Manager - Global Commodity Management

OVERALL MISSION / PURPOSE

• To organise, conduct and lead the price negotiations with key suppliers in regular basis. This is the major actions to achieve price reduction.
• Review RFQ package
• Pre-meeting with commodity management team leader to lay out the negotation plan, tactics and issues.
• Pre-meeting with suppliers to understand market situation and deliever AE expectation/target for the upcoming negotiation.
• Prepare presentation for each supplier negotiation: business update, scorecard result, new project incentive.
• Conduct and lead the pricing negotiation to make sure the negotiation results meet the overall target.
• Follow up with the suppliers on any open issues/actions from the negotiation meetings.
• Report and document the negotiation results/issues/actions.
• Publish the new pricings and effective date and drive for implementation in each division.
• To provide cost reduction projection and alternate parts proposal to the key projects. The objective is to ensure the components use in these products are cost effective and in-line with suppy chain strategies.
• Review BOM - propose alternate parts from PSL in avoid single source
• Source from and develop PML / Best Cost supplier
• Work on quotation and forward pricing for key items with suppliers
• Provide forward pricings projection
• Monitor the actualised cost reduction vs projection and take action to close the gap
• To represent the corresponding GCM group to monitor and report the PPV/NMI in the monthly review meeting with senior management.
• Co-ordinate within the team to plan and execute the actions to achieve the forecast PPV.
• Review the monthly POR to make sure the PPV progress as plan.
• Report any issue and concerns that will affect the PPV.
• To support Commodity Manager and Leader in specific BU issues such as material expediting , VMI and Incoterms.
• Evaluate escalation request from different manufacturer sites and Purchasing team.
• Escalate the request to supplier's senior management and expedite for response/improvement.
• Take the lead on shortage escalation call and monitor the progress and report back to supply chain and related stakeholders.
• To support Commodity Manager and Leader in specific BU issues such as material expediting , VMI and Incoterms.
• Meet with supplier's sales and marketing to get update on the market situation, review product roadmap/technology trend and design-in for new projects.
• Feedback the supplier meetings update to GCM team lead. Understand the commodity requirements and ensure key supplier's latest/most cost effective technology is being considered in new design.
• Communicate with suppliers and ensure AE requirement are covered and in line with suppliers technology development and focus.
• To prepare and document the Commodity Strategy and Action Plan (5 Year Commodity Strategy, Executive Summary and Monthly Commodity Outlook and Industry Trend) for AE Procurement guideline and direction.
• Collect market information.
• Extract and review the related spend data from Power BI.
• Review the spend and performance of each suppliers.
• Review the data and action plan with major BU.
• Review and present the strategy and action plan to management.
• Finalise and release the Commodity Strategy and action plan.
• To organise, conduct and lead the material program review with key project stakeholders
• Recognise stakeholders and each teams focal contacts.
• Review and comprehend customer and project requirement.
• Identify critical design requirement and components.
• Obtain project information including customer, application, forecast, MP schedule, etc.
• Review and justify BOM cost and target cost with Sales and Marketing.
• To review and clarify BOM and component specification with Design and Marketing.
• Review BOM structure and component list.
• Verify and update findings with Design (DE).
• Identify critical and top spend components.
• Collaborate with DE to obtain most updated specification and drawings.
• Organize discussion for DE and GCM on specification and technical requirement.
• To validate GCM proposals on AML and Alernatives for BOM cost optimization.
• Confirm DFM, DFA, DFC is considered in component selection.
• Drive PML and PPL penetration.
• Verify multiple source and alternatives proposal are in place.
• Optimize BOM cost by using lower cost alternative, reducing part count and other design recommendation.
• To consolidate, publish and drive MPM result to project stakeholders and Management.
• Consolidate GCM feedback and alternative proposals.
• Verify and justify additonal cost savings and design recommendation.
• Review MPM result with GCM management.
• Report MPM result to project stakeholders.
• Drive follow up actions with stakeholders to optimize BOM cost from early design stage.
• To collaborate with GCM, CE and DE to have engagement and alignment with company preferred suppliers.
• Arrange and coordinate supplier technical seminar and meeting for design center.
• Align with GCM and interface with suppliers to drive supply chain strategy in design.
• Cordinate DE and CFG team to optimize the PML/PPL and Commodity classification in Ipro.
• To drive material readiness, smooth product transitions and identify supply chain risk
• Drive material readiness for NPI builds with the cooperation with GCM and Buyer.
• Ensure smooth product transitions by PM, GCM and Suppliers.
• Identify supply chain risk and mitigation plans for NPI builds.

Knowledge
1 . Basic commodity knowledge

2 . Market trend / technology roadmap

3 . Supply and demand situation

4 . Procurement terms and practices

• Divisions knowledge - Business and Product
• Program and Project Management

Skills

• Negotiation
• Communication
• Presentation
• Excel and Powerpoint

Abilities & Behavior

• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Target oriented
• Analytical mind and decision maker
• Work through prorities
• Efficient task management