Commodity Manager Silicon, Malaysia

Arista Networks; George Town; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Malaysia is seeking a Commodity Manager to develop sourcing strategies for various commodities. The role requires at least 10 years of experience in related fields, strong project management skills, and knowledge of Lean Manufacturing. The successful candidate will collaborate with engineering and manage suppliers to ensure cost efficiency and supply chain effectiveness. This position offers a chance to impact the company's strategic initiatives significantly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in networking/electronics.
• Excellent Program and Project Management Skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement sourcing strategies for assigned commodities.
• Conduct spend analysis and supplier selection.
• Develop and implement commodity strategies to reduce costs.

Skills

Program Management

Project Management

Communication

Lean Manufacturing

Team Building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations or Engineering

Master’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Access

Job description

Overview

Company Description

Arista Networks is an industry leader in data-driven, client-to-cloud networking for large data center, campus and routing environments. Arista is a well-established and profitable company with over $8 billion in revenue. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet speeds up to 800G bits per second, redefine scalability, agility, and resilience. Arista is a founding member of the Ultra Ethernet consortium. We have shipped over 20 million cloud networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network operating system. Arista is committed to open standards, and its products are available worldwide directly and through partners.

At Arista, we value the diversity of thought and perspectives each employee brings. We believe fostering an inclusive environment where individuals from various backgrounds and experiences feel welcome is essential for driving creativity and innovation.

Our commitment to excellence has earned us several prestigious awards, such as the Great Place to Work Survey for Best Engineering Team and Best Company for Diversity, Compensation, and Work-Life Balance. At Arista, we take pride in our track record of success and strive to maintain the highest quality and performance standards in everything we do.

Who You’ll Work With

The Commodity Manager is responsible to develop Arista’s commodity strategies for Power Modules, Power IC, Logic IC, Timing IC, Discrete IC in order to drive time to market, continuity of supply and meet cost reduction initiatives. You\'ll work across the supply chain to support operations and will be collaborating with Engineering on sourcing strategies.

The role will require the individual to be familiar with the complete range of strategic sourcing activities and sustaining production management. This includes the analysis of spend, the formulation of and implementation of commodity strategies, the negotiation of contracts and the ongoing management of strategic supplier relationships.

What You’ll Do

• Creates, implements, and maintains sourcing strategies for assigned commodities to support company requirements.
• Undertakes spend analysis, supplier assessment and supplier selection to agreed processes.
• Develops and implements commodity strategies in line with company and manufacturing initiatives to improve supply chain efficiencies and reduce the total cost of supply chain management.
• Builds cost models (TAC/should cost) to validate commodity strategies and to understand cost drivers.
• Coordinates all activities with Engineering, NPI, and suppliers to ensure the selection of parts with long lifetimes and solid supply availability.
• Working with the site supply chain leads, this individual will manage relationships with suppliers on behalf of Arista.
• Develops a robust commodity supply base which creates and sustains a competitive advantage for Arista, utilizing global markets, leveraging spend, and best in class technologies.
• Monitors/reports on priority projects and savings.
• Ensures that agreed strategic sourcing targets for cost reduction are met in the commodity portfolio. This includes responsibility for meeting improvement plan targets and year on year cost reductions.
• Provides support to NPI teams as required to meet target costs and establish program cost models.
• Negotiations and management of cost models for suppliers to include "hard" money (such as price, volume discounts, etc.) and "soft" money (such as expertise, technical backup, etc.) in the context of Total Acquisition Cost (TAC) and Total Opportunity Cost (TOC).
• Identification and delivery of opportunities for cost reduction.
• Provides input for annual and long-term savings targets.
• Trains/Mentors junior supply chain personnel on strategic sourcing process.
• Ensures appropriate performance measure (Technology, Quality, Cost and Delivery) of supply base and feedback of results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations or Engineering required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a networking environment (preferred), electronics or electrical, purchasing, commodity management and materials management positions. CPIM, CIRM, and/or C.P.M. desired.
• Excellent Program and Project Management Skills.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Process Variation Reduction (Six Sigma) concepts and tool sets as they relate to materials management.
• Utilize strong team building abilities to lead cross-functional process improvement teams and lead change within the organization. Ability to coordinate cross-site, multi-functional objectives.
• Ability to interface and positively influence at all levels through excellent communication skills.
• Understanding of assigned commodities, materials, and manufacturing processes.
• Strong PC application skills. Including complement of Microsoft Office Software, with strong capabilities in Project and Access.
• Must be based in Malaysia with legal work rights.