The Materials Specialist is responsible for the timely and cost effective sourcing of sample, pre-production, and production quantities of capacitor film and foil, cores, terminals, buss structures, packaging enclosures, encapsulants, and fasteners.
The Materials Specialist works with approved and promising vendors to locate domestic and international material sources to support the production of new and existing products.
Qualification of promising sources as approved vendors.
Transition domestic sources for sample and pre-production materials to international sources for volume production as warranted.
Achieving consistent success in improving material quality and reducing material cost will be a primary performance metric.
Responsibilities:
Interpretation of mechanical engineering drawings
Make sourcing decisions based on material requirements, part complexity, and tolerances
Negotiate tolerances with vendors and internal engineers
Identify and champion lower cost material options
Document vendor quality and delivery performance
Negotiate vendor price concessions
Qualifications:
A.S./A.A. preferred or 2 years experience
APICS - CPIM certification desirable
PDM experience or training
GDT experience or training
Clear, respectful and effective communications skills
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