Procurement Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the Procurement technical deliverables are met during the regular manufacturing phases and New Product Development phases.

• Works with R&D and Engineering teams to optimize the new designs or design modifications in terms of Cost, Quality, Sustainability, Manufacturability, Resilience and Lead Time, and industrializes them thru the right suppliers.

• Makes sure that the Part Quality Control Plan is defined for each part and it is properly implemented, thru periodical Quality System Audits and Process Audits.

• Project Manager for assigned horizontal Procurement processes or projects, leading their implementation within the organization.

• Lead resourcing projects to reduce cost, to improve resiliency, sustainability, social responsibility or any other need.

• Responsible for the sourcing strategy of assigned technologies for Print business related to the Procurement Engineering organization.

• Building market technology and cost intelligence at part/subsystem/function level, identifying the possible suppliers.

• Influencing early design decisions to get the most efficient inbound supply chain for new products (dfx).

• Strong focus in cost control, cost reduction, and cost avoidance techniques is a must.

• Responsible to select and manage the assigned suppliers and technologies.

• Integrating the needs of all the New Program Developments and entities (GBU, Product Engineering, Global Manufacturing Operations, Distribution Centers, Service, and others), and driving their results.

• Negotiating with vendors pre and post Manufacturing Release Cost Reduction, and the rest of business deliverables (including terms & conditions, contracts and Intellectual Property handling).

• Growing a strong partner relationship by building personal empathy and thru proactive and fair interactions.
  

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's/ Master Degree in Industrial, Materials, Supply Chain or Chemical Engineering, with professional experience in Procurement and Vendors Management.

• Minimum 8 years of experience on vendors / partners management in the industrial sectors. Knowledge and experience in Plastic Injection tools and parts manufacturing, Modules Assembly and Testing,  Textile materials, Filters, Elastomers, Foams or other mechanical technologies will be highly valued.

• Strong leadership and creativity; be a role model with  proactive attitude, able to effectively sell own ideas, and to influence others to buy-in and follow them without having direct control. Creative mindset, proposing and implementing transformational ideas, innovative in the daily basis.

• Project Management skills: Excellence in planning deploying cross-organizational implementation plans thru partners, timely track progress, identify deviations and proactively take corrective actions. Able to see big picture and good prioritizing skills.

• Availability to travel.

• Strong market intelligence (intuition, inquisitiveness, strategic vision). Able to understand companies financials.

• Strong negotiation skills, Able to get the best deal for HP without breaking the relationship and without impacting the schedules. Good control of the communication pace. Creating empathy with the partner. Facing problematic or difficult negotiations under the positive and proactive point of view.

• Able to understand mechanical parts specifications, 2D drawings, part quality control plans, manufacturing processes, cost breakdowns. Able to build cost models, solve quality issues and perform part manufacturing process audits at suppliers site. Able to provide strong technical inputs to new designs (DFX).
  
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