Supply Chain Analyst (Project Management)

Job Posting Start Date 05-01-2025 Job Posting End Date 07-01-2025

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Supply Chain Analyst located in Columbia, SC.

Reporting to the Purchasing Manager the Supply Chain Analyst will be assisting of customer interface on strategic materials for key assigned accounts. Hold up material manager or director to develop, implement GPSC reports, data research trends to facilitate resolutions making.

What a typical day looks like:

• Drives sourcing/pricing strategies in materials quotations. 

• Presents materials value-add to customers or suppliers,
• Strong verbal skillset Interfaces with customer and supplier in new project start-up, for cost of ownership issues. 
• Develops and guides implementation of flexibility and supply assurance plans. 
• Manages component cost/price on a local, regional and global basis. 
• Tracks materials financial performance and initiate corrective actions when required. 

• Defines and implements pricing and costing strategies. 
• Coordinate sourcing strategies with Supply Management and Customers. 
• Develop and implement cost take down strategies. 
• Increase Vendor Managed Inventory, Reduced Guide-Time and Electronic Data Interface penetration.
• Manage regional supplier contract negotiations, which includes Memorandums of
• Comprehension, Non-disclosure and regional pricing agreements. 

• Measure and report Purchase Price Variance and initiate action plans. 
• Monitor and manage supplier times. 
• Mitigates shortages, excess on order and excess on hand. 
• Participate on and help global and regional commodity teams. 
• Contribute information/data on top spend suppliers for quarterly scorecards. 
• Manages material cost reviews. 

• Improve gross material margin. 
• Identify, implement actions for Retained Purchase Price Variance (RPPV) optimization. 

• Reconciliation process with customer (PPV, Premium charges, carrying costs, freight charges, excess and obsolete inventory, Non-cancelable, Non-Returnable (NCNR), etc.) 
• Identify opportunities to increase turnkey business and develop materials management plan. 
• Coordinate quarterly/monthly PPV hard call process. 

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.  
• 5+ years of experience in finance, materials sourcing, commodity management or supply chain design/management or other related area. 
• Experience in Supply Chain and Contract Manufacturing background
• Expertise in Excel
• Understand cost accounting, electronic component markets, price trends and technologies.  
• Strong background in electronics manufacturing and a thorough understanding of Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) product development process.  

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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Job Category

Global Procurement & Supply Chain

Relocation: Not eligible

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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