Key Responsibilities:

• Commodity Management

• Align with stakeholders on fab requirements and provide solutions to support these requirements for the assigned commodity groups.
• 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.
• Lead the sourcing for assigned commodity groups and develop sourcing strategies, including risk mitigation options, and negotiation strategies to contribute to NXP’s goals.
• Provide commodity spend analytics and deploy commodity strategies.
• Provide regular reports to stakeholders that bring visibility of KPI’s.
• Drive continuous improvement of processes and quality.

• Cost Management
  • Drive annual RfQ-process, establish negotiation plans and lead negotiations for assigned commodity groups to support NXP’s cost targets.
  • 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 base.
• Supply Base Management

• Identify, qualify, rank and select appropriate suppliers including involvement of stakeholders.
• Manage supplier performance by means of Supplier Rating System 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.

• Contract Management

• Responsible for negotiation and implementation of contracts, working instructions and guidelines for users on how to deploy contracts.
• Work closely together with Supplier Quality Management on Quality Contracts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or preferably a Master’s Business in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain or similar.
• Technical affinity with an interest in Procurement Management
• Strong analytical skills (including Excel), influencing, persuasion and negotiation skills internally as well as externally.
• Energetic, self-driven and hands-on problem solver.
• Strong business acumen, organizational agility and cross-functional stakeholder management.
• Excellent communicator able to lead and present, plus deal with diverse cultures.
• Setting strategy, being highly committed, being flexible and result driven.
• Affinity with working in a technical fab environment.
• Ability to travel as needed

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NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.