Senior Supply Chain Analyst

Flextronics - The Flex Company; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Flex, a leading global electronics manufacturing services provider, is seeking a Supply Chain Specialist in Singapore to drive sourcing strategies, negotiate with suppliers, and optimize material costs. The role involves managing supplier relationships, cost reviews, and coordinating with customers on procurement decisions.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years in finance, materials sourcing, or supply chain roles, with a strong grasp of cost accounting and OEM

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance, materials sourcing, commodity management or supply chain design/management.
• Strong understanding of cost accounting, price trends and OEM product development processes.

Responsibilities

• Develops and guides cost and pricing strategies for materials.
• Drives sourcing/pricing strategies in quotations to internal customers and suppliers.
• Manages regional supplier negotiations and supplier relationships.
• Tracks material cost performance and initiates corrective actions when needed.
• Coordinate sourcing strategies with Supply Management and customers.
• Participates in quarterly/monthly PPV processes and supplier performance reviews.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Cost analysis

Vendor relations

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Office Suite

Job description

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 at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

Job Summary To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Supply Chain Specialist to be in Kallang, Singapore.

Typical day

• Drives sourcing/pricing strategies in materials quotations.
• Presents materials value-add to customers or suppliers, and influences customers to use company preferred suppliers.
• Interfaces with customers or suppliers in new project start-up, for cost of ownership issues.
• Develops and guides the implementation of flexibility and supply assurance plans.
• Manages component cost/price on a local, regional, and global basis.
• Tracks material's financial performance and initiates 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 one 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. 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 Identify opportunities to increase turnkey business and develop materials management plan.
• Coordinate quarterly/monthly PPV hard call process.

Experience

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.

Tools

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.

Job Category

AL21 AA07 Job Category Global Procurement & Supply Chain

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. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. 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!