Commodity Specialist/Snr Commodity Specialist-NPI
Description
- NPI Project Management
- SPOC for sourcing Activities for Assigned NPI project
- Ensure sourcing Project deliverables such as Quality, Delivery, Cost & Service deliverables are met for assigned project
- Active involvement in project planning
- Drive cross functional team to ensure sourcing process are followed.
- Product Cost Management at BOM level for all Commodities for the assigned project.
- Risk Mitigation -EOL/NRND /Globalization/Single source elimination/PSL adherence
- NPI Commodity Management:
- Support Assigned mechanical/Electronics commodities to all NPI projects.
- Capacity planning and Single source risk mitigation at NPI stage.
- Represent Enphase’s needs to the industry and drive supplier partnerships to enable aligned investments
- Work with Enphase technical expert to define target candidate suppliers of Enphase NPIs based on Enphase commodity strategy
- Lead commercial related activities including RFI/RFQs, cost finalization etc, and perform commodity management role in activities leading by other functions to support NPI.
- Collaborate with Enphase Commodity experts and commodity team members drive best sourcing decisions based on TCO
- Understand current market pricing and dynamics of competitive landscape
- Define cost drivers, establish should cost and work with engineers to achieve Design-to-Cos
- Escalation point for NPI team on assigned commodity related issues, including delivery, quality, supplier support, etc.
- Strategy Development and Implementation
- Collaborate with Enphase Global Commodity Manager –Sustaining and other commodity team members to define Enphase sourcing strategy.
- Implement commodity strategy during whole NPI lifecycle.
- Managing sourcing risks and create mitigation plan during whole NPI lifecycle.
- Contribute valuable inputs to supplier scorecard and business review, follow up responsible action points and drive supplier improvement continuously.
- Technology Management
- Align suppliers and Enphase technology roadmaps through understanding of market trends, Enphase future requirements and suppliers’ technology value proposition
- Develop suppliers to enable innovative products/solutions to align with Enphase roadmap
- Be trusted partner and thought leader to Enphase product and development team
- Minimum Qualifications:
- Demonstrated ability to drive and close cross-functional project initiatives with great skill of project management
- Minimum BE (Preferable Engineering, ME Engineering and/or MBA)
- 1-4 years NPI/Global Commodity Management, Manufacturing or Management experience in a industry. Strong background on NPI management will be a plus.
- Direct Experience in Assigned commodity
- Possesses strong technical and commercial knowledge on cost drivers
- Demonstrated leadership, collaboration and influencing skills
- Strong, positive, can-do attitude, self-motivated and directed.