Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Description

Ring is looking for passionate and creative candidates to join our operations team in Taipei.

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities:

· Lead mechanical OR electrical mechanical parts sourcing strategy and execute to best deliver to cost, supply, and innovation targets

· Develop a commodity roadmap aligning business requirements with supplier capabilities

· Lead the analysis of a specific commodity or leads an individual supply chain sub- category

· Participate as a senior member on a cross-functional team (may lead specific projects)

· Meet with stakeholder managers to understand business priorities and translate them into procurement plans.

· Conduct regular business review with suppliers to ensure continuous improvement

· Execute risk mitigation, business continuity, cost management, and operation strategies

· Drive alignment between Supplier roadmaps and business roadmaps

· Identify opportunities for supply chain optimization and implements as appropriate.

· Maintain expertise/knowledge of trends

· Manage internal stakeholder relationship in driving product introductions, commodity/technology lifecycle, demand/supply, etc.

· Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings optimization

· Develop and maintain relationships with executives and senior executives at suppliers

· Track new technology development for assigned products/suppliers; identify suppliers that provide relevant technology for products.

· Interface with Program Management to assess current and future sourcing requirements

· Work closely with our Engineering teams to support product development efforts, to influence sourcing decisions, meet customer expectations, technical capabilities, and program objectives; or define standard and custom product requirements.

Basic Qualifications

15+ years of experience managing commodities within multinational companies, including for products covering enterprise solutions or consumer electronics

· In depth knowledge on factory operations and manufacturing process

· Ability to develop efficient work processes for complex projects involving many groups, across multiple geographies and effectively coordinate, implement, and maintain those processes.

· Demonstrated experience interacting with cross-functional teams (internally & externally) with the ability for effective communication

· Strong analytical skills (i.e. cost modeling, quotation analysis, supplier selection)

· Experience leading strategy development in supply chain management and optimization

· A team player with leadership skill and influencing skill

· Strong presentation and negotiation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to be innovative regarding strategic sourcing, vendor relations, and quality assurance.

• Project management experience.