Sr. Strategic Procurement Manager - Taipei

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Description

Ring is looking for an energetic, hard-working, and creative candidate to join our operations team in Taipei.

Responsibilities

• Own ODM relationship and manage business escalations
• Lead ODM/CM selection, contract negotiation and product E2E cost management
• Provide overall management and support for all business negotiations covering cost, supply, and all vendor funding agreements
• Collaborate with Product team, Supplier Quality and Engineering team to develop a supplier sourcing strategy that aligns technology, business requirements and roadmap with supplier capabilities
• Deliver affordability analysis and Financial modeling on checkpoints before RFP/RFQ to ensure product specification and gross margin match the expectation
• Manage cost (BOM cost, MVA and NRE) from RFQ throughout product EOL as well as RMA repair
• Identifies and implements opportunities for cost savings optimization
• Establish monthly cost review process
• Interface with cross-functional teams to assess current and future sourcing requirements
• Conduct initial ground-up estimation/projection and Design-for-Cost process
• Establish the regular process for potential ODM assessments
• Conduct regular business review with suppliers to ensure continuous improvement on scorecard performance
• Manage overall supplier relationships including supplier performance, capability development, cost and quality improvements
• Challenges supply chain norms to generate out of the box opportunities for cost savings and supply chain optimization and implements as appropriate
• Performs and communicates supply chain cost forecasting or revenue opportunities based on trend analysis and market conditions
• Develops and maintains relationships with executives and senior executives at suppliers
• Ensure a competitive sourcing environment leading to continuous improvement in quality, cost, service and technology
• Drive quarterly supplier business reviews that defines, among other things, market and business analysis, product roadmaps, supplier capabilities and annual / quarterly strategic business objectives
• Mentor junior team members
  

Basic Qualifications

• 13+ years of experience managing ODM/OEM vendors working for global enterprise consumer electronics brands
• In depth knowledge on factory operations and manufacturing process
• Strong communication skills, including presentation and negotiation abilities.
• Ability to develop efficient work processes for complex projects involving many groups, across multiple geographies and effectively coordinate, implement, and maintain those processes.
• Demonstrated experience interacting with cross-functional teams (internally & externally) with the ability for effective communication
• 13+ years of Procurement experience in high-tech manufacturing and consumer electronics
• Experience in managing international relationships and remote organizations
• Strong analytical skills (i.e. cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier selection)
• Experience leading strategy development in supply chain management and optimization
• A team player with leadership skill and influencing skill
• Fluent in English and Mandarin and strong presentation and negotiation skills
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to innovate on issues related to strategic sourcing, vendor relations, quality assurance and the associated measurement systems.
• Leadership and people management experience
• Project management experience