Team Leader, Supply Chain

VAT Vakuumventile AG; Batu Kawan; On-site; MYR 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

VAT Vakuumventile AG in Malaysia seeks a Supply Chain Team Lead to own end-to-end supply chain for the product lines, ensure on-time delivery to customers, manage COGS and margin, and continuously improve efficiency across the global network including Switzerland and Romania.

You will lead a cross-functional order planning team, coordinate interfaces among operations, purchasing, planning, and logistics, and drive improvements in lead times, inventory, and product costs.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, International Management and/or Economics, or Business Administration.
• Technical education and advanced education in procurement and supply chain management.
• 8+ years of experience in developing industrial operations and end-to-end supply chain.
• Strong English communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Manage supply chain and operations of product lines in the VAT network - Malaysia and may connect globally with global team with Switzerland and Romania.
• Lead a team of end-to-end customer order planning for your dedicated Product Line.
• Represent the centrally managed operations unit and be responsible for the entire product life cycle.
• Coordinate interface between operations, strategic purchasing, materials management, planning and order fulfilment to improve on-time delivery, product quality and costs.
• Work with product managers to identify market trends and derive measures.
• Single point of contact on order fulfillment for mass pro and NPI with stakeholders from PM, Design Eng, Category Management, Purchasing, Key Account Management, Production, Finance and Logistics.
• Responsible for KPIs: OTDr & OTDc, backlog reduction, lead time reduction, COGS reduction, Ramp readiness.
• Coordinate with BU, Program Managers and Global Accounts on forecast verification.
• Work with IE and Category Management to ensure sufficient capacity and cycle time improvements.
• Propose programs to shorten material supply lead time and minimize inventory holding (frame contracts, VMI, JIT).
• Ensure collaboration with HQ PLSCM for knowledge exchange and standardization.

Skills

Can-do attitude

English communication

Cross-functional management

Project management

Education

Engineering degree

International Management or Economics

Business Administration

Procurement and SCM education

Job description

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Innovation, Efficiency and Ambition:this is what VAT has stood for over 50 years.

With this passion, VAT has grown to become the leading international developer, manufacturer and supplier of high-performance high-end vacuum valves and vacuum sealing technology, employing over 2000 people worldwide. The headquarters are located in Haag (Switzerland), the production centers in Switzerland, Malaysia, Romania and Taiwan.

The Supply Chain Team Lead will fulfil a central key role in our company. He/she will be responsible for fully owning and driving all supply chain activities for the assigned product series. This includes ensuring on-time delivery to customers, meeting customer lead time requirements, and eliminating order backlog to maintain smooth operations. The role also involves managing cost of goods sold (COGS) to achieve a healthy contribution margin, while continuously improving efficiency, coordination, and supply performance across the end-to-end process.

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Manage supply chain and operations of product lines in the VAT network - Malaysia and may connect globally with global team with Switzerland and Romania.
• Lead (functional and disciplinary) a team of end-to-end customer order planning team for your dedicated Product Line.
• Represent the centrally managed operations unit and be responsible for the entire product life cycle.
• Coordinate the interface between operations, strategic purchasing, materials management, supply chain planning and order fulfilment in order to continuously improve and manage on time delivery, product quality and overall product costs of our product lines.
• Work closely with the product managers to identify market trends at an early stage and derive the right measures from them.
• Single point of contact on matters related to order fulfillment, for both mass pro and NPI, with stakeholders from Program Management, Design
  Engineering, Category Management, Purchasing, Key Account Management, Productions, Finance and Logistics.
• Responsible and accountable for important KPIs e.g.: Customer OTDr & OTDc, Backlogs reduction, Leadtime reduction, COGS reduction, Ramp readiness etc.
• Responsible for minimizing SMI as a result of component EOL, design change by internal or external request.
• Coordinate with Business Unit, Program Managers and Global Account/Key Account Managers on customers forecast verification.
• Work together with IE team and Category Management to prepare sufficient capacity internally and externally for any demand ramp, as well as cycle time improvement.
• Work closely with internal team and Category Management to propose programs/ ideas to shorten material supply lead time as well as minimizing inventory holding, eg : frame contract negotiations, VMI projects, JIT, etc.
• Ensure close collaboration with HQ PLSCM team to encourage knowledge exchange, planning process standardization, as well as RACI standardization.
• University degree in Engineering, International Management and/or Economics, or Business Administration
• Technical education and advanced education in procurement and supply chain management
• Minimum 8 years of experience in developing industrial operations as well as tactical and strategic end to end supply chain
• Project and strong cross functional management skills with stakeholder management focus.
• Can- do attitude and very good communication skills in English
• Results and customer orientated team player
• Collaboration with internal departments including leading global projects and meetings
• Active participation in the improvement of supply chain processes and management of cross-divisional projects

VAT is an equal opportunity employer. We see ourselves as a responsible and far-sighted employer that offers not only jobs, but also career and personal development opportunities through various training programs. We recognize the value of employee diversity and provide equal employment opportunity for all qualified application that contributes to innovation, improves customer orientation and employee satisfaction. One-step in this direction is to ensure that people are recognized and fairly compensated for their contributions to the company. In 2021, VAT received the Fair-ON-Pay+ certificate as an acknowledgement for our commitment in ensuring equal pay for equal work between men and women.