Product Manager | Supplier Management Specialist

Overview

Supplier professional focused on the strategic leadership and relationship management of company suppliers to achieve the best financial performance and relationship with assigned product lines.

What you'll do

• Direct and manage the supplier business plan and implementation process throughout the organization, leveraging supplier strengths and resources on behalf of the supplier and communicating supplier benefits to the company.
• Align goals and objectives of the supplier with the company to ensure mutual goals and objectives are achieved.
• Determine, monitor and recommend plans for the supplier-company business relationship on a tactical and strategic level.
• Participate in supplier business reviews, providing appropriate data and engaging in resolving issues.
• Identify and drive new supplier opportunities, with particular emphasis on developing new services that blend unique supplier resources and capabilities with service capability to create a unique value proposition.
• Support cross-functional communication with the company's product groups in price negotiations and market knowledge.
• Manage activities and programs that drive the supplier's pro-forma performance in an effort to achieve Avnet's financial goals.
• Perform analysis and reporting of various program impacts for the supplier.
• Manage forecasting pipeline requirements and rebate projections.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you'll need

• Typically 5+ years of experience with a bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.
• Extensive knowledge and application of principles, theories and concepts.
• Complete knowledge of all job functions and broad industry best practices, techniques and standards.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Work is performed independently and requires the exercise of judgment and discretion; the role exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.
• May represent the organization as a primary contact on assignments and/or projects, and interacts with senior professionals and management.