Supply Chain Analyst

Flextronics - The Flex Company; Seberang Perai; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Bonuses

Job summary

Flextronics - The Flex Company located in Prai, Penang, is seeking a Supply Chain Analyst to support strategic materials for key accounts and act as a liaison with customers and suppliers to drive cost and performance improvements.

You will drive sourcing strategies, develop KPI reports, manage pricing, and support supplier negotiations to optimize gross margins and inventory levels. Experience in electronics manufacturing is desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years in finance, materials sourcing, commodity management or supply chain design/management or related area.
• Understanding of cost accounting, electronics markets, price trends and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic materials for key accounts and customer interfaces.
• Develop and implement GPSC reports and data trends to facilitate decision making.
• Drive pricing and sourcing strategies; manage supplier relations and negotiations.
• Coordinate cost take-down strategies and vendor managed inventory initiatives.
• Track materials financial performance and initiate corrective actions as needed.

Skills

Cost accounting understanding

Electronics market knowledge

OEM product development knowledge

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Office software

Job description

Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Supply Chain Analyst located in Prai, Penang. In charge of customer interface on strategic materials for key assigned accounts. Hold up material manager or director to develop, implement GPSC reports, data research trends to facilitate resolutions making.

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.

Specialized Job controls may be required for certain positions. These could include on or more of the following duties:

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 5 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’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision Life Insurance Paid Time Off Allowances & Bonuses NB09 AA98

Job Category Global Procurement & Supply Chain

Required Skills:

Optional Skills:

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.

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Through the collective strength of ~150,000 team members across 30 countries and responsible, sustainable operations, 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 with Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your growth, and build great products for our customers that improve people’s lives. Together, let’s create the extraordinary!