Commodity Specialist/Snr Commodity Specialist-NPI

Commodity Management Bangalore, India


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.