Commercial Sourcing Manager
Tata Electronics · Bengaluru · onsite · Posted 1d ago
Undisclosed6–7 yrsfulltimeSourced from
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Job Summary
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Supplier selection and qualification
Contracting Commercial Management
Start-Up Ramp-Up Readiness
Spares, Consumables Service Continuity
Operations, Inventory Logistics management
Risk Management Supply Resilience
Cost, Risk Governance
Lead the end-to-end equipment and material sourcing for a greenfield semiconductor assembly and testing facility, ensuring uninterrupted availability, quality, compliance, and cost effectiveness of direct and indirect materials required for process qualification, ramp-up, and steady-state production.
The role is accountable for building a world-class, resilient, and compliant equipment and materials supply ecosystem from zero-covering dicing saws, die bonders, wire bonders, molding presses, trim form systems, AOI/X-ray/SAM inspection tools, burn-in chambers, and automated test equipment (ATE) along with handlers, SMT Process eqpt, die attach materials like epoxy adhesives, sinter paste, solder, bonding wires (Au, Cu), lead frames or substrates, epoxy molding compound (EMC), gels, plating metals, marking supplies, solder balls, flux, underfill, tape reel, moisture barrier bags, cleaning solvents, ESD items, machine consumables, chemicals, gases, consumables, spare parts, and cleanroom materials-while managing risks related to single sourcing, geopolitics, logistics, purity, and contamination control.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Build and manage strategic supplier relationships, ensuring quality, cost competitiveness, and sustainability.
- Negotiate long-term contracts and secure critical equipment and material supply
- Ensure slot reservation, factory installs, spares/consumables readiness, and service level agreements are in place to achieve tool move-in, qualification, and ramp milestones on-time and on-budget, in compliance with local and global trade/tax regimes.
- Build a Phase-wise equipment procurement master plan aligned to process of record (POR), construction schedule, cleanroom readiness, AMHS track readiness, and tool hook-up sequences.
- Develop category strategies per toolset: new vs refurbished, OEM vs third-party, frame agreements and slot reservations considerations.
- Establish total cost of ownership (TCO) models (capex, install, consumables, service, uptime impact) and should-cost for high-value sections.
- Work with logistics and customs team to set export control pathways and India trade architecture.
- Define and execute global supply chain for OSAT materials sourcing strategy aligned to POR, Ramp curve and capacity plans, Yield, variability, and quality control requirements.
- Align supply chain operations with organizational goals, technology roadmaps, and market demands.
- Establish single vs multi sourcing philosophy for each equipment and material category
- Develop local vs global sourcing roadmap with risk-based segmentation
Supplier selection and qualification
- Lead supplier identification, qualification, and onboarding for all OSAT equipment and materials
- Coordinate with Process Engineering, Quality, and EHS for material specifications.
- Coordinate with Process Engineering, Quality, and EHS for change control.
- Coordinate with Process Engineering, Quality, and EHS for contamination and defect risk assessment.
- Establish Approved Vendor Lists (AVL) and Approved Material Lists (AML)
Contracting Commercial Management
- Negotiate contracts to secure critical equipment, spare parts, and service agreements.
- Secure critical material supply.
- Negotiate: Long-term supply agreements, Volume commitments and price protection, Consignment and Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI), Yield-linked and performance-based pricing
- Structure contracts covering: Quality guarantees, Supply continuity, Change notification, Confidentiality and IP protection
Start-Up Ramp-Up Readiness
- Ensure Day-1 readiness for all line qualification materials
- Build ramp-synchronized equipment and material plans aligned to: Tool installation schedules, Process releases
- Develop material buffers and safety stocks for ramp volatility
Spares, Consumables Service Continuity
- Build startup and sustaining spares strategies; deploy consignment and min-max policies integrated with MES.
- Negotiate multi-year service contracts with uptime SLAs (e.g., 95-98%), response times, escalation ladders, and OPEX caps; structure outcome-based models (uptime/throughput).
- Establish local service capability (OEM/third-party) and critical spares localization (where feasible) to reduce MTTR and import dependency.
Operations, Inventory Logistics management
- Oversee equipment planning, sourcing, installation, and maintenance support.
- Oversee planning, sourcing, inventory management, and distribution across multiple geographies.
- Establish material planning models integrated with: MES / ERP / MRP, Consumption and yield data
- Implement risk management frameworks to mitigate supply disruptions.
- Optimize: Inventory turns, Shelf-life management, Cold storage and hazardous storage
- Implement cleanroom-compatible equipment and material handling
Risk Management Supply Resilience
- Identify and mitigate risks related to: Single-source materials, Long lead times, Geopolitical and logistics disruptions
- Develop: Alternate suppliers, Substitution strategies (qualified and pre-approved), Emergency supply and expediting playbooks
Cost, Risk Governance
- Own the equipment capex and OPEX models; deliver savings vs baseline via value analysis and value engineering (VAVE), shared spares pools, and energy/consumables optimization.
- Maintain risk registers (single-source OEMs, export license lead times, shipping lanes, customs clearances, site readiness); implement dual sourcing/alternate modules where possible.
- Run tender boards, change order/claims management, ethics compliance audits, and management reporting (schedule, cost, risk, quality, EHS).
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