Category Manager

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1. Position: Category Manager
2. Report to: Sourcing Senior Manager
3. Working time: 8:00 – 17:00 | Monday – Friday
4. Location: Factory No.6, Lot CN6, Ba Thien Industrial Park, Ba Hien Town, Binh Xuyen District, Vinh Phuc
5. Responsibility:

• In the initial stage of product design, cooperate with R&D to find new materials and support material selection in R&D and design process.
• Manage VN mechanical plant supply base development, supplier selection and management.
• Be responsible for RFQ, commercial negotiation and related agreement singing, including NDA, COC, frame purchase agreement etc.
• Monitor and maintain the sourcing procedures and make sure the process efficiency.
• Maintain material prices timely in system through trade agreement management.
• Support and work closely with purchase to pay process for right delivery, quality and services.
• Localization of material and services under the supports of GCSEA Category Managers.
• Manage supplier performance through scorecard and SBR development. Develops relationships with key business owners to understand the categories short- and long-term goals and needs of the business (including demand, quality expectations, delivery needs and cost)
• Be responsible for materials pricing, procurement quotas and cost development.
• Coordinate supplier quality management activities, to ensure sustainable delivery, stable supplier’s quality performance with continuous improvement.
• Develop, implement and manage the procurement process for other strategic spend including post award measurement processes and on-going management that meet all internal needs of Engineer, Quality, Finance, Legal and Procurement.
• Weekly and monthly report and tracking of sourcing performance and KPIs.
• Follow GCSEA sourcing & category management strategies with the focus on maximizing business value and customer satisfaction.
• Plans, develops and implements business plans and budgets, including long-term objectives, performance goals and metrics.

6. Requirement:

• Bachelor degree or above, major in mechanical, engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in manufacturing procurement & Supply Chain, 3+ years of experience in Supply Chain/Sourcing manager’s role.
• Experienced in mechanical hardware products with knowledge of die casting, machining, painting, volume assembly manufacturing process. Indirect sourcing experience is also preferred.
• Awareness of ERP systems with preference of Microsoft AX.
• Experience for plant localization with multiple entities’ sourcing responsibility will be a plus.
• Practical and hands-on working style with analytic & logic thinking.
• Have good professional ethics quality, strong pressure resistance, innovation, self-motivation, good communication skills.
• Strong in Leadership skill & also strong work independently requirement.
• Being able to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Fluent in English, Mandarin is additional preferred.
• The role requires travelling.

7. Welfare and Benefit: Will be discussed more within the interview