Senior Sourcing Manager

Relationship and Commercial Management

• Scope of responsibilities including strategic sourcing and tactical purchasing including OEM products, electronic components and New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Support APBC initiatives and focus while aligning with SSO processes and initiatives.
• Be a “Leader” with external partners and the business unit in preparing and implementing commercial strategies with external partners to achieve internal goals and initiatives.
• Build effective relationship and communication skills at senior management levels within internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Ability to create and deliver presentations and “messaging” to diverse audiences from supply chain to business management to senior management within Rockwell Automation and external partners.
• Understand thoroughly and manage the requirements to fulfil the government incentive expected by the local authorities.
   

Commodity Management

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies on assigned commodities with regional and global commodity leads.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (global Sourcing team, Engineering, Operations, Business Units, Quality, etc.) in executing these strategies.
• Participate and support Global Commodity Leads in managing global commodities.
• Source and qualify new suppliers especially in low-cost region (LCR) countries in line with Rockwell commodities strategy.
• Drive relentless improvements in quality, delivery, and cost to meet Strategic Sourcing targets and initiatives.
• Keep abreast of design, product, and market requirements from Business Units and, in turn, share market and suppliers’ developments.

Supplier Management

• Track and implement action plans with external partners and internal stakeholders to continuously improve Strategic Sourcing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as well as support manufacturing locations regionally and globally.
• Conduct regular business reviews with strategic and critical suppliers involving relevant stakeholders.
   

Attract, Develop, and Retain Talent

• Coach and develop his/her team to build functional and leadership capabilities.
• Continually review and explore development opportunities. Provide constructive feedback to drive improvements and/or corrections.
• Facilitate and conduct information sharing to global commodity team and relevant stakeholders to enhance collaboration and adoption of best-practices.
   

Continuous Improvements.

• Continually review supply base - source & develop new and potential suppliers to support the business requirements.
• Conduct sourcing workshops to continuously build up the savings funnel to achieve year-on-year savings target.
• Identify strategic sourcing best practices and drive these best practices into the Rockwell strategic sourcing toolkit and sourcing strategies.
   

Thorough Familiarity with Company Policies and Procedures.

• Appropriately applies policies and procedures in compliance with government laws.
• Policies and procedures include, but not limited to: Standards of Business Conduct, Intellectual Property, Control Environment, Information Protection, ISO 9000 & 14000, government regulations (e.g. health, safety, quality and environmental), and functional policies published on the Rockwell Automation information network.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Technical or business Degree ; Engineering degree highly preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive sourcing responsibilities, preferably in a manufacturing environment, and with at least 5 years’ experience of managing a team.
• Experience and continual success in achieving net deflation and productivity is required.
• Proven track record in developing and implementing strategies.
• Proven track record in the development and management of the sourcing function via both multi-site management responsibility and multi-commodity responsibility.
• Regional sourcing experience in Asia Pacific highly preferred.
• Travel : up to 50% (domestic & international)

COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

Leadership

• Proven team leader. Comfortable in leading cross-functional and multi-cultural teams
• A never-ending drive for continuous improvement.

Functional

• Broad knowledge and exposure in managing 3rd party purchased finished goods and/or outsourced finished products
• Possess well-rounded knowledge in strategic sourcing, supply chain, manufacturing and operational procurement
• Knowledge and experience in contract review and commercial negotiation
• Exposure in high-mix low-volume (HMLV) environment preferred.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing in production environment and experience in implementing Kanban/Consignment systems highly preferred.

Interpersonal

• Proven communication, negotiation, and presentation skills at local, regional and global levels.
• Proven track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams (Sourcing, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Business Units).
• Strong cultural sensitivity to manage relationships across global boundaries and time zones
• Understands and appreciates internal & external customers.

Business

• Extensive knowledge of the marketplace conditions for a broad range of commodities including technology trend, supply & demand dynamics, supplier analysis, pricing and development including benchmarking.
• Results-oriented with strong business acumen.