Daikin Electronic Devices Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing2000-02-01 To 2014-09-01
Section Head – Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management
• Lead team of Executives carry out cost reduction plan to meet annual objective, vendor support and new product projects launch on time.
• Support manager in management functions, decision making, involved in customer meetings, major vendor contract negotiation and others.
Cost Reduction
• Liase with Sales & Design Team for data input to prepare annual cost down budget for the team works towards the plan to achieve cost reduction target.
• Initiate hedging / bulk purchase to negotiate better pricing or stability in price & co-ordination with inter-department on the decision.
• Review cost down achievement every month & adjust the action plans accordingly to meet the target.
• Organize biannual vendor meeting to present organization current & future business plan and encourage healthy competition among vendors.
Vendor Management
• Ensure vendors support materials on time & no interruption in material supply. Develop more than one sources for high usage parts & decide allocations for the vendors.
• Organize meeting with poor performance vendors & closely monitor their performance
• Organize vendor audit local and oversea before final approval. Activities include, pre-audit vendor by email or courtesy visit, actual side audit on quality and production facilities, develop new relationship and analyze supplier willingness to support organization requirements.
• Liase with vendor & legal team in preparing formal purchasing contract & specific agreement requirement – focus on pricing, delivery turn around time, stock keeping for unforeseen sales and others.
New Product Development
• New Project / New model launch co-ordination with customer. Ensure team carry out the projects with integrity, accountability and concluded in the required time frame.
• Review material selection for new projects / models in order to select cost effective and common material. This will ensure smooth material supply during mass production & able to meet customer target price.