Strategic Sourcing Analyst

Gen AI Solution Architect

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Tasks Summary &amp; Responsibilities (please enclose organizational charts)</li><li>Responsible for analysing input requests, identify right suppliers from the approved supplier panel.</li><li>Responsible for preparing RFQ’s, quote analysis, negotiations, obtaining Sourcing Committee approvals and awarding new business to supplier to develop finished products, components and tooling.</li><li>Define PBL supplier sourcing strategy based on business needs, that defines strategic suppliers into grow, fix and exit suppliers and maintains product footprint, incl. “make or buy”-analysis. Introduce new suppliers in SEA, India Mexico, North America.</li><li>Accountable for info record and PO accuracy, transfer relevant data to SCM, (Incoterm, lead time, price, MOQ etc)</li><li>Drive attainment and improvement of relevant procurement KPI’s, incl. Material Productivity (CMP), Lead time performance, delivery (STR/STC), and Quality (DLPM).</li><li>Responsible for improving material productivity by maintaining 125% material pipeline, CMP, TEBIT and WAV analysis and Drive VA/VE projects in collaboration with Engineering</li><li>Responsible for supplier price management, including PIA</li><li>Responsible for maintaining the capabilities and capacities of suppliers to avoid any constraints</li><li>Ensure and Drive MOQ optimization for material/components (incl. finished goods) used by the&nbsp;</li><li>plant for production and establish supplier agreements, e. g. VMI, EDI, consignment, Scheduling Agreements frame order review, blanket PO)</li><li>Lead the consolidation of Supplier Footprint, incl. setup of new suppliers, reducing number of suppliers</li><li>Ensure that suppliers meet TE compliance requirements (RoHs, Reach, conflict minerals, supplier portals)&nbsp;</li><li>Responsible for contracting of supplier commercial agreements, incl. bailment, inventory management and supply agreements.</li><li>Responsible for conducting QBR’s with strategic suppliers and the drive of respective corrective actions</li><li>Regularly carry out Suppliers risk assessments per business needs</li><li>Ensure data on OV tools is captured and delivered to finance.</li><li>Work with team on ISO Related documents, process and compliance check on regular frequency</li><li>Support the tactical buyer in the following tasks: inventory management components, manage outside product, and block invoices</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree or above, Engineering background - Mechanical Engineering Preferred</li><li>10+ years of experience in sourcing area&nbsp;</li><li>Experience in Electronics, Stamping, Machining, Molding, especially from connector, connector assembly or cable assembly industry is preferred&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and communication skills&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to demonstrate strong customer focus and continues improvement</li><li>Strong project management skills and ability to multi-task&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to work in a matrix environment with multi-cultural teams</li><li>Ability to create competitive strategies and plans, broad knowledge of strategies and tactics of the marketplace, knows trends&nbsp;</li><li>Knowledge of regional and global supplier base for relevant commodities</li><li>Advanced knowledge in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office, i.e. Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint</li><li>Fluent English at negotiation level,&nbsp;</li><li>Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation</li><li>Proactive, detailed-oriented</li><li>Strong analytical skills</li><li>Cross-functional skills</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Create a supplier sourcing strategy, under strong consideration of customer needs, that defines strategic suppliers into grow, fix and exit suppliers and maintains product footprint, incl. “make or buy”-analysis.&nbsp;</li><li>Develop suppliers per business requirement with cross functions&nbsp;</li><li>Drive the attainment and improvement of relevant procurement KPI’s, incl. Material Productivity (CMP), Lead time performance, delivery (STR/STC), and Quality (DLPM).</li><li>Responsible for improving material productivity by maintaining 125% material pipeline, CMP, TEBIT and WAV analysis</li><li>Drive cost reduction opportunity with engineering team, lead VA/VE projects</li><li>Responsible for contracting of supplier commercial agreements, incl. bailment, inventory management and supply agreements.&nbsp;</li><li>Responsible for preparing RFQ’s, utilizing E-Tools, awarding new business and negotiation all raw materials, components, and tooling</li><li>Lead the optimization of the Supplier Footprint, incl. setup of new suppliers, reducing number of supplier and resourcing activities</li><li>Collect and maintain capabilities and capacities of suppliers to avoid constraints</li><li>Accountable for info record and PO accuracy and communicate relevant data to tactical buyer, incl. lead time, price and MOQ</li><li>Responsible for conducting QBR’s with strategic suppliers and the drive of respective corrective actions</li><li>Ensure and Drive MOQ optimization for material/components (incl. finished goods) used by the&nbsp;</li><li>plant for production and establish supplier agreements, e. g. VMI, EDI, consignment, Scheduling Agreements frame order review, blanket PO)</li><li>Responsible for calculating impact and getting the PIA approved</li><li>Ensure data on OV tools is captured and delivered to finance.</li><li>Conduct risk assessments for new suppliers and legacy suppliers not done yet.</li><li>Ensure that all suppliers meet requirements for compliance (RoHs, Reach, conflict minerals, supplier portal usage)&nbsp;</li><li>Drive the usage of the of the Supplier Portal by utilization of tactical buyer department</li><li>Work with team on ISO Related documents, process and compliance check on regular frequency</li><li>Support the tactical buyer in the following tasks: inventory management components, manage outside product, and block invoices</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s Degree Bachelor or above, Engineering background - Mechanical Engineering preferred</li><li>5+ years’ years’ experience in sourcing area&nbsp;</li><li>Experience in mechanical, Stamping, Machining, especially for plastic part</li><li>Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical skills, and communication skills&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to demonstrate strong customer focus and continues improvement attitude</li><li>Strong project management skills and ability to multi-task&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to work in a matrix environment with multi-cultural teams</li><li>Ability to create competitive strategies and plans, broad knowledge of strategies and tactics of the marketplace, knows trends&nbsp;</li><li>Knowledge of regional and global supplier base for relevant commodities</li><li>Advanced knowledge in the use of SAP and Microsoft Office, i.e. Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint</li><li>Fluent English at negotiation level,&nbsp;</li><li>Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation</li><li>Proactive, detailed-oriented</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>The AI Solution Architect will oversee the architecture for AI solution teams, focusing on modifying existing products and creating new ones.</li><li>The ideal candidate should be passionate about designing, building, implementing, and maintaining AI/ML/Generative AI applications.</li><li>Leadership skills are essential to implement the latest AI techniques and architectures and to continuously improve the AI/ML development, delivery, and operations process.</li><li>The role involves adhering to best practices from Software Engineering, DevOps, MLOps, and LLMOps.</li><li>The AI Solution Architect will also be responsible for translating project requirements into strategic architecture solutions, ensuring the integration of cloud-native tools from major hyperscalers and machine learning to create chatbots, optimizations, and cognitive services.</li><li>This role requires a blend of technical expertise and the ability to bridge the gap between intricate business challenges and transformative AI solutions, making it a strategically crucial position.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>Define and oversee the AI/ML/GenAI technical direction and architectural vision, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and digital transformation efforts.</li><li>Data Analysis, Tool and Framework selection, Model Development, Testing and Deployment.</li><li>Key contributor in architecting a comprehensive AI Engineering framework that supports the deployment, evaluation, and management of ML models &amp; GenAI solutions.</li><li>Select appropriate technologies from a pool of open-source and commercial offerings, considering deployment models and integration with existing tools.</li><li>Understand and contribute to MLOps and LLMOps focusing on operational capabilities and infrastructure to deploy and manage machine learning models and large language models.</li><li>Collaborate with Enterprise, Application, Data &amp; DevOps Architects, Data scientists, Machine Learning &amp; GenAI Engineers, and Business teams to pilot use cases and discuss architectural design.</li><li>Develop and maintain contact with top decision makers, lead proposal development, and contribute to pricing strategies.</li><li>Audit AI tools and practices across data, models and software engineering focusing on continuous improvement and feedback mechanisms.</li><li>Help AI product managers and business stakeholders understand the potential and limitations of AI when planning new products.</li><li>Own all communication and collaboration channels pertaining to assigned projects, including regular stakeholder review meetings and cross team alignments.</li><li>Work closely with the business, segment analytics, IT teams and partners to deliver the outcome and help drive adoption.&nbsp;</li><li>Hands-on prototyping of new technology solutions by working with cross teams</li></ul>&nbsp;Requirements: <ul><li>15+ Years of Experience operating on AWS Cloud or other cloud hyperscalers with building Data and AI Solutions</li><li>15+ Years of Experience Data Warehouses, Data Lakes and Data Modelling techniques</li><li>15 + years of experience in Data Science, Statistics, and Machine Learning</li><li>15+ years of experience in machine learning model development, natural language processing, and data analysis;</li><li>Experienced in Supervised and Unsupervised learning, feature engineering, model training, and deployment.</li><li>15+ years of experience in implementing cloud-based AI/ML workloads on any cloud hyperscalers (AWS, Google or Azure).</li><li>Good understanding and implementation experience on GenAI models available with Cloud hyperscalers. AWS Bedrock experience is a plus but not required.</li><li>15+ Years of coding experience with Python, R, SQL etc.</li><li>Hands on experience working with LLM/RAG/Finetuning</li><li>Experience working on Agile projects and Agile methodology in general.</li><li>Experience in configuration management tools and defining configuration management schema</li><li>Excellent problem solving, communications, and teamwork skills.</li><li>Exceptional presentation, visualization, and analysis skills</li></ul> Motivational/Cultural Fit <ul><li>Innovation demeanor Problem solving.</li><li>Passion for technology.</li><li>Self development.</li><li>Results driven.</li><li>Clear and concise communication both locally and globally.</li></ul> Competencies <ul><li>Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation.</li><li>Knowledge of business ethics and Ethical Sourcing Requirements.</li><li>Ability to influence at an Executive Level both internally and externally.</li><li>Ability to lead and influence peer groups both internally and externally.</li><li>Knowledge of Total Cost of Ownership methodology (TCO).</li><li>Distributor/Supplier dynamics &amp; business models.</li><li>Knowledge of critical procurement legal requirements and contracting best practices a plus.</li></ul>

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