Strategic Sourcing Analyst III

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

• Focal point of all supply chain initiatives associated with NPD for assigned product lines.
• Develop & implement all integrated supply chain activities for New Product Introduction. 
• Fully understand new project background information, including project footprint plan, project commercial information in terms of sample/ramp up/MP schedule and cost target, BOM components technical requirement and etc. 
• Develop strategic vision for supply base at conception phase of new products.
• Improve time to market including quotation and sampling activities, driving material standardization, 
• Arrange RFQ, analyze and organize SSR meeting to award business based on cost, lead time, core competency, and location.
• Ensure vendor quoted costs meet BOM cost Landing Zone targets. Work with commodity management team and should cost team to achieve the target.
• Design first-time-right supply chains for new products / platforms during development phase
• Promote Dual Source and Localization in new project phase. 
• Work with commodity management to leverage supplier capabilities and improve collaboration among company and supply base
• Improve overall service from Procurement to Internal customer e.g. project managers and project core team members. 
• Provide strong support for company manufacturing plant(s) for NPI. 
• Holds Voice of Customer Sessions with internal customers and utilizes feedback to improve team performance and supply base service. 
• Complete special projects as directed by regional or global management.

Requirements:

• 6+ years’ experience in NPD Sourcing or project management role.
• Proven Experience in New Product Introduction as a sourcing analyst in a global company is preferred
• Experience in sourcing mechanical components such as stamping, molding, diecasting, machining, and electronics components such as PCB, PCBA, cable. Technical understanding of these commodities is required.
• Education: Bachelor level degree in Business, Supply Chain, Sourcing/ Procurement or related field. Advanced degree a plus.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal English.
• Self-motivated individual with a positive attitude, able to work well with international teams and individuals.
• Strong analytical skills, comprehensive and logic thinking. 
• Demonstrated negotiation skills.
• Proficient in MS office suite; advanced Excel, Power point.
• Lean PD experience is a plus.
• Previous SAP experience or training a plus.