Vantiva

Procurement

• Define and execute the global sourcing strategy for mechanical parts and tooling
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, quality, and supply chain teams through the Category Focus Team
• Obtain management approval for category strategies and action plans
• Communicate sourcing strategies to internal stakeholders through meetings, training, preferred-supplier lists, and strategy statements
• Drive execution of approved strategies using action plans, ownership, and measurable KPIs
• Approve the introduction of new suppliers
• Provide quarterly reporting, risk escalation, and performance tracking
• Own end-to-end supplier relationship management for mechanical and tooling suppliers
• Define supplier segmentation and relationship models
• Establish and lead supplier governance frameworks
• Conduct Supplier Business Reviews covering cost, quality, delivery, innovation, roadmaps, capacity, and risk mitigation
• Expand supplier collaboration into innovation, customer approaches, standards bodies, and third parties
• Lead price negotiations across the mechanical category portfolio
• Participate in new product development and design-win negotiations
• Build cost models using cost breakdowns and market price data
• Apply eRFQs, e-auctions, Total Cost of Ownership analysis, cost breakdowns, and cost models
• Negotiate payment terms, Incoterms, flexibility, development funds, exclusivity, and supplier contracts
• Partner with Legal to minimize commercial and supply risks and maximize value creation
• Oversee mechanical and tooling activities from supplier selection through mass production
• Lead supplier baseline assessments and continuous improvement plans
• Drive tooling design, molding efficiency, cost optimization, productivity, speed-to-market, and on-time delivery
• Support DFM reviews, tooling validation, and execution across multiple suppliers
• Challenge designs to optimize manufacturability, cost, and quality

Category Manager