Productivity Buyer

Posted 5 Days Ago
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2 Locations
Mid level
Automotive
The Role
The Productivity Buyer will lead initiatives in material productivity, logistics, and purchasing strategies while collaborating with various teams to manage supplier relationships and meet budget goals.
Summary Generated by Built In

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

We are looking for a PRODUCTIVITY BUYER to join us in defining and driving material productivity, re-sourcing, logistics, and VPS strategies.

YOUR CHALLENGES?

  • Define and implement technical/re- sourcing/logistics/VPS materials productivities and reservoir in line with budget requirements, in collaboration with the segment organization

  • Support the commodity organization (Segment Leaders) to implement the purchasing strategy and reach the site negotiation objectives

  • Drive in front of the Material Steering Committee material productivity actions and brings suppliers in, in line with budget timing

  • Monitor Supplier Relationship wherever assigned the Role of Key Account Purchasing (KAP) for a given supplier, when not covered by Group Commodity organisation

  • Implement Group Worldwide materials standards in the site (s)

  • Build up the site (s) budget together with the site Purchasing manager and in liaison with the Segment Leaders

  • Implement mitigation action plan at site level (Logistic, Financial, Quality)

  • Strictly apply the Valeo procedures and follow V5000 Supplier Integration axis Standards (internal referential, certifications, procedures, purchasing tools, information systems)

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU...

  • Master/Barchelor degree in technical area or business OR related experience

  • Experience in purchasing or supply chain nice to have

  • Fluent English

  • Automotive experience & knowledge of products and technology preferred

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills

  • Team player, decision making personality

  • Ability to work in matrix organization

WE OFFER

  • 6 weeks of vacation per year for every employee

  • a variable bonus of up to 35,000 CZK every 6 months based on company and team results

  • contribution to the pension insurance after the probation period, 5% from the gross salary,  max. 4,166 CZK per month

  • vouchers for leisure activities of 800 CZK paid on a Pluxee card

  • contribution to commuting for the first 6 months (up to 10,000 CZK/month), to accommodation for the first 4 months (up to 30,000 CZK/month), to moving (up to 30,000 CZK one-off)

  • canteen on site with subsidized prices for meals

  • assistance program for employees in the field of law, personal finances, psychological help, etc.

    Job:

    Productivity Buyer

    Organization:

    Site Purchasing

    Schedule:

    Full time

    Employee Status:

    Regular

    Job Type:

    Main Employment (standard value)

    Job Posting Date:

    2025-04-01

    Join Us !
    Being part of our team, you will join:
    - one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
    - a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
    - more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
    - a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development
    More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com

    Top Skills

    Automotive
    Logistics
    Purchasing
    Supply Chain
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    The Company
    Greensburg, IN
    32,700 Employees
    On-site Workplace
    Year Founded: 1923

    What We Do

    Valeo is an automotive supplier and partner to all automakers worldwide. As a
    technology company, Valeo proposes innovative products and systems that
    contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and to the development of intuitive
    driving. In 2020, the Group generated sales of 16.4 billion euros and invested 12% of
    its original equipment sales in Research and Development. At December 31, 2020,
    Valeo had 187 plants, 20 research centers, 43 development centers and
    15 distribution platforms, and employed 110,300 people in 33 countries worldwide.
    Valeo is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.

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