Job Description

You will have MSc or comparable diploma in relevant technology and several years of experience in a technical product developing industry, in procurement or in supply chain related functions. You will oversee and shape the set-up of Procurement across the business, covering procurement processes in Idea to Product and order to cash.

You will be identifying product/business roadmap priorities for future supply requirements and be responsible for building out a robust and sustainable procurement strategy, based on input from product roadmaps and business direction.

You will have full autonomy to drive make-or-buy analyses, supplier selection, securing early supplier involvement, target cost monitoring, value engineering etc as an empowered decision maker.

What you will accomplish with us:

• Project related Supplier relation management and being the last level of escalation for Project related supplier issues.
• Define and control Supplier Milestones within the project.
• Identify strategic cost reduction opportunities in the product portfolio
• During the new product design process, delivering a significant contribution to design decision making and product cost down roadmaps.
• Support the Supply Chain Supplier Quality Manager in release process for new supplier components as part of the Purchased Part Approval process, including compliance and sustainability aspects.
• Analyze and anticipate cost trends, develops, and reviews cost forecasts, translate into implications for the business.
• Drive the deployment of early supplier involvement through design-in or cost-reduction workshops.
• Lead the development of an effective set of cost models to track “target cost” status for assigned product/category, support deployment of cost awareness to design engineers.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• MSc or comparable diploma in relevant Technology
• Several years of experience in a technical product developing industry, in procurement or in supply chain related functions.
• Experience in Managing a team as direct line Manager.
• Understanding the principles of Executing value engineering projects
• Understanding the principles of the materials / goods flow
• Is an expert user of the entire costing toolset (Should Costing, NPV, TCO etc.)
• Deep knowledge of the long-term structural cost drivers for the assigned product.
• Project management skills.