Job Title:  Sourcing Manager

About the role:

Join Versuni, a global leader in very successful home care, kitchen appliances, coffee, and garment care products.

• Learn and contribute to the success of world market leader in garment care
• Add value to product research and development processes
• Interact with international product development, marketing, supply chain and manufacturing teams

The impact you’ll make:

• Represent Procurement in a development center and ensures Early Supplier Involvement, Supplier Selection and overall procurement support in new development projects
• Identify opportunities in the new product design process to improve the design decision making and supports price negotiations with fact-based information and opportunities to drive short and / or long-term product cost reduction improvement
• Optimize Total Cost of Ownership in product and business creation and through the full life cycle
• Ensure that optimized TCO (cost, quality, availability) are assured in product development / business creation and through their full life cycle, utilizing DFX
• Drive RFQ process based on commodity strategy and Supplier Selection Process together with the Commodity Teams
• Implement the Procurement and Commodity strategy via sourcing decision
• Ensure potential risks (cost, quality, availability) in new development projects are controlled and mitigated.
• Support Supplier Quality Manager in new supplier component release process as part of the Advanced Product Quality Plan (APQP), including compliance and sustainability aspects
• Provide input for make or buy analysis and supports the in/outsourcing process (e.g. knowledge transfer, supplier ramp-up)
• Align needs with competitive landscape and technology roadmaps
• Perform data mining from various platforms and use analytic tools to translate data into actionable procurement business insights

The skills and knowledge you’ll bring:

• Bachelor degree or above, major in Engineering, Business Management or Supply Chain / Procurement preferred
• At least 5 - 10 years’ experience on procurement management in global companies / organizations, with expertise in new product development or NPI project, Value Engineering, commodity management, and manufacturing environment
• Good stakeholder engagement and convincing/influencing skills, comfortable working with cross functions including R&D, Marketing, Quality & Regulatory, and Legal/IP
• A team player who is both proactive and cooperative; easily gains trust and support of peers; encourages collaboration and challenges constructively
• Data-driven, and analytical thinking with knowledge of Power BI, SAP, Excel, and proficiency in translating data into business insight
• Self-driven, Fast learning capability, willing to embrace changes and challenge status quo
• Strong negotiation skills and supplier management skills
• Prepared to travel up to 10%-20% of the time
• Fluent in verbal and written English, and Chinese Mandarin a plus as liaising with China counterparts is required

What we’ll give you in return:

A meaningful career, with new challenges in our dynamic organization, working in an encouraging multinational and multicultural environment. We are happy to provide you with this opportunity to work with new technologies. You will be surrounded by passionate and committed, colleagues who share your ambition to create outstanding customer experiences. Your work will be ambitious and full of opportunities for growth. Variety and challenge will be part of your daily routines.

Ready to make an impact?

From developing game-changing air fryers to perfecting the art of coffee making, Versuni’s purpose is turning houses into homes — and we’re calling on your talent to bring it to life. Join our global team of 6,000+ passionate individuals, work with world-class brands, and shape the future of home living. We’re ready for you — are you ready for us?