Manager – Resin & Indirect Materials; Greases​/Solder Paste​/Felts

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* Job Title:

** Manager – Resin & Indirect Materials (Greases/Solder Paste/Felts, etc.)
** Company:
** AISIN World Corp. of America
** Department:
** Purchasing, Materials & Machinery
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* Location:

** Northville, MI, Seymour, IN, Cibolo, TX, Torrance, CA, Smyrna, TN, or Durham, NC
** Position Responsibilities
** The incumbent is expected to perform the following functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:
* ** Commodity Management – Resin & Indirect Materials**  + Lead North America purchasing strategy and commercial management for resin raw materials and indirect chemical commodities, including greases, felts, solder paste, glues, etc.  + Serve as the commodity leader for resin and assigned chemical commodities, with a strong working understanding of polymer/material properties, applications, manufacturing processes, suppliers, feed stocks, and market drivers.  + Apply a basic understanding of organic chemistry and material properties to manage technically complex resin, grease, lubricant, and chemical commodities in cooperation with Engineering and Manufacturing.  

+ Develop and execute short- and long-term commodity strategies covering sourcing, localization, cost reduction, supply continuity, capacity, and supplier development.  + Analyze total North America spend, volumes, forecasts, material-market movements, raw-material indices, feedstock impacts, supplier cost structures, and total landed cost.  + Lead RFQ, sourcing, quotation analysis, negotiations, commercial terms, and supplier selection for assigned commodities.  + Lead annual cost-reduction activities through competitive sourcing, localization, specification review, VA/VE, commercial negotiation, and supply-chain optimization.  

+ Support Component Purchasing with resin and chemical raw-material cost inputs, benchmarking, and supplier/material cost analysis.  + Manage supply-chain risks including capacity constraints, allocation, supplier operational risk, logistics, tariffs, force majeure, and material discontinuation or transition.  + Lead commercial activities associated with material changes, production change requests, engineering changes, last-time buys, inventory builds, and supplier transitions.  + Maintain sourcing documentation including RFQs, LOIs, ECIs/PCRs, agreements, pricing records, and supplier commercial documentation.
* ** People & Organizational Management**  + Manage, develop, and provide direction to buyers responsible for resin and assigned indirect/MRO chemical commodities.  + Establish priorities, assign responsibilities, review workload, and ensure timely execution of sourcing, cost-reduction, supply-risk, and program activities.  + Develop team members’ commodity, technical, analytical, negotiation, and supplier-management capabilities.  + Establish clear objectives and performance expectations and provide regular coaching, feedback, and performance evaluation.  

+ Coordinate activities across multiple AISIN North America plants and affiliated companies and ensure consistent purchasing direction and communication.  + Escalate significant commercial, supply, quality, or program risks to Purchasing management with clear countermeasures and timing.
* ** Program Development / Cross-Functional Leadership**  + Lead purchasing support for new programs, including supplier identification, material sourcing, localization, prototype/trial materials, cost estimates, and launch readiness.  + Work closely with Design, Materials Engineering, Production Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Component Purchasing, and AISIN plants to evaluate material requirements and commercial impact.  + Support material qualification and validation activities by coordinating suppliers, technical…