As a key partner in product cost reduction activities, in early phase innovation working closely with the design engineers and/or in the manufacturing phase, your role will include the following,
Responsibilities
- New product sourcing and management. Participate in research and analysis to identify project requirements, conceptualizing plans, designing, and developing systems, establishing guidelines and goals, and creating strategy to optimize operational activities for new product introduction.
- Work with Engineering, Quality, Commodity and NPI to ensure success in new product development and launch.
- Manage and coordinate in earlier supplier involvement in new product introduction from part design phase through mass production, ensure critical timeline and target COSS are met.
- Ensures that Cost, Quality and Availability are achieved for product development phase and through their full life cycle.
- Manage supplier onboarding process and selection with integrity, alignment across value-chain and value engineering.
- Manage cost activities through negotiation, identifying cost drivers to influence design decision making, review and negotiating supplier terms and conditions, support price negotiations
- Build strong, value-added relationships with suppliers, internal customers, and cross functional departments.
- Collaborate with Supplier Quality in the new supplier/component release process, including compliance and sustainability aspects.
- Partnering Category team, ensuring BU product requirement and supplier technology alignment are included in building Commodity Strategy. Supporting and executing category strategy.
- Analyze lead times, identify critical paths, and prioritize demand requirements.
- Participate in project meetings/brainstorming sessions to identify solutions available
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering
- Knowledge or experience in Procurement or capital equipment design is a plus
- Strong Analytical, planning and interpersonal skills
- Positive and able to work in fast-paced environment.
- Results-oriented
- Able to work with different departments / functional groups.
- Some travel may be required for the role
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
