The vacant job is within the Supply Chain organization which has worldwide business responsibility for IC Test Systems. Strategic Commodity Managers are responsible for the supplier management in all commercial aspects of one or more key suppliers or material commodities. They manage assurance of supply provided by our external partners to support customer shipments. In addition, they support the NPI process and make sure to meet our time to market requirements. They work cross functional with R&D, Product engineering, Marketing, Finance, involving individual contributors as well as all levels of management.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages assurance of supply during whole product lifecycle
• Owns and drives material cost reductions and leads quoting activities
• Leads supplier negotiations and contracting
• Reviews and mitigates excess & obsolescence risk, manages inventories and liabilities
• Is responsible for supply chain rollovers from "old" to "new" products
• Leads supplier selection and performance evaluation according to company internal requirements catalogue
• Participates in Advantest global supply chain activities
• Has overall ownership for supplier relationship and escalation management
• Supply base risk management and business continuity planning