Responsibilities:
Category Management & Strategic Sourcing
- Develop and implement Category Strategy
- Perform Market analysis including supplier landscape, capabilities and technology roadmaps
- Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal setting to improve value such as high revenue, spend reduction, purchasing efficiency, customer services and supplier management
- Recommend resource levels across procurement sourcing categories, projects and functions
- Drive sourcing requirements and supplier selection through decision matrix in support of technology development, cost reduction, performance improvement efforts and sustainability
- Facilitate co-development activities and collaboration with suppliers
- Implement processes to supervise partner satisfaction with key suppliers
Cost Management & Analysis
- Identify and evaluate category-specific savings/revenue levers
- Drive category savings/revenue and scorecard metric targets
- Provide market intelligence and category price trends to relevant internal partners
- Apply cost modeling (should-cost models, Total Cost of Ownership or other analytical techniques) to drive negotiation for assigned categories that are benchmarked and relevant to the global marketplace
Negotiation
- Lead and partner with collaborators in negotiations with suppliers for strategic sourcing events/RFQ process into bundled negotiation
- Lead or participate in negotiations for contract extensions and renewals, renegotiation of prices, transfers, etc
- Incorporate savings targets and contract requirements into negotiations
- Develop contract strategy for suppliers in assigned categories and build, negotiate, monitor and implement contracted terms and conditions to drive accountability to TCO performance commitments that transfer into beneficial business engagement
Business Partnering
- Partner with Customers to deliver Strategic Solutions for the assigned categories
- Develop and maintain expertise in the assigned spend categories through relationships with key partners
- Interact with Micron and Supplier executives
- Drive customer-centric approach to solving issues and representing Procurement
Additional Job Description
You are:
- Well-versed in Assembly Processes and Capital Procurement
- Experienced in a Category Management role, preferably in semiconductor or high-tech industry
- Demonstrate experience in Strategic Sourcing
- Strong in Negotiation and Communication skills
Qualifications & Skills:
- Minimum 5-8 years of experience in Procurement and Engineering
- Bachelor degree in Engineering with CPM/CPSN is an added advantage
- Proficient in written and verbal communication and presentation skills
