Procurement Senior Manager

Company / Industry] Connectivity and Sensors / Manufacturing

[Position] Procurement Senior Manager

[Function] Operations

[Reporting Line] Korea Operations Director

[Employment Type] Full time

[Compensation] TBD

[Location] GyeongSan, GyeongSangBukDo, Korea

[Global HQ] Schaffhausen, Switzerland

[Consultant in charge] Simon S. Kim

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Global technology and manufacturing company that specializes in the design and manufacturing of a wide range of connectivity and sensor solutions

JOB SUMMARY:

Sr Procurement Manager will fill a key role within the organization, working closely with Global and Regional procurement teams, leading purchasing team in Korea to source the material at most competitive levels of cost, quality and delivery stands. The annual spend on direct material is nearly $400M. The team size is about 22 heads covering both direct and indirect material purchasing. The person in this position directly reports to GM of Korea, and functionally reports to Regional Sr. Procurement Director

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Responsible for managing a team of procurement professionals, both on direct and indirect material

• Work at the all levels to ensure that sound strategies and practices are in place and issues are resolved to achieve business results

• Achieve key procurement performance objectives as a functional leader: material productivity, supplier quality and delivery performance improvement, VMI solution, Supplier base optimization, supplier social responsibility and risk mitigation

• Developing sourcing strategy by working together with CL-teams, deliver the fine-tuned commodity strategy to support the business growth needs

• Monitor key economic, financial, technology, and environmental issues that may impact the Company objectives. Give local input to the global commodity directors in their efforts to develop the global/regional/local commodity strategies that drives the shorter term/long term procurement activities

• Maintain reliable and constructive relationship with existing suppliers, develop relationship with new potential suppliers, together with other functional teams

• Develop and retain talents

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor degree in Business or Engineering, Advanced degree or MBA is plus

• 15+ years’ experience in procurement/supply chain/ operations or related field, and at least 5+ years in the Automotive industry

• 3+ years management experience required. Experience in working in matrix organizations is a plus

• Quality & program management as the plus

• Good English communication skill

• Willing to travel and work with the suppliers and peers with different cultural background

COMPTENCIES:

• Demonstrates Integrity

• Drives Continuous Improvement

• Empowers People

• Envisions Future

• Fosters Open Communication

• Committed To Customers

If you are interested, please contact simon.kim@rp4rp.com / +82-10-4118-2178