Manager Purchasing CI/MBBP

This position reports directly to the Materials Best Business Practices /CI senior manager and is responsible for supporting the Procurement teams in meeting the global purchasing initiatives. The successful candidate will work closely with the global supply base leading and promoting continuous improvement workshops and methodology. 

• Lead supplier workshops, utilising lean manufacturing and CI tools, to further develop and ensure the successful execution of continuous improvement strategies to meet and exceed set efficiency gap closure roadmaps in accordance with the agreed timing plan
  
• Train, mentor  and coach Yanfeng internal Procurement teams in CI  disciplines related to supplier operational improvement
  
• Approve new suppliers and regularly spend time in the existing strategic supply base to determine risks, opportunities and complexity in order to define the correct approach or sourcing decision working with the Commodity Purchasing teams
  
• Support regional purchasing and costing teams in supply base optimisation, in coordination with defined commodity strategies
  
• Identify and encourage ‘Innovation’ ideas with suppliers for use by YF (product, process, etc.) following and improving the MBBP ‘Preferred Design Solution’ process
  
• Identifying non MBBP related opportunity within the supply base to improve cost drivers such as efficiency/utilisation, lead time, labour, delivery and quality
  
• Support, plan and lead regional PLA (Post Launch Audits) supplier visits to audit and improve, 60 day post SOP (start of production) purchasing prices
  
• Support the Risk Management and Purchasing teams with distressed or insolvent suppliers, reducing the cost impact to the business by ensuring the execution of flawless transfers in a timely manner