Sr. Commodity specialist/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.