- Drive strategic procurement
o Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships
o Co-develop vision and targets of supplier landscape by pursuing technology requirements and product roadmap in collaboration with category lead buyers
o Provide clear communications to operational buyers on aligned WW purchasing strategies
- Develop supply base to meet the desired value adding position
o Develop and administer an efficient global supply chain and monitor inventory for all global products which assist to increase growth.
o Challenge suppliers and internal customers to identify and imple-ment innovative designs, value-add specification changes, concepts, and materials.
o Identify improvement areas and align with supplier on gap closure actions. Follow up during periodical operational review. o Leverage suppliers internal or sub-tier resources to deliver higher value propositions
- Perform supplier audits
o Join team on supplier on-site assessments to improve supplier structural and long term performance enhancement, and achieve improvement objectives based on balanced priorities
o Determine and apply criteria for the evaluation, selection, monitoring of performance, and re-evaluation of suppliers, based on their ability to provide products and services
- Function as a linking pin between suppliers and our company
o Collaborate with engineering, supply chain engineer, business group, and manufacturing sites, to resolve supplier related issues.