Senior Advanced Sourcing Engineer

Senior Advanced Sourcing Engineer- Suzhou

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It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of nearly 60,000 professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, CRAFTSMAN®, CUB CADET®, STANLEY® and BLACK+DECKER®

The Stanley Black & Decker Global Sourcing Management team is our strategic sourcing organization focused on leveraging the company’s scale to achieve the best possible price with the best possible quality; service and delivery among all categories of spend. In addition, the team maintains close alignment with the businesses to support overall strategies and drives to a best-in-class sourcing organization using Stanley Fulfillment System principles.

The Job:

The Stanley Black & Decker Global Sourcing Management group has an opportunity for an Senior Advanced Sourcing Engineer which will be based in Suzhou, CN. At Stanley Black & Decker, Innovation and New Product Development are key strategic initiatives to grow the business and the Advanced Sourcing Engineer role will play a vital part in delivering winning New Products in the market. The position will have responsibility for providing sourcing leadership for New Product Development in a cross functional team environment, which would include Supply Selection, Cost & Capital Management, Risk Assessment & Mitigation, Supplier Management throughout the Product Development and On-Going Process Improvements to speed Product Development. You’ll get to:

• Early new product involvement including product spec review, supply selection and risk Mitigation Plans
• Work in a cross functional team environment interacting with engineering, supply chain, quality, marketing, global strategy sourcing and our global supply base
• Initiate the contract discussion if needed and negotiate the cost, tooling/ equipment investment, MOQ, lead time and delivery schedule with suppliers
• Provide deliverables to program manager with update cost BOM, capacity ramp up plan and long lead time part list etc in each Milestone process
• Do make versus buy analysis if needed
• Evaluate the supplying risk, define long lead time parts and release LLR accordingly
• Work with trade compliance team on a COO plan if it’s to launch outside of China as tariff mitigation
• Support for problem solving and manage the communication with project team and supplier to make improvements if it’s required. Ensure the efficiency during new product development
• Assist transition from new product development to sustainable production with Global Strategy Sourcing team after the product launch
• Be an active participant in the milestone process and provide timely and accurate information on project progress.
• Timely escalations for any delays/risks with the program leader/ASE Manager

The Person:

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical area, preferably an engineering degree.
• Three to five years of direct material sourcing experience. Prior purchasing, manufacturing or product development experience preferred. Basic understanding of standard cost development, financial metrics, such as investment payback, gross sales margin, and how sourcing decisions can impact project finances
• Ability to manage multiple projects across diverse commodities, suppliers, and business functions.
• Fully self-directed with leadership skills - drives for results. Ability to manage tasks and deadlines when facing ambiguous information and circumstances, and excellent organized project management skills with attention to detail
• Demonstrate excellent written and spoken Skills – English and Strong interpersonal communications skills.
• Need to be in Flexible to work in Multiple time zones

The Details:

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, paid time off.

And More:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our Lean Academy, Coursera® and online university.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks
You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:
Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:
We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:
You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.