Sourcing Engineer

As part of our manufacturing facility located in Tijuana, Mexico you will join a small team of Procurement professionals whose challenge is to ensure we optimise the performance of our supply chain.In this role you will be responsible for sourcing and supplier management for your assigned commodity. This will include focusing on your PPV goal, pricing trends, competitive landscape, quality performance, delivery performance, price data integrity, contract/agreement negotiation, lead time optimization & supplier risk analysis. You will also provide market intelligent for benchmarking and will work to manage and minimize supply base risk. you will also be expected to build strategic relationships within your supply base to support company growth.

Responsibilities

• Development of strategic suppliers to support your category management product and technology roadmap
• Define approved supplier lists (AVL) on assigned commodities and sector. Manage right sizing of the supplier base and component diversity
• Identification of supplier, component qualification and cost negotiations
• Ensure implementation of the commodity strategy in supplier selection, component design-in, single/second sourcing, product life cycle pricing, early supplier involvement, PPV (Cost saving) and QBR
• Supplier / Purchasing (framework) contract which includes non-disclosure agreement, purchasing agreement, quality agreement, VMI, tooling agreement etc. and general commercial negotiation. Supplier capacity planning/tooling.
• Improve supplier performance
• Conduct Quarterly Business Review Meeting
• Mitigate supply risk via risk assessments and mitigation plans
• Escalation path for site quality and delivery issues
• Maintain deep understanding of supplier product roadmaps and technology trends
• Gather and manage competitor information and supplier intelligence
• Provide component cost analysis; Support agreed BOM cost targets
• Support both local and global NPD/RFQ teams and Purchasing team
• Address SCM issues and escalations to Global. Identify and minimize risks in the SCM project and inform management of the risks being taken
• Conduct safety management of business partners in accordance with AEO's enterprise standards for customs certification
• Other admin tasked assigned by Procurement Manager

Experience

• University degree or equivalent qualification
• 6+ years in a procurement executive role, experienced in PVC/EV manufacturing process, knowledge and experience in PCBA is a plus
• Familiar with plastic, machinery, metal components, with knowledge of product development processes
• Demonstrated ability to work within an international team
• Sourcing, negotiation and supply chain management skills
• Ability to build supplier relationship
• Experience with international terms of trade and payment
• Strong project management and problem solving skill
• Good communication and negotiations skills
• Ability to work independently
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred