Aufgaben
Manages and being responsible (Project & Investment budget) for customer (OEM) nominated projects in terms of all purchasing relevant topics from project nomination until EOP incl. Launch- and Change Management. Develops supplier base according to Central-/Regional Purchasing guidelines, Supplier Quality, and project business goals. Manages purchasing contracts for direct material and serves as primary interface for Global Commodity Managers. Work involves administrative operations where independent judgment is used, and decisions are made within general policies, procedures, and/or specifications. High technical knowledge and ability to interface with both internal and external engineering teams.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Responsible for purchasing of assigned customer projects or platform. Must meet targets of pricing, timing, quality, and parts country of origin as defined by Customer Business Unit and Central Purchasing Strategy meeting.
- Define Sourcing Strategy and Game Theory based Awarding Concepts.
- Searching for, developing and managing strategically relevant suppliers; building up strategic supplier partnerships for new project awarding to increase competition.
- Preparing and conducting/leading (contract) final negotiations for major commodities, e.g. Electron-mechanics or Stampings for new project awarding.
- Initiation of procurement transactions; conducting analyses that may require profound technical understanding of specific sourcing categories (ASILD).
- Supporting Procurement Performance Management by documenting negotiation results and by duly and expeditiously entering all required data in the relevant systems (e.g. prices, savings).
- If and when required, supporting Global Commodity Managers in the development and implementation of new Group wide strategies and improvement measures already in the development phase of new projects with the relevant suppliers.
- Coordination of cross-functional collaboration to ensure that the requirements of internal customers reflect current market offering/support standardization and are in line with pursued Global Commodity strategies.
- Ensures competence and qualification of the suppliers in cooperation with the designated departments for new project awarding
- Ensures / supports the entire procurement process (e.g. BK, Sourcing Status, PLM, COP, series and benchmark, E-auctions)
- Ensures Project Procurement as proactive driver of the cross-functional departments (e.g. Sales, CBU, SQM, Engineering, Production Manufacturing) from acquisition phase until customer project EOP.
- Ensures automotive-friendly processing of awarding contracts considering the country-specific circumstances with the support of the judiciary and, if necessary, the local purchasing organization
- Compliance with procurement directives (CD's)
- Sparring partner for sales by providing profound market information (Price estimations, raw material prices, trends, analyses, etc.)
- Demonstrates and initiates value analysis potential already in the development phase for optimization of customer product costs.
- Market observation and benchmarking, early detection of trends and action fields
- Checks documents for procurement conference and provides a recommendation aligned cross/functional to the Top Management PSM
- Supports Global Commodity in major supplier claim negotiations with profound negotiation skills and high technical produce and process/manufacturing knowledge
- Must be able to travel domestically and international as needed.
Profil
Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Engineering or equivalent or Business Administration; or four to ten years related technical experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Min. five to ten years’ experience in automotive industry (OEM or Tier1/2). Familiar with customer requirements in regard to safety critical products (ASILD) and process-/manufacturing requirements.
Specialized Procurement knowledge on major commodities, e.g. Stamping & Welding, Motors or Electro-mechanics is a must requirement. Ability to train and transfer knowledge cross-functionally is an added plus.
Procurement Skills:
Demonstrated strong negotiation skills required (Expert). Skills in regard to definition and execution of awarding strategies and concepts (based on Game Theory) is an added plus. Tk PSM (Procurement and Supply Management) processes, requirements & tools such as TK specific contracts, e-auctions, N5, Purchasing Council, SAP, PLM, Trufusion, Pronet, etc. is mandatory.
The [above] is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Das bieten wir
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Paid Company Holidays
- Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, prescription coverage, employee assistance program, as well as optional accident & hospital coverage
- Company paid
- Basic vision insurance
- Short-term disability
- Basic Life Insurance
- Generous 401k matching program
- Ample opportunities for advancement within the company
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