Assistant Manager, IPS (Malaysia)

Job Description - Assistant Manager, IPS (Malaysia) (MER0003SYN)

Description

Objective of Job

Implement assigned commodity strategies. Support team lead and sourcing teams in making decisions necessary to purchase products and / or services in congruence with organizational objectives and sourcing strategies. Develop and maintain a qualified supply base, while understanding technology trends and market influences. Maintain overall business ownership of specific commodities to include managing, facilitating, and monitoring communications with suppliers and MB Malaysia employee

Job Description

Sourcing and Execution

• Initiate and develop sourcing strategies for high spend and critical commodities.
• Lead for assigned commodities - negotiations on all commercial terms and conditions during or after the tender process.
• Take a leading role in all responsible sourcing projects to meet internal customers’ requirements and to achieve the optimal benefits for the company.
• Supplier selection / recommendation and performance management through cost and value analysis, identification of cost saving potentials by volume bundling.
• Prepare RFx document, analyse RFx responses and lead the procurement, including, tendering and contracting process.
• Compile Purchase Order / Purchase Contract and maintain good record trail of transactions.
• Identify cost savings to meet goals.
• Develop criteria and checklists to evaluate suppliers' proposals based on technical, commercial and timeline aspects.
• Co-ordinate logistics, supply and product specification and quality issues concerning incoming supply with the suppliers.
• Analyse and evaluate the product pricing trends on the existing as well as new products to identify opportunities for cost savings.
• Quotation management (cost down and cost up analysis, new quotation cost analysis).
• Participate in regional / global IPS project activities in co-operation with regional / global commodity manager.
• Assist in ad-hoc procurement related projects and report analysis to senior management when necessary.
• Conduct assessment of supplier performance against agreed KPI.
• Identify and develop new suppliers.
• Ensure IPS supplier minimum requirements are adhered.
• Ensure Daimler compliance, integrity and sustainability standards are adhered to.

Contract Management

Stakeholder Management

Sourcing Compliance

Management Reporting

Qualifications

Experience (Type of)

Specific Knowledge / Skill

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