Commodity Manager/Buyer

• Develop and execute long term, market-based Sourcing Strategies for Facility Management, Real Estate and Utilities.  

• Apply industrial engineering knowledge to the evaluation of facility management equipment and systems to drive lowest total cost of operations for NXP locations.  

• Lead the sourcing for assigned commodity groups and develop sourcing strategies, including risk mitigation options, and negotiation strategies to contribute to organizational goals. 

• Negotiate, review and execute procurement contracts and agreements that clearly identify intent and responsibility, and assure compliance with all appropriate legal requirements. 

• Provide information of market trends and benchmark data for the assigned commodity groups and feedback to the supply base team to contribute to NXP success. 

• Provide regular reports to stakeholders that bring visibility of KPI’s. 

• Drive continuous improvement of processes and quality. 

• Drive RFP-process, establish negotiation plans and lead negotiations for assigned commodity groups to support company objectives. 

• Propose opportunities to stakeholders for cost reduction by means of alternate sourcing and support stakeholders during the qualification process. 

• Report forecast cost roadmaps and actuals on regular basis. 

• Identify, qualify, rank and select appropriate suppliers including involvement of stakeholders. 

• Manage supplier performance in terms of Quality, Cost, Delivery, Service and Technology support to get a world class supplier base. 

• Propose and align on supply assurance opportunities by means of risk management tool analysis, alternate sourcing and support stakeholders during the qualification process. 

• Build and sustain a network with people in relevant related business areas to ensure knowledge transfer and sharing of best practices. 

• Build and sustain good relationship with suppliers’ account management to make sure that suppliers understand and support NXP’s needs. 

• Act as a first escalation point if problems with the suppliers occur and manage relationships with stakeholders and suppliers during the escalation process. 

• Responsible for negotiation and implementation of contracts, working instructions and guidelines for users on how to deploy contracts. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree 

• Previous working experience in Purchasing or Supply chain management preferably in Semiconductors or other Electronics related industry. 

• Strong communication skills. 

• Ability to communicate and present to executive management & leadership. 

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word)   

• Strong analytical, presentation and negotiation skills 

• Collaboration skills, must be able to co-ordinate and organize cross functional projects with stakeholders and suppliers (local/global level) 

• Business ethical mindset and integrity 

• SAP experience is preferable. 

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