HW Procurement Team Leader

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Job Summary
This role is responsible for leading overall engineering and customer feedback analysis processes for supplier products and overseeing supplier product designs processes and activities. The role collaborates with suppliers and internal teams to manage the acquisition and supply of designated commodities. The role applies advanced subject matter knowledge to drive continuous improvement innovation in product design and manufacturing.

Responsibilities
Manages all aspects of the global engineering relationship with one or more key suppliers of external hardware components materials or services for the development and manufacturing of a product or service line.
Reviews and evaluates supplier product designs processes and activities for compliance with company manufacturing guidelines quality processes and standards; provides tangible feedback based on results to improve product quality and mitigate risk of product failure.
Manages the identification access acquisition and supply of designated commodities and manages the relationship contract development and contract execution with the supplier of such commodities.
Assists in resolving purchasing and procurement-related issues between factories and vendors.
Leads overall engineering and customer feedback analysis processes for supplier products; communicates and collaborates with management internal and outsourced suppliers manufacturing and development partners to develop and implement changes to product or process to reduce defects improve quality and lower costs.
Directly places processes and follows up on orders to expedite and ensure timely delivery to meet project schedules.
Develops and implements ways to measure supplier performance to drive continuous improvement.
Provides advanced domain-specific expertise and overall procurement engineering leadership and perspective to cross-organization projects programs and activities.
Drives innovation and integration of new supplier technologies and company quality initiatives into product design and manufacturing.
Provides guidance and mentoring to less experienced staff members.

Education & Experience Recommended
Four-year or Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically has 7-10 years of work experience preferably in purchasing/ sourcing planning project management compliance and quality assurance supplier relationship management or a related field.

Preferred Certifications
NA

Knowledge & Skills
Auditing
Continuous Improvement Process
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
New Product Development
Process Improvement
Procurement
Project Management
Purchasing
Risk Management
SAP Applications
Strategic Sourcing
Supplier Identification And Selection
Supplier Management
Supplier Performance Management
Supplier Quality Engineering
Supplier Quality Management
Supplier Relationship Management
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management
Vendor Management

Cross-Org Skills
Effective Communication
Results Orientation
Learning Agility
Digital Fluency
Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope
Impacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.

Complexity
Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.

Disclaimer
This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties skills responsibilities knowledge etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

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