? Understand and effectively communicate global business trends & drivers (technological & business footprints) and plan. ? Utilize commodity expertise, to build and develop a competitive supplier base and manage long-term relationships with the suppliers to support the global business trends and drivers. ? Support to define and align the commodity strategies to achieve corporate, purchasing & regional BU objectives. Should include supply base rationalization, development & spend management for geographic considerations, Best Cost Country (BCC), BU needs, new technologies, marketing/product strategies and cost management goals. ? Possess knowledge of supply market trends and characteristics (e.g., associations, conferences, etc). ? Accountability for supplier cost, schedule and quality, aiding in escalations as needed to drive decisions affecting operational and cost efficiency. ? Responsible for NPI, commodity assigned sourcing and sample ordering to support the product development and Projects. ? Purchasing participant on Advanced Technology projects related to commodities, negotiate upfront with supplier technology partners to mitigate downstream risk. ? Drive new supplier approval process. ? Provides management with status, impact analyses, and recommendations necessary to make decisions to resolve issues and meet commitments. ? Perform benchmarking and cost analysis in awareness of the market trend to develop strategies to ensure the competitive cost advantage and preserve the right purchasing decision. ? Provide recover mechanisms for cost drives, when necessary. ? Coordinate w VA/VE manager on Right Side Sourcing opportunities. ? Align the negotiation strategy and direction for suppliers, include appropriate team members. ? Execute negotiation plan to achieve the company’s target including cost, payment term, incoterm, lead time, inventory, contracts and etc. ? As Contract Sponsor, negotiate, create, maintain & enforce all commodity supplier contracts according to the regional legal standard.
? Coordinate with DRiV Corporation legal team to ensure contractual obligations minimize risk to the Company. ? Maintain price tables and/or manage requisitions for pricing related to commodity contracts/negotiations. ? Store contracts according to DRiV Corporation policy. ? Coordinate with SDE to establish & implement quality assurance standards and ensure suppliers strict adherence to the standards. ? Support the supplier performance management and follow up specific development with suppliers. ? Serve as focal point for escalation of all supplier relationship issues. Ensure quick and efficient resolution of unplanned issues. ? Proactively identifies risks and linkages. Anticipate potential problems. Ensures contingency plans are created and proper coordination occurs. Recommends alternatives and trade-offs and ensures that decisions are made by the appropriate team, organization, or manager at the partner. ? The authority to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of non-conformities relating to the product, process and quality system and the authority to stop further work on non-conforming suspect product until the deficiency or conditions have been corrected. ? Define and execute skill sets to achieve team goals and objectives. ? Execute team management like target settings, capacity balancing, team development, performance reviews, personnel issues, training, etc. as required. (If supervise employees) ? Capable of providing any other additional support as requested by supervisor. ? Follow the EHS regulations of the company. Implement the EHS requirement to ensure all action satisfied with ISO14001、IATF16949 & OHSAS18001 requirements.