Commodity 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. 
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to converse fluently in Mandarin. Proficiency in additional languages will be considered a plus.
• 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 
• Experience with SAP, Coupa, and Conga is preferred.

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