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Who you are:

• Lead and manage the sourcing activities for GPHE factory in Jiangyin
• Responsible to implement policies, compliance and strategies.
• Ensure compliance to Sourcing Process and sourcing objectives.
• Accountable for Compliance, Quality, Delivery and Cost development related to factory supplier base.
• Accountable for sourcing related performance, scorecard result, within site/factory.
• Be the sourcing representative in the factory management team.
• Give input to global sourcing on demands and needs for the sites/factories.
• Implement and input to handshake process/project site/factory and follow up implementation to secure Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost.
• Lead and develop purchasing team. Develop, communicate and follow up operational plan, based on sourcing strategies.
• Lead the Costing Update related sourcing activities.
• Manage Alfa Laval fixed assets in supplier site, for example tools, fixtures.

About the job:

Key tasks:

Specific Accountable Essential to Acceptable Job Performance

General

• Lead and manage the sourcing related activities and safeguard that overall supplier performance followed the defined targets
• Implement and input to handshake process/project in factory and follow up implementation to secure Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost.
• 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 global sourcing team on demands and needs for the factory or a certain project.

MRP/Jakamo system maintenance

• Lead the Costing Update process and safeguard that right component prices are updated with the right escalation factors. Work close 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
• Other tasks from direct manager

Sourcing strategy

• Responsible for implementing 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 and cost reduction initiatives which are aligned with factory.
• 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.
• Strong negotiation skills
• Skilled in Microsoft office package.
• Highest business integrity
• Preferred experience from PPAP and Lean 6 Sigma

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