• Reports to: Asia Sourcing - Development and Purchasing Director, General Director.
• Manage Purchasing team and activities
• Coordinate with the HQs in US in Purchasing, and Vendor improvement strategies
• Balance quality, productivity, cost, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas.
• Building and optimizing a short term and long term vendor base with vendor performance evaluation
• Ensure Purchasing Orders are timely and properly maintained and processed in the system.
• Balance quality, productivity, cost, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas.
• Ensure the accuracy of vendor forecasting, inventory positions both in system and actual status
• Work with other departments to improve company policies and procedures.
• Provide employee coaching and development. Responsible for completing personal professional development plan
• Cross functional communication with related departments to achieve overall department and company objectives.
• Maintain and improve a level of professionalism within the department
• Coordinate activities between material control and planning departments. Manages purchasing, material planning, scheduling, inventory management, handles load, capacity, and bottlenecks in the supply chain and provides and executes effective countermeasures for eliminating or reducing constraints. Employee training and development; Supervise use of Resonance, MRP, Mapics and related systems in the department.
Education
• Four-year university degree required, Master Degree preferred
Experience
• 15 year plus experience in related field, minimum of 8 years in management position
Knowledge of
• Sourcing and vendor development
• Supplier assessment and evaluation
• Managing a dynamic team
• Inventory control
• Supplier quality assurance
• International Supply Chain
Skills and Abilities
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others
• Planning: an ability to think ahead and prepare action plan to achieve results at a macro level
• Project Management
• Measure and control performance goals and standards
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost and employee relations
• Problem analysis and resolution
• Quality orientation and attention to detail
• Systems and continuous improvement orientation
• Inventory management
• Process knowledge
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Team player
• Strong analytical skills
• Effective communications
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, safety, quality control and performance management
