Job Description

Every minute of every day, Smiths Detection’s threat detection and security screening technology helps to protect people and infrastructure, making the world a safer place.

Smiths Detection is a global leader in the development, manufacture and management of security and detection solutions designed to make the world a safer place. Our technology provides threat detection and screening solutions for customers in our key markets: aviation, ports and borders, defence, and urban security.

Our expertise spans 21 global offices, seven manufacturing sites and five R&D centres, with a global network of 3,000 dedicated colleagues contributing towards over 40 years at the frontline of advances in safety and security.

This results in careers built on variety and the opportunity to work on a range of state-of-the-art solutions, where you can develop your knowledge and experience every day.

Job Purpose:

The role is focused on driving excellence in Category Management processes within our Electronics spend across all of Detection business in the APAC Region, ensuring that all parts of the business are aligned to category strategy. Driving improvements in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and speed to market across the category area via excellent supplier relationship management and execution within the wider Smiths stakeholder group.

Duties:

• Develop CM processes with the Global Category Manager for Electronics across the APAC Region with value stream thinking at the heart of process design.
• Ensure key strategic sourcing processes become imbedded within our manufacturing facilities and service hubs.
• Ensure long term approach is taken and category strategy is developed with all key stakeholders within geographical remit. This will include but is not limited to Senior Technology and Operations leaders.
• Ensure the electronics equipment category strategy is developed, socialised, understood within responsibility area.
• Ensure that business with key supplier partners is awarded on a TCO basis considering, Cost, Working Capital, COPQ, VOTD.
• Relentlessly drive lead time improvements via close collaboration with stakeholders in SCM & IBP.
• Via our matrix organisational structure ensure excellence in strategic sourcing processes is developed with direct material category managers within our sourcing teams.
• Working with the Global Category Manager Electronics manage supplier segmentation / panel management approach that will serve as the platform for the SRM level to be deployed into each electronics equipment vendor.
• Ensure excellence in SRM is executed across the electronics equipment supply base within remit delivering improved performance and incumbency with key supplier partners.
• Execute Low Cost Country Sourcing efforts reducing Detections TCO within category responsibility.
• Ensure key strategic sourcing processes become embedded when both selecting and managing our supplier partners.
• Working with the Global Category Manager Electronics ensure strategies are aligned to Smiths Group direction and policies.

Ensure excellence in SRM is executed across responsibility area delivering improved performance and incumbency with key supplier partners.

Qualifications

Technical Knowledge and Skills:

Preferred to have B.S c. or M.Sc. in an Engineering or related topic

Desired to have or working towards APICS / MCIPS

Experience in managing electronics or technically complex product categories

Strong personal drive and motivation with ability to take initiative and drive issues

Analytic and problem solving mindset

Excellent teamwork and communication skills

Self-starter with ability to priorities and manage multiple tasks in a dynamic, growing and developing organization

Fluent in English

Cultural awareness

Planning and Decision Making:

• The ability to identify process improvements and embed them into daily working practices in multiple locations within our Category Management & Supplier relationship Management Processes.
• Effective Cross functional collaboration will be pivotal to the success of the role.

Impact and Scope:

• Overall responsibility for identifying and executing improvements into Strategic Sourcing processes that will improve supplier performance, communication and optimize total cost of supply.

Key Internal and External Relationships:

• This position will report to the Global Category Manager Electronics. Key internal relationships will include extensive stakeholder management within the Global Sourcing Team, Supply Chain Management & Technology Groups.

Work balance:

• Leadership and management activities - 20%
• Technical activities (design, problem solving, data analysis etc.) - 80%

Additional Information

Join us and we’ll help build your career, with excellent training and opportunities for career growth across the business, both locally and globally. You’ll experience an inclusive environment, with strong leadership and a focus on safety and wellbeing. You’ll also have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of benefits to suit your lifestyle, offering you and your family support from a health and wellbeing, financial and lifestyle perspective.

Join us and work for a world-leader, with the benefits and training to reward your dedication and skills. Be part of a team where we are making the world a safer place.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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