Sourcing Engineer
- Full-time
- Department: Operations Excellence
Job Description
- Serving as the global procurement team member for mechanical parts categories to support global/regional category manager to achieve category objectives.
- Conduct local supply market research to optimize the supply chain continuously for global sourcing and APAC region requirement.
- To be sourced items include castings, gears, machined parts, and other mechanical components.
- Proactively take actions in realizing various departmental targets, such as total cost reduction, suppliers’performance, suppliers’risk management and long term partnership development
- Support the development and implementation of effective category strategies to ensure project or entity requirements are achieved in technology, quality, responsiveness, delivery, and cost.
- Engage suppliers with any technical issues related to the products, cooperate with other colleagues to provide suppliers with necessary guidance if required.
- Regularly report to management on suppliers’ production capacity and performance, such as price, service, quality, etc.
- Make sure company’s procurement policies and procedures are followed in daily activities.
- Manage new product introduction including cooperating with R&D and the supplier to optimize the design and get better price.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical engineering with minimum 7 years experience in strategic sourcing/purchasing, engineering or other related functions.
- Understand the machining process, knowledge of machining cost is preferred.
- Strong sourcing experience in mechanical parts etc..
- Good understanding of components specification and manufacturing process.
- Self-driven, result, process and teamwork oriented.
- Strong English communication ability in speaking, writing and reading.
- Experience working in a global environment is preferred
- Strong analytical ability. Strong professional negotiating skills .Good business judgment and risk management skills. High personal integrity and ethical standards
- Solid computer skills in Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Frequently travel is needed.