The Role
Develops bottom-up cost models for commercial aircraft machined parts, evaluates manufacturing processes and supplier bids, and identifies cost-saving opportunities. Leads supplier development, improvement plans, risk management, sourcing support, and continuous improvement initiatives. Requires translating technical manufacturing details into financial impacts, analyzing facility efficiency and material waste, and collaborating with suppliers, customers, and executive stakeholders.
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Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.
Job Title:
Supply Chain Cost Manufacturing EngineerReporting To:
Director, Strategic SourcingWork Schedule:
Fully Remote or Hybrid if Local – Petaling Jaya, MYJOB DESCRIPTION
- Responsible for creating highly accurate, bottom-up parametric and deterministic cost models for commercial aircraft machined parts.
- Analyze and assess current processes in manufacturing, engineering, or supply chain settings, identifying opportunities for improvement and cost savings.
- Visit manufacturer and supplier facilities to analyze actual assembly line efficiencies, cycle times, and material waste margins.
- Participated in and assist with supplier selection, including participating in IPT teams by conducting technical variances reviews between vendor bids and internal should-cost expectations to identify optimization opportunities
- Participate in and assist with the sourcing of new business into the supply chain.
- Lead cross-site efforts for supplier development, supplier improvement plans and risk management.
- Provide process improvement support in production delivery, quality, productivity, and other continuous improvement initiatives across the site.
- Proven track record of translating complex technical realities into clear financial impacts for non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Commodities involved could be but not limited to: machining, transducers, resolvers, wire harnesses, electronics, and electronic enclosures. Must be familiar with and understand standards associated drawings related to these commodities.
- Become familiar with and adhere to Commercial AG (CAG) Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) standard processes.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelors degree in the field of manufacturing/operations or engineering; or a Bachelors degree in another field plus demonstrated exceptionally technical skills and knowledge to be effective in this position.
- Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience (usually post-education) in the field of Manufacturing, Engineering and/or Quality with hands-on exposure to advanced manufacturing methods.
- Proven experience in managing complex vendor relationships and cost management.
- Proven specific capabilities in understanding and communicating the technical aspects of the goods and services procured and abilities to form and lead teams.
- Blueprint reading and understanding of material specifications and secondary operations.
- Manufacturing Knowledge: Comprehensive understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) along with complex metallic processing, chemical processing, and advanced composite layups.
- Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
- MS Office skills required. Demonstrated ability to create spreadsheets complete complex analysis.
- Presentation skills and ability to present to customers, suppliers and at internal meetings.
- Desirable qualifications would include: Black Belt and/or Six Sigma certified, Lean Certification, J-Std-001, IPC- 610, Supply Chain Management, CNC programming experience and Special Processing knowledge.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, operations, or engineering, or another degree with exceptionally technical skills
- At least 8 years of progressive experience in manufacturing, engineering, and/or quality
- Hands-on exposure to advanced manufacturing methods
- Experience managing complex vendor relationships and cost management
- Ability to understand and communicate technical aspects of procured goods and services
- Ability to form and lead teams
- Blueprint reading and understanding of material specifications and secondary operations
- Comprehensive GD&T knowledge
- Knowledge of complex metallic processing, chemical processing, and advanced composite layups
- Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
- MS Office skills and ability to create spreadsheets and complete complex analysis
- Presentation skills for customers, suppliers, and internal meetings
- Black Belt and/or Six Sigma certification
- Lean certification
- J-STD-001 knowledge or certification
- IPC-A-610 knowledge or certification
- Supply chain management knowledge
- CNC programming experience
- Special processing knowledge
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The Company
What We Do
We work on some of the world’s most exciting technical projects, creating products that challenge the limits of what’s possible, from cutting-edge medical technology to space vehicles. Our formula includes one simple, surprising low-tech element that makes us stand out from everyone else: Trust. We trust each other to work hard and do the right thing. We give people credit for their ideas. We take pride in sticking with a problem until it’s solved. We value you for who you are as much as what you can do. We enjoy what we do. And you can do it, too.
