Job Description
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop Optical commodity strategies aligned with business objectives.
- Monitor global market trends, supply‑demand dynamics, and geopolitical factors.
- Mitigate risks related to commodity price fluctuations.
- Identify and develop new suppliers in collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
- Optimize the supplier base to enhance efficiency and quality.
- Conduct RFQs for NPI (New Product Introduction) projects.
- Drive cost reduction initiatives through comprehensive cost analysis, market data evaluation, and negotiation.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to lead Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE) projects.
- Coordinate cross‑functional efforts to achieve project KPIs including savings, lead time reduction, minimum order quantity optimization, dual sourcing, and localization.
- Lead quarterly supplier scorecard reviews to improve supplier performance in quality, delivery, and...