Buyer Business Unit

Overview

Support all program purchasing activities within the given Customer Business Unit while ensuring compliance with overall company objectives, strategies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Coordination of Program Purchasing activities over a specific customer business unit to ensure excellent product launches
• Ensure smooth project launches
• Control and approve all Program Purchasing activities specified in the Program launch system and decisions in line with customer demands and commodity strategies
• Guarantee financial control over complex, modular programs from phase 0-5 and over lifetime
• Ensure the cost-, quality and time-oriented supply of all required goods, materials, equipment and services under compliance with the respective business plans, budgets and targets
• Guarantee compliance with BOS, PLUS and POS procedures
• Initiate and support proper Make or Buy decisions
• Initiate and support VA / VE activities, profitability workshops and CI events
• Lead supplier onsite audits
• Initiate and support cost optimization/saving projects
• Program team member for a specific number of programs
• Manage the suppliers within the given programs (Request for Quotes RFQ, price comparisons, supplier sourcing, change management, contract negotiations, payment queries, dispute resolutions on quality and log level, etc.)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain or related technical field
• 2-5 years of purchasing experience in industry, automotive or commodity related, operational and strategic involvement
• In depth knowledge of the procurement process
• In depth understanding of purchasing tools and practices
• Ability to recognize and respond to expectations with sense of urgency
• Ability to cooperate with people of different levels inside/ outside the company and to interact with team to reach team goals and business objectives
• Controlling and cost analysis knowledge
• Fluent English skills mandatory
• Relevant SAP knowledge; very good Excel skills
• Up to 25% travel may be required
• Driving license B
• University education (Bachelor's degree)

Benefits

• 13th salary
• Language and proficiency courses
• Flexible working hours, possibility to work remotely including days from abroad