Materials Manager
Overview:
This position is to provide overall management of COS (continuity of supply) of particular product line in the OEM/CM environment to support the MPS requirement from production planning. This is not a managerial position but definitely will have opportunity for promotion given performance and potential is justified.
Major Responsibilities and Key Objectives:
• Continuity of Supply Management
• Maintain and Manage Supply Chain processes
– Manage and mitigate component shortages
– CM Miscellaneous charges
– Component Buffer Strategies (VMI/SMI/ROP)
– Key Component Management
– MRP Integrity through Audits
– NPI/Sustaining Transition
– EOL
– Component Allocation
• Provide Supply/Demand analysis for CTB
• Material risk mgmnt during production ramp & NPI transitions
• Contract Manufacturing Execution Management
• Provide support and training for CMs to ensure key metrics are achieved
• Ensure CMs are following processes and procedures
• Coordinate supply/demand analysis and PO Management
• Establish and maintain strong working relationship with CMs
• Understand CM processes, business model and supply chain to help drive business trade-offs
• Inventory Management
• Material Impact analysis
• E&O & MRB management
• Understanding of product & material liabilities
• Site balancing
• Process and Tools Enhancement
• Proactively drive cross-functional teams to develop or enhance common processes and tools to improve efficiencies and effectiveness as business scales or evolves
Person Specifications:
- University degree in business administration or engineering major, MBA is preferred.
- 7-8 years of professional experience in material planning/purchasing in a multi-national environment in the IT/electronics industry with well-balanced purchasing & planning experience
- Familiar with OEM/CM business model
- Excellent English skills (listening, reading, writing & speaking)
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Candidate must be able to work independently with minimum supervision
- Hands-on and result-oriented
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