What You’ll Be Doing

Collaborate with global partners to ensure the optimization of direct materials going into product manufacturing; lead development/execution of strategic sourcing initiatives for direct materials and services to ensure optimal quality, cost productivity, fulfillment; first point of contact for escalation of vendor issues affecting Supply Chain, Quality, and Plant Operations; lead project execution with cross functional project teams, local and global; end-to-end responsibility to lead, manage, and facilitate business unit projects which related with external suppliers including domestic and oversee projects; assist in negotiating and creating supplier agreements; strategic development of key suppliers related to the manufacturing of electrical motor and controllers/inverters,; lead and support supplier search and qualification as well as taking part in the Production Parts Approval Process (PPAP); update systems with contract information and administer drawing specification to suppliers; proactively drive spend analysis activities identifying strategic sourcing opportunities within assigned categories; develop both short and long-term strategy discussions concerning applicable direct materials and services; estimate values according to knowledge of market price, conduct RFQ/RFP and RFI local and globally, create cost break down, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and target cost for selected products; discuss defective or unacceptable products or services with inspection or quality control personnel, customers, vendors, and others to determine source of trouble and take corrective action.

What We're Looking For