Vertiv
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1. Procurement & Commodity Management
Manage procurement activities for assigned mechanical commodities.
Develop sourcing strategies aligned with cost, quality, capacity and supply-continuity requirements.
Lead RFQs, supplier evaluation, commercial negotiations and supplier selection.
Manage supplier commercial performance, pricing, lead time and contractual requirements.
Develop alternate and local sources for critical, constrained and single-source materials.
Work with Engineering and Quality on value engineering and cost-reduction opportunities.
2. Mechanical Part & Supplier Development
Lead sourcing and development of new mechanical parts from RFQ through production release.
Work with Engineering, Quality and suppliers on technical clarification, samples, tooling, FAI/PPAP and qualification.
Evaluate supplier manufacturing capability, process suitability and production readiness.
Ensure new parts meet cost, quality, capacity, lead-time and delivery requirements.
Drive alternate-source development for critical and capacity-constrained components.
3. Constraint Management
Own plant-level material constraint identification and shortage resolution.
Act as the first-line resolver of supply disruptions.
Identify supply risks before they become visible as production scheduling problems.
Coordinate with Production Planning and maintain an aligned constraint and delivery horizon.
Analyse demand, inventory, open POs and supplier commitments to anticipate shortages.
Develop recovery plans with clear ownership and target dates.
Support inventory optimisation by highlighting excess, shortfall and coverage risks.
Escalate structural supplier constraints through the appropriate Procurement channels.
4. Supplier Capacity Management
Assess supplier capacity against forecasts, production requirements and future ramp-up.
Understand and evaluate supplier machines, tooling, cycle times, shifts, manpower and raw-material availability.
Identify supplier bottlenecks and potential capacity shortages.
Challenge suppliers on available capacity and validate capacity commitments.
Establish and monitor capacity recovery or expansion plans.
Coordinate alternate sourcing where capacity risk cannot be adequately mitigated.
5. Delivery Performance & Expediting
Manage plant-level supplier OTD/OTIF and delivery performance.
Expedite critical materials and resolve overdue or potentially late deliveries.
Prioritise expediting based on production requirements and line-down risk.
Conduct supplier delivery and shortage-recovery reviews.
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