Manager, Site Procurement Lead

Role Summary: Lead and manage the site supply chain team to deliver site-operational objectives and provide
outstanding supply chain service levels on quality and delivery whilst achieving lowest total cost of
acquisition for direct material, indirect goods and services, and logistics. Be an integral part of site management team, representing strategies and objectives of Global Supply Chain team (GSC). Drive deployment of supply chain processes and resource development while adhering to company policies and procedures.
Responsibilities & Requirements:
- Site Annual spend of approximately $XXM USD for direct material, $XM USD for logistics and $XM USD for indirect, excluding capital.
- Manage the team of Buyers who are responsible for acting on order suggestions (requisition or other) and exception messages generated by MRP system.
- Manage the team of Logistics Analysts who are responsible for handling the daily logistics movements for incoming goods to the site.
- In collaboration with the Global Supplier Performance Group, manage supplier performance (on-time delivery and quality) for site specific deliveries/suppliers.
- Track and improve site supply chain KPIs vs those defined by the Platform Supply Chain Director/Global Supply Chain.
- Drive cost reduction initiatives aligned with GSC strategies to meet annual operating plan (AOP) and long-term business objectives.
- Manage, minimize / eliminate supplier inflation/price increase request(s) and escalate to appropriate Global Supply Chain team for further leverage accordingly.
- Support site PWC objectives by leveraging inventory management opportunities and supplier payment terms (examples: Make vs. Buy strategy / Supplier Managed Inventory programs / Net 60 days as minimum supplier pay term).
- In coordination with the respective teams within the Global Supply Chain, ensure utilization of strategic tools and processes to achieve objectives of improved on-time delivery and quality and reduced cycle times and total cost of acquisition:
o ERP system
o APQP/ PPAP
o Procurement Control plans
o On- time delivery / PDBL reduction
o Top Focus supplier improvement
o Manufacturing Process Review
o Supplier audits/assessments
o Capacity & constraint management
o Supplier Quality Manual
- Facilitate and oversee critical supply-site quality issues between Operations, Engineering, Customers and Suppliers as required. Support and lead NCR, CAR, and capacity/lead-time improvement initiatives for locally managed suppliers (and coordinate with the Supplier Performance Group for centrally managed suppliers).
- Work with platform and GSC cross-functional teams to support & drive sourcing initiatives
to reduce costs, rationalize supply base and leverage new technologies.
- Support any supply chain initiative roll-out across the enterprise or ad-hoc requests as
requested by line manager.
- Other duties as assigned
Preferred Experience / Skills:
- Experience in ERP-Oracle , Good -functional knowledge -Valve industry background since we deal more castings , machined parts and actuator etc.
- Solid Negotiation Skills
- Ability to multi-task and set priorities accordingly
- Ability to work independently and in a collaborative team environment
- Proven working experience with SAP / Oracle
- Experience in collecting and analyzing data
- Ability to manage & motivate teams
- Strong interpersonal skills requiring the ability to resolve conflicting interests and obtain co-operation
- Demonstrated project management skills
- Strong organizational, communication, process definition capabilities
- Ability to perform Responsibilities and Accountabilities independently
- Supply Chain / Commodity Management experience
- Also should familiar in local language, good interpersonal skill, team player, communication, should have enterprise mind set, business acumen mainly on costings.
- Pursuit of Professional Accreditation (APICS, PMA, ASQ, CSCP, etc.)
- Must possess solid analytical skills in forecasting and anticipating production needs and capabilities
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations under stress
- BS or BA Degree in relevant field and 8-10 years relevant experience