Full Time
Johor
Posted 2 months ago
The Company
Our client operates extensive electronic manufacturing facilities, offering comprehensive Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) across various sectors, including medical, industrial, defence, communications, and automotive.
The Commodity Manager will be responsible to:
- Lead the development and implementation of sourcing strategies and supplier network capabilities for assigned Plastics and Metal commodities to achieve key goals.
- Develop and communicate Commodity strategies across the organization and NPI Operations to ensure sourcing decisions and product development aligns with strategic supplier selections.
- Formulate negotiation strategy to proactively drive cost reduction with suppliers in a complex, high mix/low volume environment that will meet strategic, operational and financial performance targets.
- Total commodity ownership, including supplier relationship management in alignment with the needs of the business, the supply strategy and specific commodity strategies.
- Inclusive of actively approaching the supplier market by means of investigating, screening, pre-selection and negotiation with new or alternative suppliers for a product group/line of business.
- Responsible for total supplier performance: measure and manage vs. key targets, compliance to agreements and implementing improvement roadmaps to address gaps.
- Work effectively with internal stakeholders cross-functionally and cross-regionally, as well as external partnerships who are critical to meet key objectives.
- Maintain and provide current understanding on industry and technology trends for the assigned Plastics, Metal or Built to Print Commodities.
- Act as escalation interface between suppliers and business regarding tactical issues, pricing, quality while maintaining continuity of supply by taking ownership of tactical issues, facilitating works through others, and driving the team to closure.
- Routinely performs supply risk assessments, and drives mitigation plans accordingly, including set up and working alternative supplier options for respective commodity.
The Ideal Candidate:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering or similar field.
- Minimum 5 years of work-related experience in Procurement and/or Commodity management for Plastics/Metal or Build to Print Commodities.
- Experience in more broadly based throughout the supply chain and has managed in different regions.
- Adept at influencing decisions and developing solutions to complex technical situations.
- Good command of written and spoken English and Malay. Mandarin language is an added advantage.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.