1. Act as resident expert for the assigned commodity, semiconductor test & packaging. Manager  all commercial aspects of the business, engagement strategy, and performance of Wafer and OSAT Foundries, and service suppliers.
2. Assess markets, leverage competition and strike supplier agreements to provide to long-term supply assurance, pricing, and competitive advantages to the company.
3. Lead for cost negotiations, contracts, cost efficiencies through process or design optimization in NPI products.

• Interface to and commercial engagement with Wafer Foundries/OSAT/Service for all RFI, RFP and RFQ activities.

 
4. Assist or co-own commercial aspects of operational tasks such capacity, continuity of supply, risk management including

• Supplier development and management:

• Measuring supplier performance
• Lead the evaluation process of supplier selection with evaluation team and drive the closure of a sourcing decision.

 
5. Develop negotiation strategy and approach, acceptable terms and conditions and lead the negotiation team through to closure.

• Competitive Benchmarking: Identify key benchmark suppliers in RF-x efforts. Partner to identify evaluation criterion and provide relevant data and recommendations back to internal team.
• Should Cost Calculation: Understand/calculate the fundamental cost of Foundry/OSAT
• Own and provide market and actual unit and total cost data which feeds into cost models of AOS products.
• Measure, report, and drive continuous supplier improvement in purchase price and total cost, including supply chain performance cost as compared to market pricing