DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Executing NPD Projects:
- Develop product and supplier market understanding to support NPD sourcing decisions.
- Lead NPD sourcing activities throughout PDP, including costed BOMs, sourcing plans, supplier selection, and risk mitigation.
- Provide Design-to-Value input to support manufacturability, quality, cost, and supplier capability.
- Manage key sourcing projects in line with Molex procurement policies and project management requirements.
- Support customer-focused sourcing actions to improve business win rate, cost competitiveness, and speed to market.
- Identify and implement NPD cost avoidance and cost reduction opportunities.
- Lead supplier qualification and onboarding before production release.
Regional Category Management:
- Manage assigned DSS direct material categories and sustaining supply base to improve cost competitiveness, supply continuity, and supplier performance.
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies, including TCO, should-cost review, volume consolidation, alternate sourcing, localization, dual sourcing, and supplier development.
- Partner with Global Category Leaders and cross-functional teams to align divisional sourcing strategies and business priorities.
- Manage BOM cost across the product life cycle through RFQ analysis, cost reduction roadmap execution, price change control, and purchasing term improvement.
- Conduct spend, demand, cost, market trend, and supplier performance analysis to support sourcing decisions and risk mitigation.
- Lead supply risk mitigation actions, including supply base optimization, capacity evaluation, BCP support, VA/VE projects, and supply imbalance resolution.
- Support PCN, EOL, supplier/material change, localization, capacity expansion, and strategic product pipeline activities.
- Manage SRM activities with key suppliers, including supplier scorecard reviews, performance improvement, commercial negotiation, and supplier agreement support.
SCOPE:
- This is part of DSS Division CSBU Procurement team.
EDUCATION:
REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's degree or above in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or another related Technical Field
PREFERRED:
- MBA or another related graduate degree or Certification
WORK EXPERIENCE:
REQUIRED:
- 5+ years of direct material procurement, sourcing, or category management experience, including NPD sourcing, supplier development, cost analysis, negotiation, and cross-functional project management.
- Experience in global procurement management with significant experience in negotiations.
- Global knowledge of suppliers and international markets. Related industry experience.
PREFERRED:
- Sourcing experience on connectors, cable, plastics, machining, molding, stamping, die-casting, plating, electronic components and outsourcing categories.
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
REQUIRED:
- Fluent in business English
- Strong management and leadership skills
- Clear communication at all levels
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated experience driving cross functional collaboration across geographies
- Ability to manage multiple projects
- Excellent organizational skills
- Sense of urgency, high energy, and self-motivation
- SAP and MS Office proficiency
- May require business travel up to 20-30%
PREFERRED:
- RF components sourcing experience for China and abroad.
- Familiar with ISO9000\ IATF 16949\ISO14001
