Vacancy: Sourcing & Development
Manager
Description:
Designed, engineered and built in Kenya, Mobius Motors sells
highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Versatile,
rugged and durable, it is designed for African cities whilst still being
extremely capable off-road.
We are seeking a long-term commitment from an experienced professional for a leadership role on the Supply Chain team in supplier sourcing and development.
The
successful candidate will bring in-depth knowledge of supplier process
capabilities and capacity, different engineering processes and technologies,
and process cost drivers.
Further,
this role requires mastery of different materials and how to maintain updated
market intelligence for those materials.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
- Sourcing
Leadership: Lead supplier development process and cost management for
Mobius vehicles, constantly driving to quality, cost, delivery, and
flexibility improvements in sourcing development.
- Sourcing
Strategy: Manage supplier selection mapped against design requirements,
supported by robust evaluation of supplier capacity and capabilities, as
well as supplier relationship dynamics and potential.
- Sourcing
Process Management: Supervise end-to-end process for identifying,
negotiating, and sign-off of suppliers including NDA, cost finalization,
project delivery sign-off for samples and production parts.
- Product
Development Support: Lead structured development activities across
processes, including forging, machining, casting, fabrication, proprietary
assembly, etc. and across multiple raw materials and parts, including
sheet metal, rubber, plastics and polymers, composite parts, fasteners,
electrical, electro-mechanical.
- Zero-Based
Costing: Supervise zero-based costing analysis for parts and tooling,
factoring in raw materials, machine hour rates, etc. with responsibility
for direct materials spending and cost control.
- Supplier
Optimization: Conduct spend analytics, supplier landscape study, and
business dynamics analysis to identify alternate sources, develop global
sourcing strategy, and lead strategic cost management; identify
opportunities for rationalization of parts and or supplier base.
- Cost
Optimization: Develop and execute detailed plan for cost innovation based
on value analysis/value engineering and adoption of other technologies;
conduct price control audit prior to any 4M change to ensure supply
reliability.
- Long-Term
Strategy: Support development of strategic plan for longer-term outsourcing,
vendor co-location, and backwards integration.
- Team
Management: Guide and mentor team in sourcing and supplier relationship
management, cost evaluation techniques, price monitoring, supplier
performance monitoring.
- System
and Process Development: Build, implement, and maintain supporting tools
and processes, such as supply chain manual, supplier portal, supplier
capacity-building, supplier quality management.
- Cross-Functional
Coordination: Align sourcing activities with other Mobius teams including
procurement, logistics, warehousing, production, and finance, ensuring
effective communication and positive team impact.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should have a track record of academic and professional achievement and demonstrate a broad understanding of finance and accounting concepts with a strong passion for Mobius’ business.
They
should combine expertise in finance, economics and analytics with exceptional
communication, interpersonal and leadership skills as well as on-the-ground
pragmatism.
Required
- A
graduate-level engineer with experience in Supply Chain Management or any
other related field
- 10+
years related experience in managing Strategic Sourcing, Global Sourcing,
LCC Sourcing preferably in the Automotive Industry
- Excellent
in analytics with practical approach in decision-making and logistics
- Strong
technical knowledge of, and experience with, different technologies,
materials, and processes
- Management
experience, with strong teamwork and leadership skills, and ability to
independently take actions to drive towards sourcing development aligned
with project goals
- Excellent
problem solving ability in cross-functional and multi-cultural
environment; able to define problems, collect relevant data, extract
meaning from data, and draw valid conclusions; ability to apply conceptual
thinking but also willingness to learn and get involved in details
- Excellent
oral, negotiation and written communication skills; strong organizational
and time management skills
- Exceptional
integrity and a strong sense of ethics
- Exceptional
persistence and endurance to overcome significant challenges
- High
sense of drive and urgency in achieving the Mobius vision
- Ability
to adapt to a dynamic working environment and work within a diverse team
- Experience
in ERP environment (Oracle, JDE, SAP or any open-source platform ERPs)
Desired
- Formal
knowledge in EACCMA Custom laws is added advantage to handle the role
successfully
- Knowledge
of export-import laws of India and other Asian countries
- Experience
in supply chain environment with knock-down (SKD/CKD) operations
- Cross-cultural
management experience
Application
through http://www.mobiusmotors.com/join-us/