Supply Chain Manager

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Job Summary:

• Accountable for supervising global supplier costing team responsible for supplier material costing and sourcing necessary to support UCT customer product, annual pricing requirements and costing roadmap.
• Competitive supplier costing is the initial critical step in increasing UCT's market share and driving to higher revenue for the company.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervise the global supplier costing team daily responsibilities to support all UCT facilities, products and customers related to:

• Supporting "must win" customer product quotes

• Supporting category management team with annual supplier pricing negotiations

• Supporting overall supplier costing roadmap

• Assist in training a world class supplier costing team to drive higher UCT margins through reduced supplier material costs

• Liaison with NPI teams, Category Management and Product Management on critical new customer product opportunities or to be quoted by UCT
• Chair Kick-Off meetings with stakeholders regarding critical product requirements, confirm RFQ package is complete, establish expectations and provide commitments
• Ensure global supplier costing procedures and work instructions are accurate and clearly define roles & responsibilities of supplier costing team
• Ensure Purchase Info Record (PIR) information is accurate when submitting supplier costing information to ERP

• For "must win" customer quotes, roll up all supplier costs from supplier costing team to create a complete supplier costing summary including:

• Prioritizing "must win" opportunities to ensure timely execution of supplier costing and on time submittal of product costing roll up

• Review with category management team any non strategic suppliers chosen and receive approval prior to moving forward
• Ensure all supplier costing is completed prior to submitting proposal
• Identify preferred suppliers chosen of overall submissions along with reasoning for decision
• Ensure that NRE, excess materials, etc., related to UCT or customer liability are clearly noted
• Ensure that costing from non strategic sources have notes indicating reasoning behind sourcing decision

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Supplier costing and material negotiation background preferred

• Must have demonstrated experience in negotiations, material cost analysis, and ability to meet or beat requirements to support costing roadmaps

• Exceptional written and verbal communication, presentation, coaching, and mentoring skills.

• Strong analytical skills and ability to understand, and perform to, complex requirements.

• Proficient in motivating and leading a team of costing analysts to ensure all expectations are communicated, commitments are made in a timely manner and deadlines are met on a consistent basis.

• Excellent computer skills (MS Office suite, particularly Excel) and database experience, SAP ERP experience a positive

• Ability to work on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, with identified prioritization

• Must be able to read and understand engineering drawings

Educational/Certification Requirement:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Supply Chain Management

Experience Requirement:

Work Experience: Minimum 5 years in Supplier Costing, Materials Management, Quoting

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