Job Purpose:
This position will focus on procurement for manufacturing of server and storage product material, including DIMMs, SSDs, Drives and CPUs, GPUs and PCBAs.
Nature ofDuties/Responsibilities:
- Analyze demand/MRP data to determine optimal safety stock, inventory levels, and order quantities utilizing supply base and commodity specific knowledge.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with core vendors through daily communication as well as monthly or quarterly product roadmap and
- supply/demand review meetings. Also establish and maintain good relationship with Brokers/Distributors.
- Make timely purchasing transactions which achieve company quality, schedule, cost, and strategic objectives.
- Work with global teams for AVL alignment, NPI builds, BOM readiness, and cost targets.
- Partner with finance for budgeting, cost modeling, and landed cost analysis.
- Determines root cause of parts shortages and implements solutions.
- Resolves quality issues with purchased materials together with QA and Engineering,
- Issues RMA and deploys corrective process improvements with vendors.
- Maintains purchasing related data in the company's Oracle system.
- Runs Monthly Reports and develops new reports based on management requests for both internal and corporate requirements.
- Support sales and customer teams with delivery commitments and supply visibility.
- Responsible for moving excess products through multiple channels in the open market.
- Indirect Purchase Requisition(IPR) for all non-inventory purchasing
- Quarterly cost update of all materials and inventory items in the system
- New vendor set up with Sanmina VCCS team
- Work with Sanmina AP to resolve the pending payments to vendors
- Supplier performance review
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field
- Minimum 7yearsexperience in manufacturing purchasing and materials control, or an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred
- Data center and Server commodity business experience preferred
- Excellent Microsoft Office Skills
- Experience with Oracle or other equivalent ERP system preferred
- Strong relationship building skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects/deadlines and deliver high quality results.
- Strong negotiation skills.
Salary Range(annual): $80,000 - $95,000
Actual base pay within this range (determined at the offer stage) will be based on a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, and skills, and is just one element of our total rewards package. The total rewards package also includes a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business and, depending on the role, may include eligibility for restricted stock unit awards and participation in a discretionary bonus program.
