Category Manager Metal Component APAC
On-siteShanghai, Shanghai, China
Job Summary
Lead the Asia Pacific metal component category by awarding new businesses through project negotiations, cost modeling, and supplier development methodologies. Collaborate with Product Line and Business Area Purchasing to build category strategies that drive cost performance, innovation, and complexity reduction while managing RFQs and strategic sourcing activities. Execute yearly negotiations, manage supplier portfolios, and evaluate contractual terms to ensure compliance and maximize buying efficiency. Support new model launches, address supplier performance issues, and lead cross-functional analysis to deliver productivity targets and minimize supply disruption risks.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to develop and retain strong supplier relationships with extensive negotiation skills
- Develop the expertise in continuous improvement of sourcing methods
- tooling capability understanding
- deep knowledge of the supplier industrial process
- financial situation
- Responsible for data research, analytics, and management of direct material category strategies
- Support the development of annual budgets and 5 year strategic plans for the Business Area identifying opportunities and risks
- Support business area in generating a pipeline of initiatives and projects to deliver productivity targets
- Lead internal and external analysis (industry & supplier) as a member of a cross-functional sourcing team
- Support RFQ and other strategic sourcing activities
- Manage and evaluate contractual agreement terms to ensure compliance
- Assist in the implementation and expansion payment terms (NOWC)
- Evaluate and propose actions and initiatives around simplification and complexity reduction
- Participate in negotiations and use creative ways to drive value by the utilization of Value Based Sourcing
- Maximize buying efficiency, minimize supply disruption, and financial risks for the Business Area
- Support Program Management on new model Launches and platform refresh programs
- Address / support resolution to supplier driven performance issues
- Identify potential contract improvement opportunities & re-negotiations
- Well-developped social, technical, and financial skills
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