Specialist - Material Quotation

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Specialist – Material Quotation in Chennai.

What a typical day looks like:

• Understanding customer given product details like Bill of Material (BOM) and check if all required details are available
• Identifying Electronics and Electrical components issues in given BOM and informing customer upfront.
• Electronics components pricing: (RFQ) Requesting quote from supplier, validating quotations and details
• Ensure timely and accurate sending of RFQs to suppliers and follow-up for offers.
• To do price & terms negotiation with supplier to get competitive quote.
• Analysing cost data and take appropriate actions
• Suggesting Alternates for the Customer Manufacturer if required
• Coordinating with intenal customers wherever required
• To do process improvement initiatives as required
• To apply data analytics wherever required to get better insights

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Minimum 2 to 5 Years Experience in Electrical / Electronics Industries.
• Education : Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical (EEE) or Electronics Communication (ECE)
• Knowledge in following Electronics Components parameters, understanding datasheet & Supplychain.
  • Resistor, Capacitor & Inductor.
  • Crystal Oscillator & Protection Device.
  • Diode, Transistor, MosFET.
  • Linear IC (Regulator, Comparator, Opmp Etc..).
  • Logic IC (Gates, Buffer, FF etc..).
  • Microcontroller & processor.
  • Memory devices
• Understanding Bill of Material (BOM) , mandatory details in BOM & levels of BOM structuring
• Understanding difference between Manufacturer, Distributor, supplier & customer.
• Minimum order Quantity (MOQ),Standard Packing Quantity (SPQ), Payment terms, Delivery Terms, Lead time.
• Non-cancellable Non-Returnable (NCNR), Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE), Unit of measurement (UOM).
• Country of Origin (COO), Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).
• Good in English communication (Email, Listening and speaking).
• Knowledge about Quote Win tool is added advantage
• Knowledge in MS Excel functions like VLOOKUP, Pivot table, Count if, etc.
• Macro knowledge is added advantage.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide

• Health Insurance
• PTO

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