Key person Responsible for product costing & New Product development for both domestic & Import customers. Project lead, Customer handling, VAVE activity, negotiation with both customer & supplier, cost reduction, vendor development, customer handling, RM price movements. RFQ key person. Product costing & Price movement handling. Price Finalization based on commodity price, conversion and special process like plating welding and powder coating with the market price, volume and overhead of supplier. Preparation of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) time plan. Customer handling key person. Highlight issues & obstacles to implement project on time to customer. VAVE activity responsible person. Implementation of SPM for small press operations. New vendor development. Ensure nil issues at supplier end in terms of costing, meeting required volume, logistics and inventory for new development components before handed over to plant regular buying Supplier best practices were shared to other suppliers to eliminate NVA and reduce the manufacturing cost in turn to get competitive price Identify potential suppliers (existing supplier base/ new supplier based on need) for localization/ Resourcing ideas Monitoring and reviewing supplier for development of facility/product periodically to avoid delay. Adding new supplier for specialized products, adding new business to existing vendor to move supplier to a healthy relationship, removing risk suppliers from system. Successfully sourced local supplier for high volume program saved $12000/year. Successfully developed local supplier for special screws saved $15000/year. Successfully moved leverage suppliers into strategic suppliers.