Full Job Description
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Pre-Award & Proposal Support (Sales Collaboration)
• Partner closely with the ASI Sales and Engineering teams during the customer bidding and proposal phase.
• Identify key buy-out materials, third-party instrumentation, and complex engineered sub-assemblies required for customer proposals.
• Solicit, review, and evaluate competitive, up-to-date vendor quotations to ensure accurate, winning proposal pricing and commercial
alignment.
2. Post-Award Project Execution & Commercial Management
• Own the commercial procurement cycle once project purchase orders are awarded by the customer.
• Issue updated RFQs, conduct multi-round negotiations, and structure complex commercial terms (including milestone payment
schedules, Liquidated Damages, and warranties).
• Drive cost-reduction targets, track cost avoidance, and report overall savings per project.
• Directly manage high-complexity, high-risk purchase orders and agreements end-to-end, maintaining high standards for contractual
protection.
3. Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management
• Actively scout, evaluate, and onboard new vendors to build a robust, cost-effective supplier base for ASI equipment and integration
services.
• Manage and optimize incumbent vendor performance by tracking key metrics (on-time delivery, quality, cost competitiveness) and
continuously challenging suppliers to improve pricing, lead times, and commercial terms.
• Build strong supplier relationships to ensure priority capacity allocation and execution support during critical project schedules.
4. Project Execution Support & Risk Mitigation
• Maintain targeted oversight of critical-path purchase orders to ensure contract compliance, protect project timelines and delivery
schedules.
• Drive targeted vendor expediting on complex or long-lead equipment to proactively mitigate schedule delays.
5. Policy Compliance & Enterprise Governance
• Ensure strict adherence to internal enterprise procurement policies, audit requirements, and corporate governance standards across all
purchasing transactions.
• Maintain complete and compliant procurement files, contracts, and supplier records within global enterprise platform (ERP).