may include but are not limited to: Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, NPI and Business Development efforts.

·         Support cross department labor surge requirements to prevent unnecessary recruitment and to ensure customer satisfaction.

D.      Reporting:

·         Responsible for the accurate and timely reporting of the status of their department and the company including the identification and follow up of appropriate actions.

E.      Other’s requirement

·         Ability to manage projects effectively and meet Company deadlines.

·         Complete tasks and special projects as required by General Director.