Procurement Engineer
Our Client is a Contract Manufacturing Company
- Manage component sourcing on Mechanical Sheet Metal commodities
- Overall ownership to drive cost reduction and value creation initiatives through negotiations, alternate sourcing, localizations, VAVE, supplier consolidations
- Establish wide supplier network to facilitate both Sourcing and Procurement activities, leading strategic relationships with critical suppliers
- Identify redesign cost reduction opportunities
- Drive component lead time improvement, payment terms, delivery terms, MOQ/SPQ reduction and optimizations
- Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships to meet quality, cost, delivery and capacity requirements
- Collaborate closely with Engineering, Operations and Product teams to plan and drive execution of all Procurement & Sourcing activities
- Monitor global market trends and implement proactive risk mitigation and contingency strategies on EOL and single-source parts
- Provide part and tool cost assessment during NPI and ECN phases
- Interface with Engineering on design review/ECN/part changes and provide resolutions on all technical issues
- AOS management during build phase and initial production phase
Requirements
- Degree/Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
- Possess good experience in handling Metal Fabrications, Plastics Tool & Die
- Min 5-7 years of relevant work experience in Sourcing field
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, good team player
- Able to start work within short notice period will be an added advantage