Buyer

Posted 14 Hours Ago
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2 Locations
Entry level
Automotive • Other
The Role
The Buyer manages the supply base for existing production materials, focuses on cost reductions, quality, and supplier delivery performance. Responsibilities include negotiating agreements with suppliers, executing sourcing strategies, managing supplier changes, and tracking supplier performance. The Buyer also collaborates with engineering for technical cost reductions and evaluates supplier capacities and efficiencies.
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KEY PERFORMANCE

  • Meet or exceed cost reduction target meeting requirements from Business Unit
  • Resolve commercial & unsystematic delivery issues from suppliers
  • Negotiates complex and or critical supplier agreements in line with existing strategies
  • Execute supplier resourcing in aligned with GSM commodity strategies

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

  • Manage supply base for existing production materials. 
  • Maintain competitive pricing with emphasis on cost reductions, quality and supplier delivery performance.
  • Identify appropriate source to select considering strategic commodity business plan.
  • Create eRFQ package and analyze & score to select best supplier.
  • Negotiate and award suppliers meeting GSM commodity strategy and policy.
  • Hold kick-off meeting with supplier awarded and support APQP management at suppliers
  • Release tooling POs and manage supplier tooling documents required
  • Enter related data to ERP system and issue prototype, PPAP orders & Blanket POs to suppliers.
  • Manage supplier changes during development and mass production.
  • Verify supplier capacity to meet program volume requirement.
  • Finalize agreement Terms & Conditions including freight, payment terms, currency etc.
  • Manage supplier data for system including supplier contact, price, terms etc
  • Manage value & non value add permanent supplier changes
  • Track and improve supplier performance – cost, quality, delivery actual.
  • Resolve commercial and capacity issues at suppliers.
  • Drive cost reduction initiatives and meet cost reduction targets.
  • Work with engineering & SDE to pursue technical cost reduction opportunities (VA/VE).
  • Support global commodity strategies
  • Analyze material pass through impact regular basis
  • Recommends supplier process utilization by interpreting blueprints and evaluating customer needs. 
  • Explore available technology and implements best practices related to purchasing activities.
  • Evaluate part design with engineering, quality and suppliers to obtain optimum efficiencies.
  • Manage and administrate multiple databases and systems important to the Purchasing function (SPS, SAP, Part Portal etc.)
  • Maintain supplier contact points as of the latest version.
  • Collect z-scores for local suppliers to clarify their financial status on regular basis.
     

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