Assistant Manager – Supply Chain

Flex; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

PTO

Job summary

Flex is seeking an Assistant Manager – Supply Chain in Chennai, India. The role focuses on processing purchase orders efficiently, managing supplier relations, and driving cost optimization across regional and global supply chains.

You will work in a dynamic, collaborative environment to meet challenging performance targets. The position involves regional supplier negotiations, cost variance analysis, and cross-functional teamwork to improve gross material margins.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in finance, materials sourcing, commodity management or supply chain design/management.
• Understanding of OEM product development and electronics manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drives sourcing/pricing strategies in materials quotations.
• Interfaces with customers or suppliers for cost of ownership issues and project start-up.
• Develops and guides implementation of flexibility and supply assurance plans.
• Manages component cost/price on local, regional and global levels.
• Tracks materials financial performance and initiates corrective actions.
• Coordinate sourcing strategies with Supply Management and customers.

Skills

Supply chain management

Cost accounting

Vendor negotiations

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don’t meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Assistant Manager – Supply Chain in Chennai , India.

The Assistant Manager – Supply Chain should quickly and accurately process purchase orders in a fast-paced environment. Additionally, should have excellent stakeholders service skills and works well in a team to consistently meet challenging performance targets.

What a typical day looks like:

• Drives sourcing/pricing strategies in materials quotations.

• Presents materials value add to customers or suppliers, and influence customer to use preferred suppliers.

• Interfaces with customer or supplier in new project start-up, for cost of ownership issues.

• Develops and guides implementation of flexibility and supply assurance plans.

• Manages component cost/price on a local, regional and global basis.

• Tracks materials financial performance and initiate corrective actions when required.

• Defines and implements pricing and costing strategies.

• Coordinate sourcing strategies with Supply Management and Customers.

• Develop and implement cost take down strategies.

• Increase Vendor Managed Inventory, Reduced Guide-Time and Electronic Data Interface penetration.

Supply Management:

• Manage regional supplier contract negotiations, which includes Memorandums of Comprehension, Non-disclosure and regional pricing agreements.

• Develop and maintain supplier relationships.

• Measure and report Purchase Price Variance and initiate action plans.

• Monitor and manage supplier times.

• Mitigates shortages, excess on order and excess on hand.

• Participate on and help global and regional commodity teams.

• Contribute information/data on top spend suppliers for quarterly scorecards.

Customer Supply Chain Management:

• Manages material cost reviews.

• Drive initiatives to improve gross material margin.

• Identify, implement and drive actions for Retained Purchase Price Variance (RPPV) optimization.

• Drive reconciliation process with customer (PPV, Premium charges, carrying costs, freight charges, excess and obsolete inventory, Non-cancelable, Non-Returnable (NCNR), etc.)

• Identify opportunities to increase turnkey business and develop materials management plan.

• Coordinate quarterly/monthly PPV hard call process.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of experience in finance, materials sourcing, commodity management or supply chain design/management or other related area.
• Must have an understanding of cost accounting, electronic component markets, price trends and technologies.
• A background in electronics manufacturing and a thorough understanding of Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) product development process.
• To perform the major job responsibilities the use of the following tools may be required: Office Skills: telephones, data entry, office software to include, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages, and database systems.

What you will get for the great work you provide:

• Health Insurance
• PTO

Job Category

Global Procurement & Supply Chain

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

Flex pays for all costs associated with the application, interview or offer process, a candidate will not be asked for any payment related to these costs.

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We’re happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email [e-mail] and we’ll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first).