Summary:
The Sourcing Engineer will be responsible for all thermal application commodities such Heat Sink, Heat Pipe, Extrusion, Fin, Base, Plate and Coil, etc. management including- handling daily RFQ, developing and qualifying suppliers locally in VN, driving cost reduction, developing and implementing the commodity sourcing strategy through analysis of global markets, raw material trends, technology, value chain analysis, and long term sourcing plans. Perform industry research to identify qualified supplier candidates to meet company&039;s needs. Benchmark best in class suppliers.
***Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Monitor various supplier performance metrics including related value elements, performance trends and risk analysis to ensure category strategy is working and corrective action taken when needed.
- Other work assigned by managers.
- Travel to various supplier locations to investigate new opportunities, improve manufacturing efficiency, and resolve any supply chain or quality issues.
- Review supplier DFM/exceptions and communicate to cross function team.
- Handle daily RFQ in timely manner and identify appropriate suppliers for specific project/part.
- Perform cost analysis for each category group to fully understand cost.
- Drive continuous Improvement cost reductions through the life of the supplier contracts.
- Source, qualify and approve new suppliers together with cross function team&039;s support for existing/new commodities to enhance our supplier base to meet or exceed customer&039;s expectations.
- Establish relationship with suppliers with responsibilities for all commercial aspects including negotiations, contracts, partnerships etc.
- Ensure delivery against savings targets at required quality levels.
- Works with internal customers to ensure specifications and statements of work are appropriate, manages performance to project schedules and enforces the supplier obligation to meet such schedules for the tasks or products required.
- Review supplier&039;s quotation and conduct deep analysis to justify the cost.
- Review supplier performance in accordance to established metrics.