Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.
Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Commodity Analyst located in Batu Kawan, Penang.
Responsible for development, execution, and pricing of procurement risk strategies for Flex.
What a typical day looks like:
- Execute commodity sourcing strategies aligned with business objectives and organizational priorities.
- Support localization initiatives while enabling global sourcing expansion to enhance supply resilience and competitiveness.
- Mitigate risks related to commodity price fluctuation through market analysis, forecasting, and sourcing strategies.
- Identify, evaluate, and develop existing and new suppliers in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Lead procurement contract negotiations, including Commercial Agreements and NDA
- Drive cost reduction initiatives through comprehensive cost analysis, market data evaluation, internal price benchmarking, and effective negotiation.
- Identify supplier-related risks, opportunities, and underperformance, and develop corrective or improvement action plans.
- Strengthen supplier management and sourcing strategies to improve performance, quality, cost, and delivery.
- Support successful sourcing execution for new potential business opportunities and NPI activities.
- Perform general reporting and analysis activities for score carding of suppliers.
- Increase supplier managed inventory / replenishment program, reduced lead-time and electronic data interface penetration
- Identify, implement and drive actions for Purchase Price Variance (PPV) optimization
Main Skill Set
Commodity & Market Knowledge
- Direct materials: metals (steel, aluminum, copper), resins, components, stamping parts, Packaging (Plastic bag, Pallet, Carton)
- Cost drivers: raw material index, energy cost, labor, logistics, currency (MYR/USD is very relevant)
- Market dynamics: supply–demand, geopolitical impact, capacity constraints, regional sourcing differences
Cost & Price Analysis
- Cost analysis
- Tracking purchase price trend vs index
- Variance analysis: Forecast vs Actual vs Prior Quarter
- Currency impact analysis (UPPV& PPV)
- Cost models (material, conversion)
Data Analysis & Forecasting
- Analyze historical spend & price trend
- Assess impact to MM,
WD219298FlexSupply Chain Analyst
Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.
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
Prai, Penang.
In charge 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, and influence customer to use preferred suppliers.
- Interfaces with customer or 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.
Specialized Job controls may be required for certain positions. These could include on or more of the following duties:
Supply Management:
- Manage regional supplier contract negotiations, which includes Memorandums of Comprehension, Non-disclosure and regional pricing agreements.
- Develop and maintain supplier relationships.
- 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.
Customer Supply Chain Management:
- Manages material cost reviews.
- Drive initiatives to improve gross material margin.
- Identify, implement and drive actions for Retained Purchase Price Variance (RPPV) optimization.
- Drive 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:
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Typically requires a minimum of 3 years of experience in finance, materials sourcing, commodity management or supply chain design/management or other related area.
- Must have an understanding of cost accounting, electronic component markets, price trends and technologies.
- A background in electronics manufacturing and a thorough understanding of Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) product development process.
- To perform the major job responsibilities the use of the following tools may be required: Office Skills: telephones, data entry, office software to include, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages, and database systems.
What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
- Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Allowances & Bonuses*
HH39
AA98
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Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email [HIDDEN TEXT] and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first).
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
Prai, Penang.
In charge 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, and influence customer to use preferred suppliers.
- Interfaces with customer or 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.
Specialized Job controls may be required for certain positions. These could include on or more of the following duties:
Supply Management:
- Manage regional supplier contract negotiations, which includes Memorandums of Comprehension, Non-disclosure and regional pricing agreements.
- Develop and maintain supplier relationships.
- 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.
Customer Supply Chain Management:
- Manages material cost reviews.
- Drive initiatives to improve gross material margin.
- Identify, implement and drive actions for Retained Purchase Price Variance (RPPV) optimization.
- Drive 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:
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Typically requires a minimum of 3 years of experience in finance, materials sourcing, commodity management or supply chain design/management or other related area.
- Must have an understanding of cost accounting, electronic component markets, price trends and technologies.
- A background in electronics manufacturing and a thorough understanding of Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) product development process.
- To perform the major job responsibilities the use of the following tools may be required: Office Skills: telephones, data entry, office software to include, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation packages, and database systems.
What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
- Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Allowances & Bonuses*
HH39
AA98
Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process. Please email [HIDDEN TEXT] and we'll discuss your specific situation and next steps (NOTE: this email does not accept or consider resumes or applications. This is only for disability assistance. To be considered for a position at Flex, you must complete the application process first).
