Supplier Collaboration Specialist
Nokia
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Job summary
Nokia, a global leader in connectivity, seeks an experienced supply chain professional in Penang, Malaysia. You will drive strategic analyses, manage shortages, and optimize global allocation using Nokia analytical tools, while coordinating with EMS/ODM/JDM partners and cross-functional teams across geographies.
This role emphasizes process improvement, policy integration, and delivering on-time delivery, quality, and customer satisfaction metrics. Hybrid work arrangements are available.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 5-7 years of professional work experience.
- Comprehensive knowledge (6+ years) of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management or Distribution environment.
- Experience in root cause analysis and problem-solving methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma, FMEA).
- Certified purple badge required and green or black belt preferred.
- Project management experience.
- Ability to achieve results through others by influencing and monitoring processes.
- Experience with virtual teams and collaboration across geographies.
- Proficiency in Office tools, especially Excel, and BI tools.
Responsibilities
- Drive scenario planning to support strategic decisions on inventory allocation.
- Resolve material issues including re-allocation and shortages; propose strategic solutions.
- Manage and expedite critical shortages within the global supply chain.
- Collaborate with worldwide teams and multiple manufacturing partners.
- Review and resolve shortages with internal and external partners weekly.
- Develop and utilize Nokia’s analytical tools for global allocation and constraints.
- Lead global supply chain initiatives across business units.
- Identify opportunities to reduce excess costs (freight, PPV, NCNR).
- Share knowledge on processes, metrics, reporting and tools.
- Align strategies with other business groups and coordinate services and programs.
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Job description
The position also involves strategic contributions such as developing and utilizing Nokia's analytical tools for global allocation, driving scenario planning, and identifying opportunities to reduce excess costs. Furthermore, the role requires leading process improvement initiatives, integrating global policies, and participating in cross-functional efforts to ensure business line revenue, on-time delivery, quality, and customer satisfaction metrics are met, often leading or participating in global strategic supply chain initiatives.
The position also involves strategic contributions such as developing and utilizing Nokia's analytical tools for global allocation, driving scenario planning, and identifying opportunities to reduce excess costs. Furthermore, the role requires leading process improvement initiatives, integrating global policies, and participating in cross-functional efforts to ensure business line revenue, on-time delivery, quality, and customer satisfaction metrics are met, often leading or participating in global strategic supply chain initiatives.
- Drive Scenario planning to support strategic decisions on allocation of inventory.
- Resolve any outstanding material issues in terms of re-allocation of material, global shortage constraints, and other supply issues, and offer strategic solutions for the future.
- Directly responsible to manage, expedite and solve critical shortages within Business Line supply chain for a global market.
- Ability to manage/work directly with a worldwide team, dealing with the complexities of multi-geographic manufacturing and cultures, and having the ability to support execution with insourced/outsourced supply chain.
- Meet with the various internal and external manufacturing partners (EMS/ODM/JDM) weekly to review/resolve the critical and operational shortages.
- Foster strong working relationships with business units internal to Nokia and with external project vendors and suppliers.
- Further develop, support, and utilize Nokia’s strategic analytical tools in support of global allocation and market constraints.
- Identify opportunities to reduce excess incurred costs, including freight, PPV and NCNR items.
- Search distribution and broker markets to clear shortages.
- Create and/or enhance process improvement policy and guidelines in support of global shortage issues.
- Provide overall leadership in the integration of global policy and procedure in support of clearing critical shortages.
- Acquire support, facilitate interfaces between the business units, internal business partners and suppliers, needed to clear material shortages.
- Align strategies and priorities with other Business groups and coordinate services, projects, and plans to ensure priorities are addressed appropriately.
- Share knowledge and understanding on processes, metrics, reporting and tools.
- Participates with other members of the BU core staff to establish and execute business strategy.
- Participates with other members of X-functional organizations to ensure Business Line revenue, on time delivery, Quality & Reliability and customer satisfaction metrics are met.
- Lead, Program Manage, &/or participate in global strategic supply chain initiatives that cut across different Business Units.
- Leveragability of strategies to other Business Unit's.
You have:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 5-7 years of professional work experience.
- Comprehensive knowledge (6+years) of relevant experience in respective services (e.g. Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management or Distribution environment)
- Experience in root cause analysis and problem-solving methodologies (e.g. Six Sigma, FMEA)
- Certified purple badge required and green or black belt preferred
- Project management experience
- Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly by establishing relationships, effective controls and monitoring processes
- Strong collaboration and partnering skills
- Personal Drive & Coping with Pressure
- Experience of indirect management - managing by influence.
- Experience in working with virtual teams
- Office/reporting tools proficiency, especially advanced Excel, also business intelligence tools, i.e.. PowerBI
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
Nokia is a global leader in connectivity for the AI era. With expertise across fixed, mobile and transport networks, powered by the innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we’re advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world.
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If you’re interested in this role but don’t meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences enrich our teams, and you may be just the right candidate for this or another opportunity.
The length of the recruitment process may vary depending on the specific role's requirements. We strive to ensure a smooth and inclusive experience for all candidates. Discover more about the recruitment process at Nokia.
- Flexible and hybrid working schemes
- A minimum of 90 days of Maternity and Paternity Leave, with the option to return to work within a year following the birth or adoption of a child (based on eligibility)
- Life insurance to all employees to provide peace of mind and financial security
- Well-being programs to support your mental and physical health
- Opportunities to join and receive support from Nokia Employee Resource Groups (NERGs)
- Employee Growth Solutions to support your personalized career & skills development
- Diverse pool of Coaches & Mentors to whom you have easy access
- A learning environment which promotes personal growth and professional development - for your role and beyond
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