Senior Sourcing Engineer

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mindfulness program

Calm premium membership

Volunteer PTO

Volunteer matching

Employee Assistance Program

Professional development library

Job summary

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader seeking a Sourcing Specialist to support and implement strategic sourcing programs. The role involves working with regional teams across Asia Pacific and SEA to develop commodity strategies and deliver improvements in cost, quality, and lead time for 3rd party materials and services.

Ideal candidates hold an engineering-related degree, have 1+ years in an engineering-to-order environment, and possess project management experience.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree; exposure to Supplier Quality Engineering is an added advantage.
• 1+ years of experience in engineering-to-order business.
• Experience in project management required.
• Travel: up to 30–50% (domestic SEA and regional Asia-Pacific).

Responsibilities

• Support and implement Rockwell Strategic Sourcing strategy across regions.
• Develop and manage commodity strategies with regional leads.
• Collaborate with global Sourcing, Engineering, Operations and Quality.
• Source and qualify suppliers in SEA following Rockwell strategy.
• Guide supplier performance on quality, delivery and cost to meet targets.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Overview

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees, we support customers across industries to improve outcomes and drive innovation. We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work.

Responsibilities

• You will support and implement overall Rockwell Strategic Sourcing strategy. Achieve year-on-year improvements by building local, supply chain projects. Collaborate with partners to agree on requirements and implement sourcing and commodity strategies. Develop Solutions & Services commodity strategy and work with procurement team and project teams to provide project life cycle engagement on 3rd Party materials and services supply for project purpose.
• You will report to a sourcing manager.
• Commodity Management
  • Contribute to and build sourcing strategies on assigned commodities with regional commodity leads.
  • Collaborate with partners (global Sourcing team, Engineering, Operations, Departments, and Quality) in building these strategies.
  • Participate and support Global Commodity Leads in managing global commodities.
  • Develop Services and Solutions Commodity strategy and manage regional commodities in Asia Pacific.
  • Support regional Services & Solutions Commodity leads to build commodity tactics in the region.
  • Source and qualify new suppliers, especially in Best-Cost-Country (BCC) following Rockwell commodities strategy in SEA Supplier Base.
  • Guide in quality, delivery and cost to meet SSO and business targets and programs.
  • Stay informed about design, product and market requirements from Departments and share market and suppliers' developments.
• Supplier Management and Development
  • Assess suppliers' technical competencies and capabilities—match suppliers' strengths to Rockwell technical and quality requirements and influence BU/Engineering on supplier selection.
  • Understand and establish supply chain requirements (e.g., production vs delivery lotsize, production vs delivery leadtime) with suppliers to meet Rockwell operational requirements.
• Continuous Improvements
  • Review the supply base; source new and potential suppliers specifically in BCC (SEA) to support our requirements.
  • Adhere to Standards of Business Conduct and Intellectual Property, and comply with Control Environment, Information Protection, ISO 9000/14000, and relevant regulations.
• Functional
  • Broad knowledge and exposure in managing direct material commodities (e.g., machined parts, plastic injection molding, cable assemblies, metal fabrication/stamping, casting, bus bar, packaging).
  • Well-rounded knowledge in strategic sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing, and operational procurement.

Qualifications

• The Essentials
  • Engineering degree; exposure to Supplier Quality Engineering is an added advantage.
  • 1+ years of experience in engineering-to-order business.
  • Experience in project management required.
  • Travel: up to 30–50% (domestic SEA and regional Asia-Pacific).
• The Preferred
  • Experience in sourcing with multi-site management and multi-commodity responsibility.
  • SEA-sourcing experience.

What We Offer

• Benefits package includes comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium Calm membership, volunteer paid time off after 6 months, volunteer and donation matching, Employee Assistance Program, OnTrack wellbeing program, on-demand digital course library for professional development, and other local benefits.

Additional Information

Rockwell Automation is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your experience doesn\'t align perfectly with every qualification, you are encouraged to apply anyway; you may be the right person for this or other roles.

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