Global Commodity Manager

3 weeks ago

Sentul, Malaysia Western Digital Full time

Job Description

The Global Commodity Manager is responsible for developing the sourcing strategies for the capital equipment. The person in this position would be recognized as a sourcing expert and would liaison with internal stakeholders including legal, engineering, planning and finance. This person will act as procurement ambassador to the business and integrate into the business to ensure a complete alignment and deep understanding of the business goals and partner in developing sourcing strategies. The goal is to become value-added sourcing partners to the business. Additional responsibilities include negotiating equipment/tools contracts that may be site specific or have global reach. The position involves developing negotiation strategies, advising requestors on contract terms and conditions, monitoring cost and scope of assigned contracts to assure compliance, best value and validate/improve pricing. The Global Commodity Manager may recommend cost saving proposals including alternative sourcing and will exercise independent judgment within defined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Strategic Sourcing**:

- Develop, manage and execute strategies for Capital equipment category
- Conduct RFQ and lead cross functional teams through the selection process of preferred suppliers with effective scoring criteria to critically evaluate supplier proposals in accordance within company policies
- Collaborate with new technology, equipment and tooling stakeholders in engineering/legal to assess, understand, and prioritize business needs to optimize value with WD's supply base
- Conduct spend/contract/proposal analysis for supply of capital equipment and tools to the leadership team
- Lead negotiations on commercial procurement agreements, including, but not limited to, Master Equipment/Tools Agreements (MEA's), Statements of Work (SOW's), Change Orders (CO's) balancing business deliverables, legal interests and pricing
- Analyze total costs, assist business functions with ROI analysis, price and rate benchmarking and negotiate favorable business terms to leverage Western Digital purchasing power
- Research market intelligence to understand cost drivers and market trends
**Category Management**:

- Develop, refine and implement category strategies and tactics that enable the procurement of assembly & automation equipment/tooling at the highest value benefit to the company
Actively monitor internal/external trends, synthe and distill the business intelligence into actionable opportunities and pipeline projects that can and will be delivered to Western Digital's bottom line on an ongoing basis
**Supplier Management**:

- Manage supplier relationships with a focus on supply/contract and cost management
- Lead supplier performance business reviews on a quarterly basis to enhance performance delivery from strategic partners
- Mediate supplier issues and resolve supplier contract disputes as needed
- Develop supplier rationalization entitlements for each category
**Contract Management**:

- Evaluate processes and recommend improvements to standardize lifecycle contract and sourcing processes and systems
- Ensure pricing & deliverables as negotiated are included in the contract coordinate comparison of proposals and final contract terms
- Act as liaison between legal and the business teams

**Qualifications**:
**Education and Experience**:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 10yrs+ of experience in capital equipment strategic sourcing with a multi-national organization
- Prior hands-on prior experience in qualification of new equipment for high volume manufacturing of electronic devices is preferred
- Contract Negotiation / Vendor Mgmt. / Influencing skills required
- Experience and expertise with sourcing & contracting ERP tools (SAP and/or Oracle)
**Core Competencies**:

- Ability to work well in a high-pace dynamic environment, handle multiple projects simultaneously, and ensure task completion and deadlines are met as required
- Demonstrated skills in negotiating and formulating technology contracts, understanding cost models and various price structures, management of contractual, IP and labor law risks
- Strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills required
- Excellent team facilitation and presentation skillsAdditional Information

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