Senior Supply Chain Analyst

About the role

Flex, a diversified manufacturing partner for market-leading brands, is looking to add a Supply Chain Specialist to its Kallang, Singapore team. The role covers sourcing, pricing and cost control across materials, with work on both customer-facing and supplier-facing matters.

Key responsibilities

• Drive sourcing and pricing strategies in material quotations and present materials value-add to customers and suppliers, influencing them to use preferred suppliers.
• Interface with customers and suppliers on new projects regarding cost of ownership, and develop and guide flexibility and supply assurance plans.
• Manage component cost and price locally, regionally and globally; track material financial performance and initiate corrective actions.
• Define and implement pricing and costing strategies, coordinate sourcing with Supply Management and customers, and develop cost take-down strategies.
• Increase vendor-managed inventory, reduce guide time and increase electronic data interface penetration.
• Specialized job controls may include managing regional supplier contracts (MOU, non-disclosure, pricing agreements), measuring and reporting purchase price variance, monitoring supplier lead times, and mitigating shortages and excess stock.
• Contribute to global and regional commodity teams and share data on top-spend suppliers for quarterly scorecards.
• Manage material cost reviews, drive retained purchase price variance (RPPV) optimization, reconcile customer charges (premium, freight, excess and obsolete), and coordinate quarterly or monthly PPV hard calls.
• Identify opportunities to increase turnkey business and develop a materials management plan.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in finance, materials sourcing, commodity management, supply chain design/management or a related field.
• Understanding of cost accounting, electronic component markets, price trends and technologies.
• Background in electronics manufacturing and a thorough understanding of the OEM product development process.

Required skills

• Office software including word processing, spreadsheets and presentation packages.
• Database systems and data entry.