Director, Commodity Management Mechanical Job Listing at Flex in Penang (Job ID WD204837)

Description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. 

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

The Role:

The Director, Commodity Management (Global Commodities), is the leader responsible for developing and driving a team of procurement individuals to meet - and exceed - strategic goals and KPI's for company's electro-mechanical supply base.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Director of Commodity Management Mechanical based in Bukit Minyak, Penang.

Here is a glimpse of what you'll do:     

• Develop and define corporate and strategic plans for the Commodity team and deploy through subordinate team members the implementation of the strategic objectives.

• Set and deliver on KPI commitments to GPSC. Continuously review opportunities for improvement.

• Intensively collaborate with all internal and external stakeholders to optimize overall GPSC goals and objectives.

• Be responsible for making final decisions on administrative or operational matters and ensure effective achievement of objectives.  Be comfortable with major decisions that will impact profitability.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of strategic supplier relationships and act as escalation to the executive in the event of major supplier issues.

• Partner with Supply Chain, Engineering and Quote teams to promote and position preferred suppliers and identify value engineering / improvements to drive competitive advantage.

• Lead and manage regular supplier contract and pricing negotiations to achieve margin and cash flow targets.

• Liaise with senior management to ensure all activities are compliant with corporate policies.

• Gather relevant Market Intelligence from commodity managers and communicate to internal GPSC marketing teams as needed.

• Implement appropriate actions to recruit and retain qualified and motivated team members.

• Support other strategic initiatives as needed in support of overall GPSC goals.

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• BA/BS Degree in Business, Engineering, Materials Management or equivalent required. Electro-Mechanical a plus, Master degree preferred.

• Fluency in English and Chinese is a minimum requirement.

• 10+ years of increasingly responsible positions in Procurement, Supply Chain or Manufacturing, including at least 5 years in a people management role.

• Successful track record of managing PCB suppliers in a large organization.

• Strong understanding of PCB supplier landscape, technologies and costing.

• Good negotiation skills, to make clear agreements with suppliers and internal organization.

• Excellent organizational skills and ability to make complex business decisions.

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