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Who you are:

• Lead and manage the sourcing activities for BHE factory in Jiangyin
• Ensure compliance to Sourcing Process and sourcing objectives,
• Lead the site Handshake process and follow up implementation to secure Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost.
• Accountable for Compliance, Quality, Delivery and Cost development related to factory supplier base
• Be the sourcing representative in the factory management team

About the job:

General

• Lead and manage the sourcing related activities and safeguard that overall supplier performance follow the defined targets
• Give input to handshake process and for implementation when decided                                                           
• Lead and develop the purchasing team.
• Responsible for follow up of supplier performance and for initiate actions when compliance, Quality, Delivery or cost development don´t fulfill the defined KPI’s.
• Support NCR and PIM process
• Give input to sourcing manager on demands and needs for the factory or a certain project.
• Responsible to give input to tools & procedures within Global Sourcing and implement them at the site.                                                                                      

MRP/Jakamo system maintenance

• Lead the Costing Update process and safeguard that right component prices are updated with the right escalation factors. Together with factory simulate the price change and work close together with controller to verify if something looks wrong.
• Safeguard that supplier, purchasing price, Lead time, MOQ always are right on component level
• For delegated suppliers maintain Jakamo with right GSM numbers, agreements, valid price lists and all compliance documents

Sourcing strategy

• Responsible to implement sub-commodity strategies in coordination with Global Sourcing
• Safeguard usage of preferred suppliers for new items
• Safeguard right that right suppliers are chosen for NPD projects and to keep related cost targets
• Drive lead time reduction initiatives which are aligned with factory input
• Responsible for the sourcing part risk assessment related to BCP

Project management

• Responsible for successfully planning, scheduling, controlling and managing project deliverables when appointed
• Working with various EPD and NPD sourcing projects, also in cooperation with Sourcing office, SQA team and Global sourcing
• Supporting optimize operating working capital

Supplier Development

• Initiate local PIM´s (purchasing improvements) when needed and to escalate when support is needed
• Lead the team when they are appointed as resolution leaders for PIM cases

What you know:

• 5 - 10 years’ experience from production/manufacturing company in global environment
• Proofed Leadership and management skills
• Fluent in English language
• Strong negotiation skills
• Skilled in Microsoft office package.
• Highest business integrity
• Preferred experience from PPAP and L6S

We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.