Supply Chain Analyst

Flex•Buffalo Grove, IL

31d•$72,300 - $99,400

About The Position

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. General Purpose: In charge of customer interface on strategic materials for key assigned accounts. Hold up material manager or director to develop, implement GPSC reports, data research trends to facilitate resolutions making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
5+ years of procurement related experience.
3 years’ experience in finance, materials sourcing, commodity management or supply chain design/management.
Ability to use Excel at Intermediate level.
Great attitude, adaptable, motivated
Ability to act both as a Team player or independently, and across multiple activities.
Strong numerical and analytical skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with resins, injection molding, PCB & SMT knowledge.
Experience using ERP systems.

Responsibilities

Drives sourcing/pricing strategies in materials quotations.
Presents materials value-add to customers or suppliers, and influence customers to use Flex preferred suppliers.
Interfaces with customers or suppliers in new project start-up, for cost of ownership issues.
Develops and guides implementation of flexibility and supply assurance plans.
Manage component cost/price on a local, regional and global basis.
Tracks materials financial performance and initiate corrective actions when required.
Defines and implements pricing and costing strategies.
Coordinate sourcing strategies with Supply Management and Customers.
Develop and implement cost take down strategies.
Increase Vendor Managed Inventory, Reduced Guide-Time and Electronic Data Interface penetration.
Manage regional supplier contract negotiations, which include Memorandums of Comprehension, Non-disclosure and regional pricing agreements.
Develop and maintain supplier relationships.
Measure and report Purchase Price Variance and initiate action plans.
Monitor and manage supplier times.
Mitigates shortages, excess on order and excess on hand.
Participate in and help global and regional commodity teams.
Contribute information/data on top spend suppliers for quarterly scorecards.
Manages material cost reviews.
Drive initiatives to improve gross material margin.
Identify, implement and drive actions for Retained Purchase Price Variance (RPPV) optimization.
Drive reconciliation process with customer (PPV, Premium charges, carrying costs, freight charges, excess and obsolete inventory, Non-cancelable, Non-Returnable (NCNR), etc.)
Identify opportunities to increase turnkey business and develop materials management plans.
Coordinate quarterly/monthly PPV hardcall process.