As a Network Supply Manager individual contributor, you will develop and execute a holistic strategy and be part of a global team dedicated to this function across all Assembly and Test manufacturing locations. In this role, you will partner with stakeholders to build a comprehensive view of supplier performance for continued sourcing success and improvements.
You will participate in and/or lead the development and implementation of category strategies and projects related to but not limited to supply base optimization, lead time reductions, cashflow management, cost of ownership reduction initiatives, and pricing/contract negotiations. You will also work with stakeholders and suppliers to resolve and prevent critical issues surrounding quality and delivery.
This will be done by understanding current and future needs, an analysis of market and company trends, perform and participate in the benchmarking of world-class approaches, and identify opportunities to leverage changes in processes, systems and product/services. Then prioritize and drive the implementation based upon estimating timing and level of savings captured.
Other responsibilities include ensuring department compliance to company policies and departmental procedures. You will be responsible for providing input back to leadership on the building and implementing department strategies, processes, and policy through active participation on teams and projects.
This role requires close collaboration with Category Supplier Managers, Central Engineering, Planning/Industrial Engineering, Site Engineering, Finance, Legal and other stakeholders.
- Manage procurement process for Capital, Spares and Services
- Manage Procure to Pay (P2P) process for capital, spares and services, not limited to delivery date follow up, cash flow maintenance, budgeting process, invoice reconciliation.
- Maintain on-time delivery (OTD) to meet the network capacity requirement
- Manage Supplier Relationship
- Act as primary point of contact for assigned suppliers
- Perform commercial supplier qualification activities to ensure the commercial development of strategic suppliers
- Maintain collaborative relationships with supplier(s) while resolving supplier performance/capability issues
- Ensure suppliers comply with Micron's code-of-conduct programs and corporate social responsibility initiatives
- Communicate key supplier management updates and decisions to multiple levels in the organization
- Provide the voice of the supply base to Micron and provide the voice of Micron to the supply base
- Identify and Implement Supplier-Related Savings Levers
- Utilize data and should-cost models to drive cost improvement
- Serve as the subject matter expert for suppliers sharing knowledge with key stakeholders
- Drive Negotiations with Suppliers for Sustaining Purchases
- Lead or participate in negotiations for contract extensions and renewals
- Coordinate with Category Supplier Manager on global negotiations or lead local/regional sourcing events / RFQ process.
- Develop a contract strategy for managed suppliers and create, negotiate, monitor, and enforce contracted terms and conditions
- Ensure Supplier Performance Management
- Works with suppliers for continuous improvement on Capacity and Leadtime
- Partner with the Category team and to build comprehensive view of supplier performance. Consolidates supplier performance for roll up to QBR/ASE
- Collect and relay site- specific priorities to suppliers
- Collaborate internally to drive and develop key performance measures/metrics for Strategic Suppliers and monitor supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement
- Identify and work on productivity improvement initiatives
