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As a SCM Category Specialist, you will be responsible for providing a sustainable emerging country supply base and advanced supply chain management to enable sustainable profitable growth, for Motion Business Area in Shanghai, China.

Reporting to the SCM Manager, you will be scanning the market and keep searching potential suppliers with good quality, best price, on time delivery.

Your responsibilities

• Working with cross functional team to drive the cost reduction for the major product portfolio
• Driving and executing cross reduction project through innovation thinking and strategic thinking
• Making sourcing strategy and optimizing the supply base to support the company’s long-term business development
• Working with Quality and SQE to improve supplier performance (OTD, DPPM, lead time etc.) managing and monitoring the supplier portfolio and developing supplier to build right supply base
• Scanning the market and keep searching potential suppliers with good quality, best price, on time delivery
• Monitoring the market and carrying out cost analysis within the responsible material group to clear the production process, cost driver and technical trend
• Contributing and establishing good cooperation and communication internally and externally

Your background

• 3 years of working experience in sourcing or R&D/Project management
• Basic financial knowledge, good understanding of the project management process, rich project management experience will be preferred
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Strong negotiation skill
• A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanism/Automation or related fields in engineering, Master’s degree preferred
• Fluency in English both speaking and writing
• Must be Self-disciplined and self-motivational