Team Leader, Supply Chain

VAT Manufacturing Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Batu Kawan; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

VAT Manufacturing Malaysia Sdn Bhd in Penang is seeking a Supply Chain Lead to own end-to-end supply chain activities for a product series, ensuring on-time delivery, meeting lead times, and minimizing backlog while managing COGS across regions. You will lead a team of Supply Specialists and Order & Material Specialists and act as single point of contact for order fulfilment.

You will coordinate with Program Management, Design Engineering, Purchasing, Finance and Key Account Management, and

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering or related field.
• Advanced education in procurement and supply chain management.
• Minimum 8–10 years of industrial operations and strategic project purchasing.
• Strong cross-functional management and stakeholder focus.
• Excellent English communication and delivery of results.

Responsibilities

• Serve as single point of contact for order fulfillment across key segments for the VAT network.
• Own procurement and production planning for a dedicated product line in VAT.
• Lead a team of Supply Specialists and Order & Material Specialists.
• Drive KPIs such as OTDr/OTDc, backlog reduction, lead time reduction, and COGS.
• Collaborate with Program, Key Account, IE and Category Management teams on forecasts and capacity.
• Coordinate with HQ PLSCM for planning standardization and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Can-do attitude

English communication

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Procurement & supply chain management education

Job description

Summary
Fully own the supply chain related activities for a product series that assigned under this position; including on time delivery to customers, meeting customers required LeadTime, avoid and eliminate order backlog, as well as managing the COGS to achieve reasonable contribution margin.

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Supply Chain Lead will fulfill a central key role in our company.

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.

Will manage the procurement and production planning of a dedicated product line in the VAT network - Switzerland, Malaysia and Romania.

Will be leading (functional and disciplinary) a team of Supply Specialists and Order & Material Specialists for a dedicated Product Line.

Will be responsible and accountable for important KPIs eg : customers OTDr & OTDc, Backlogs reduction, Leadtime reduction, COGS reduction.

Will be responsible for minimizing SMI as a result of component EOL, design change by internal or external request.

Coordinate with Program Managers and 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.

Work closely with Category Management to propose programs/ ideas to shorten material supply leadtime 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 Admin

Technical education and advanced education in procurement and supply chain management

Minimum 8 - 10 years of experience in developing industrial operations as well as tactical and strategic project purchasing

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 procurement processes and management of cross-divisional projects

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Machinery & Automation 101-1,000 employees

VAT, founded in Switzerland in 1964, is a high-tech company which designs and manufactures vacuum valves for a wide range of industrial and research applications.

We change the world with vacuum solutions - that is our purpose as the world's leading supplier of high-end vacuum valves. The VAT Group reports in two segments: Valves and Global Service.

The Valves segment is a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of vacuum valves for the semiconductor, displays, photovoltaics and vacuum coating industries as well as for the industrial and research sector. Global Service provides local expert support to customers and offers genuine spare parts, repairs and upgrades.

VAT reported net sales of CHF 1,145 million in 2022 and employs some 3,000 people worldwide, with representatives in 29 countries and manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Malaysia, and Romania.

For more information, please visit: www.vatvalve.com

VAT, founded in Switzerland in 1964, is a high-tech company which designs and manufactures vacuum valves for a wide range of industrial and research applications.

We change the world with vacuum solutions - that is our purpose as the world's leading supplier of high-end vacuum valves. The VAT Group reports in two segments: Valves and Global Service.

The Valves segment is a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of vacuum valves for the semiconductor, displays, photovoltaics and vacuum coating industries as well as for the industrial and research sector. Global Service provides local expert support to customers and offers genuine spare parts, repairs and upgrades.

VAT reported net sales of CHF 1,145 million in 2022 and employs some 3,000 people worldwide, with representatives in 29 countries and manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Malaysia, and Romania.

For more information, please visit: www.vatvalve.com

VAT, founded in Switzerland in 1964, is a high-tech company which designs and manufactures vacuum valves for a wide range of industrial and research applications.

We change the world with vacuum solutions - that is our purpose as the world's leading supplier of high-end vacuum valves. The VAT Group reports in two segments: Valves and Global Service.

The Valves segment is a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of vacuum valves for the semiconductor, displays, photovoltaics and vacuum coating industries as well as for the industrial and research sector. Global Service provides local expert support to customers and offers genuine spare parts, repairs and upgrades.

VAT reported net sales of CHF 1,145 million in 2022 and employs some 3,000 people worldwide, with representatives in 29 countries and manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Malaysia, and Romania.

For more information, please visit: www.vatvalve.com

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