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Category Management & Strategic Sourcing (Japan and Taiwan region)
Implement processes to monitor stakeholder satisfaction with key suppliers
Recommend targets to maximize value such as high revenue, spend reduction, purchasing efficiency, customer services and supplier management.
Analyze sourcing trends and make recommendations for assigned categories.
Participate in supplier segmentation and strategic goal-setting.
Develop category strategies for managed categories and validate strategies with Global and Regional Category Managers/s and internal partners.
Cost Management & Analysis
Identify and evaluate category-specific savings/revenue levers
Drive category savings/revenue and scorecard metric targets
Provide market intelligence and category price trends to relevant internal stakeholders
Utilize should-cost models for assigned categories that are benchmarked and relevant to the global marketplace
Negotiation
Lead or participate in negotiations for contract extensions and renewals, renegotiation of prices, transfers, etc
Lead sourcing events/RFQ process into bundled negotiation
Incorporate savings targets and contract requirements into negotiations
Develop a contract strategy for suppliers in assigned categories and create, negotiate, monitor and enforce contracted terms and conditions
Conduct strategic sourcing initiatives, negotiations, and cost management using supplier and industry analysis.
Business Partnering
Collaborate with Stakeholders to Deliver Strategic Solutions
Develop and maintain expertise in the assigned spend categories through relationships with key stakeholders
Drive customer-centric approach to solving issues and representing Procurement
Develop and maintain collaborative partnerships to enhance cost-effectiveness, supply chain efficiency, and resilience.
Requirements:
Fluent in Japanese language, both verbal communication and written
Minimum 3 years of experience in Semiconductor/Manufacturing Industry or Procurement team
A relevant Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Strong negotiating and analytical skills.
Strong communication skills and ability to effectively manage relationships with various individuals involved.
About Micron Technology, Inc.
We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions transforming how the world uses information to enrich life for all. With a relentless focus on our customers, technology leadership, and manufacturing and operational excellence, Micron delivers a rich portfolio of high-performance DRAM, NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through our Micron® and Crucial® brands. Every day, the innovations that our people create fuel the data economy, enabling advances in artificial intelligence and 5G applications that unleash opportunities — from the data center to the intelligent edge and across the client and mobile user experience.
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What We Do
We are a world leader in innovative memory solutions that transform how the world uses information. For over 45 years, our company has been instrumental to the world’s most significant technology advancements, delivering optimal memory and storage systems for a broad range of applications.
From smartphones and tablets to PCs and the data centers delivering services to these devices, Micron memory can be found fueling the applications you rely on every day. Micron memory is engineered to meet exacting needs in the most demanding environments across a wide range of applications including AI, automotive, mobile, data center and client. Because data is everywhere, Micron memory is everywhere, too.
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