Senior Sourcing Specialist / ME Sourcing Manager (Packaging)

Responsibilities

• Source mechanical commodities based on Cricut engineering requirements and Cricut Sourcing Strategy
  • Primary portfolio (core): Packaging Commodity, Such an Offset printing (GB), Corrugated box (MC), Printing Documents, Pulps, Blister, plastic tray, sticker, and label.
  • Secondary portfolio (competency expansion): Catalog parts, Die-Cut and & other commodities as required by Cricut’ s product portfolio.
• Manage a portfolio of tooling and parts vendors to optimize Quality, Supply and Cost terms & conditions, including specifically.
  • Proactive management of supply pipeline to secure supply vs demand
  • Escalation and resolution of quality and supply issues
  • Cost avoidance for NPI parts and extraction of cost reductions on the existing MP parts
• Ensure the best pricing is achieved, this can either be through Cost break down exercise, benchmarking exercise, 3 quotes justification for managed commodities.
• Perform and validate capabilities and capacity for selected supplier to have healthy supply chain for NPI and sustaining model’s.

*ONLY APPLICABLE TO MALAYSIAN*

• 5+ years of experience in high volume consumer manufacturing operations involving relevant commodities.
• Command of mechanical industry procure-to-pay processes.
• Understanding of technical & commercial attributes of commodities included in portfolio
• Languages: English fluency (written and spoken) is a must, Bahasa Malaysia a strong plus
• Travel: regional and occasional only. Visits to suppliers and manufacturers in the Johor & Singapore area shall not be considered as travel.
• Immediate start working candidates are preferrable.

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