Senior Specialist, Procurement Engineer

Schneider Electric; Cavite City; On-site; PHP 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a lead for the Cavite Plant Electronics productivity program in Cavite, Philippines. You will drive the productivity plan for passive components, capacitors, resistors, switches, and related categories with ~14M annual spend, building a detailed plan across Levers and supplier governance.

Role involves cross-functional leadership, supplier audits, financial forecast (P&L), and collaboration with global category managers to ensure on-time execution and escalation

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of electronics parts supply chain, safety stocking min/max per category of item, Leadtime offers in the market.
• Electronics market/category working experience in large electronics industrial companies or contract manufacturers (EMS).
• Strong knowledge of buy analysis, should cost sheet cost methodology, Linear pricing expertise.
• Experience in working in a matrix environment across organizations and functions.
• Strong leadership and performance management skills to run plant critical/gating items.
• An entry level Professional applies theoretical broad knowledge typically obtained through advanced education.
• Entry level to 3 years’ experience in the specific role, but may have some general working experience.
• Adaptation of general guidelines with autonomy to develop solutions. No subordination to manage.

Responsibilities

• Formulate cross-functional levers for Supplier performance, innovation, performance improvement and sustainable growth with key stakeholder validation. Drives productivity projects such as QVE, COS/Rebalancing, and Lean at Supplier
• Assess and manage the supplier base to ensure flawless sourcing in terms of quality, supply chain, financial risk and contractual discipline. Deliver on all operational and strategic KPI.
• Assess and manage multiple risk factors along the supply chain, e.g. currency risks, supplier risks including Tier 2/3, regulatory risks, etc.
• Support & align the development and execution of categories strategy. Support Global negotiation. Work across the regional leadership teams to support their requirements within the global context
• Develop and maintain productivity forecasts
• Maintain and track the performance dashboard, accountable for the Electronics productivity performance
• Maintains accuracy of financial records at the cluster level and drive the Annual Procurement Operational Plan (APOP)
• Improve upstream supply chain efficiency with shorter lead time concepts, just-in-time and on-time principles

Skills

Electronics supply chain

Supplier performance management

Forecasting / P&L

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Just-in-time / Lean

Negotiation / Global

Job description

You will be able to lead, develop and operationalize the productivity plan of Electronics parts for Cavite Plant, with the annual spend of ~14Me from categories like Passive component Capacitor, Resistors, Switch and by implementing an annual performance operation plan and management (APO).

Part of your responsibility is to build a detailed plan by Lever (NEGO, COS, QVE, e-RA, Classic Nego), Supplier audit and management and to create the financial forecast (P&L) and achievement of results. Lead and manage the productivity operation for the plant, in collaboration with the other departments, plant managers and the global category manager and teams.

You will act as the major go-to-person for all plant related Electronic category escalations and support production on shortages, capacity and critical escalation, along with SSL / RCM / GCD. This position will be supporting the Cavite, Philippines plant.

What will you do?

• Formulate cross-functional levers for Supplier performance, innovation, performance improvement and sustainable growth with key stakeholder validation. Drives productivity projects such as QVE, COS/Rebalancing, and Lean at Supplier
• Assess and manage the supplier base to ensure flawless sourcing in terms of quality, supply chain, financial risk and contractual discipline. Deliver on all operational and strategic KPI.
• Assess and manage multiple risk factors along the supply chain, e.g. currency risks, supplier risks including Tier 2/3, regulatory risks, etc.
• Support & align the development and execution of categories strategy. Support Global negotiation. Work across the regional leadership teams to support their requirements within the global context
• Develop and maintain productivity forecasts
• Maintain and track the performance dashboard, accountable for the Electronics productivity performance
• Maintains accuracy of financial records at the cluster level and drive the Annual Procurement Operational Plan (APOP)
• Improve upstream supply chain efficiency with shorter lead time concepts, just-in-time and on-time principles

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Good knowledge of electronics parts supply chain, safety stocking min/max per category of item, Leadtime offers in the market
• Electronics market/category working experience in any large electronics industrial companies or contract manufacturers (EMS)
• Strong knowledge of buy analysis, should cost sheet cost methodology, Linear pricing expertise
• Experience in working in a matrix environment across organizations and functions
• Strong leadership and performance management skills to run plant critical/gating items
• An entry level Professional applies theoretical broad knowledge typically obtained through advanced education
• Entry level to 3 years’ experience in the specific role, but may have some general working experience
• Adaptation of general guidelines with autonomy to develop solutions. No subordination to manage