Strategic Procurement Manager - Taipei

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Description

Ring is looking for a Strategic Procurement Manager to join our operations team in Taipei.

Responsibilities

• Own Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) relationships and manage business escalations.
• Lead ODM/Contract Manufacturer (CM) selection, contract negotiation, and product cost management.
• Provide overall management and support for business negotiations covering cost, supply, and vendor funding agreements.
• Collaborate with the product, supplier quality, and engineering teams to maintain a supplier sourcing strategy that aligns technology, business requirements, and roadmap with supplier capabilities.
• Deliver affordability analysis and financial modeling on checkpoints before Request for Proposal / Request for Quotation (RFP/RFQ) to ensure product specification and gross margin match expectations.
• Manage cost from RFQ from beginning to end as well as Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) repair.
• Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings optimization.
• Establish a monthly cost review process.
• Interface with cross-functional teams to assess current and future sourcing requirements.
• Conduct initial ground-up estimations, projections, and design-for-cost processes.
• Establish a regular process for potential ODM assessments.
• Manage overall supplier relationships including supplier performance, capability development, cost, and quality improvements.
• Generate opportunities for cost savings and supply chain optimization.
• Perform and communicate supply chain cost forecasting or revenue opportunities based on trend analysis and market conditions.
• Ensure a competitive sourcing environment leading to continuous improvement in quality, cost, service, and technology.
• Drive quarterly supplier business reviews that defines market and business analysis, roadmaps, supplier capabilities, and annual / quarterly strategic business objectives.
  

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience managing ODM/OEM vendors working for global enterprise consumer electronics brands.
• In-depth knowledge of factory operations and manufacturing processes.
• Strong communication skills, including presentation and negotiation abilities.
• Ability to develop efficient work processes for complex projects involving many groups and across multiple geographies, and effectively coordinate, implement, and maintain those processes.
• Demonstrated experience interacting with cross-functional teams (internally & externally).
• 10+ plus years of procurement experience in manufacturing and consumer electronics.
• Significant experience in a variety of manufacturing and/or planning environments.
• Background in managing international relationships and remote organizations.
• Strong analytical skills, including cost modeling, quotation analysis, and supplier selection.
• Experience leading strategy development in supply chain management and optimization.
• A team player with leadership skills.
• Fluent in English and Mandarin.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to innovate in relation to strategic sourcing, vendor relations, quality assurance, and associated measurement systems.
• Leadership and people management experience.
• Project management experience.