• Manage day-to-day procurement activities of assigned vendors
• Analyze/identify supply chain improvement opportunities, implement and execute continuous improvement
• Coordinates purchasing activities with manufacturing and sourcing departments to acquire supply in a cost effective and timely manner
• Procures materials, components, equipment and services as per business needs
• Monitors the cost, delivery schedule and scope of assigned subcontracts to assure highest quality at best value
• Conducts tasks in accordance with applicable health, safety, quality and environmental regulations (state regulations, ISO 9000, ISO 14000, etc) as well as Rockwell Automation policies and procedures

Key Responsibilities
• Lead improvement tasks/projects to make breakthrough in supply management
• RFQ for ETO business
• Support and manage major/critical supply recovery and assure continuity supply with no line stoppage
• Trouble shooting with suppliers on delivery. Have sense of urgency and priority.
• Need to manage around 100 suppliers( 50% domestic/50% oversea)
• Find root cause of issues and find solutions to tackle issues systematically
• Manage suppliers On-Time delivery performance and is able to find ways to improve
• Coordinate the Engineering Change Order and assure implementation effectively RFQ based on sourcing’s strategy
• Implement Lean Supply Chain (Consignment/VMI etc.)
• Lead business/service review with vendors
• Interact with suppliers and various departments regarding procurement Policy & Procedures
Conduct tasks in accordance with applicable health, safety, quality and environmental regulations (state regulations, ISO 9000, ISO 14000, etc) as well as Rockwell Automation policies and procedures.

KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS
Organizational Competencies

Functional
• Solid knowledge and experience on manufacturing supply chain management
• Be able to manage major/critical supply recovery
• Able to analyze the supplier performance and find improvement opportunities
• Be able to analyze root cause of issues and find solutions to tackle issues systematically.
• Commodity/Project management experience is a plus
• SAP/Lean knowledge is a plus
• Be able to speak English fluently and be able to present
• Be able to lead improvement projects across different functions.

Interpersonal
• Have sense of urgency and priority
• Be open-minded and resourceful
• Builds and maintains a diverse personal network of internal and external relationships and resources, and uses it to achieve company goals
• Have strong ownership
• Be confident /Be aggressive/Be able to work under pressure
• Be passionate for the supply management.
• Able to express his/her own opinion and align with stakeholders
• Be able to influence stakeholders (be persuasive/talk straight right to the points)
• Be able to manage conflicts and other barriers properly.
• Balances individual goals and team or business goals

Business
• Accept Role requirements( travel, flexible working hours etc)
• Flexible on working extended hours
• Have tenacity/perseverance in handling suppliers, production and delivery issues
• Ensures that all work activities in business or function add value (directly or indirectly) to the customer or partner
• BE able to attains results
• Excels at execution; monitors progress and, as needed, redirects efforts, resources and rewards to ensure goals are achieved
• Holds self and others accountable for keeping commitments, maintaining standards and achieving business or functional goals; does not tolerate mediocrity and addresses poor performance

Leadership
• Embraces change; anticipates and/or responds quickly and constructively to changing market conditions, requirements and priorities;
• Drives successful execution of new initiatives and projects by fulfilling individual responsibilities related to the effort and obtaining valuable contributions from others
• Consistently moves problems towards resolution when encountering obstacles, uncertain conditions, or situations where lack of data or conflicting data means that there is no clear “right” choice; helps others do same
• Have potentials to grow into supply manager or commodity manager in 2-3 years

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS / WORK EXPERIENCE
• Minimum Bachelor Degree qualification preferably in Engineering
• 5-8 years’ supply management experience in manufacturing environment
• Commodity/sourcing/project management experience is a plus

KEY INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
• Production Control Analyst
• Sourcing/Commodity Manager
• Design/Application Engineer
• Account Payable Team
• Logistic Team
• SQE