Obsolescence Administrator X2 at SAAB Grintek

Your role

• The main responsibility of the position is to co-ordinate and control the obsolescence tools as well as to populate and maintain the databases. It also requires publishing and reporting of information and status of obsolete and new components. Designing of the component management processes and procedures will also be part of the activities.
• Obsolescence Reports: BOMs clean up, import BOMs into the 3rd party obsolescence tool, edit reports for internal/external customers. Obtain environmental/chemical reports from 3rd party obsolescence tool.
• Administration of 3rd party obsolescence tool (IHS):
• Alerts from IHS: Process and assign EOL/status change tickets to different product TDAs, process all other notifications, monitor EOL tickets continuously
• Alerts from Procurement/Suppliers: IHS supported EOL alert (submit research request to IHS), not IHS supported EOL alert (manual ticket to be raised)
• LTB process: Prepare LTB sheet, obtain quotes, Forum 1 meetings with relevant parties, monitor progress until stock is allocated to relevant projects in IFS, close ticket
• Status monitoring of parts in IFS:
• Liaise with production (Manufacturing Planning & Control, Production Controller),
• Ensure parts in Part Master, Inventory Part and Engineering Part (IFS) are up to date by notifying relevant parties of changes
• Obsolescence for specific customers:
• Monitor alerts weekly: Reports to be created for customer if any obsolete part affects the customer.
• Maintain component databases

Your profile
Required skills:

• 5 years in the electronics design industry 
• Purchasing procedures
• MS Office
• Obsolescence management recommended
• Creating and defining work processes

Desired skills:

• Computer literate
• Configuration Control knowledge
• Good internet knowledge
• Knowledge of logistic support

Qualification:

• Matric
• 5-years work experience
• 2 years in an obsolesces department
• 5-year computer experience

What you will be a part of

• Saab is a global company with operations and employees in 40 countries around the world. Through innovative, collaborative, and pragmatic thinking, Saab constantly develops, adopts, and improves new technology to meet customers’ changing needs.
• Saab Grintek Defence is a business unit operating within South Africa. The business unit is focused on design, development, integration, testing, documenting and deployment of products for aerospace and defence industries. This position is in the Component Management (Engineering) department.
• If you aspire to help create and innovate whilst developing yourself in a challenging team setting, Saab may well have the perfect conditions for you to grow.  We pride ourselves on a nurturing environment, where everyone is different yet we share the same goal – to help protect people.
• Saab Grintek Defence will give preference to South African citizens and we also welcome applications from individuals with culturally diverse backgrounds
• Saab Grintek Defence in South Africa will give preference to South African citizens and those that advance its employment equity goals and objectives.