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This Position reports to:
Business Manager - Operations
Your role and responsibilities
This role is responsible for leading a team of sourcing category and procurement specialist to execute supply chain strategies supporting business operations for China grid components business line by optimizing costs, quality, and services from suppliers to meet business needs and deliver supply chain KPIs. Ensure execution in compliance with P2P policy and procedures
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Lead grid component procurement team to deliver KPIs including but not limited to, cost saving, cash improvement, fulfillment, supplier quality and sustainable supply chain
- Follow global & regional procurement guideline and procedure, and ensure compliance in all sourcing activities; responsible for supplier data maintenance and process optimization
- Work with category managers to develop and implement effective sourcing strategies in line with business priorities, develop suppliers to meet current and future business
- Collaborate with technology, engineering and operation team to develop and implement cost out projects via supplier innovation, POD and process optimization to improve business profitability
- Responsible for supplier quality, manage supplier audit and qualification, continuously
- reduce cost of failure and improve supplier quality performance
- People development, provide training and coaching to procurement team
- Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering or manufacturing related field and 5+ years
- managerial experience in operations or supply chain management in multinational companies
- Passionate and capable of challenging status quo and driving changes
- Experience in electrical power industry is preferred
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in a manufacturing operation environment,
ability to manage complex projects
- Ability to identify opportunities, develop strategy and implement innovative solutions.
- Self-motivated, results driven, demonstrated leadership, and ability to take initiatives
- Fluent in English
- Travel is required
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in business or engineering
- 5+ years of managerial experience
- Experience in electrical power industry
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage complex projects
- Fluency in English
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and disability and life insurance included. Immediate eligibility in some roles reinforces the sense of dependable core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as broad, including paid holidays, sick days, volunteer time, sabbaticals, and, in some cases, 25 days of PTO. Flexible scheduling and remote-work options add to perceived time-off and flexibility value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as robust, including a 401(k) with company contributions or matching and, in some cases, profit sharing or pension savings. Stock purchase/share acquisition programs complement longer-term savings options.
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