Job Description

Primary Responsibilities:

NPI & VE-Resourcing

• Acting as Project Buyer for his respective scope:
• Lead and execute suppliers' selection process for NPI and VE/Resourcing (for the assigned projects) in alignment with the commodity panel Strategy;
• Own Project deliverables for his sourced components (Cost, APQP, Milestones (Protos from Mass Prod supplier (escalation), ODT, PPAP, SOP+6 months) and compliance to components designs, support TEFS;
• Suggest Resourcing opportunities to commodity & participate to VE ideas generation for GBE Projects;
• Execute VE, Resourcing, logistics productivity actions in line with AOP requirements and in collaboration with Commodity organization;
• Manage post-SOP Engineering changes with suppliers and secure first year of savings after award;

Mass Production Operations – Act as Operation Supplier Contact (OSC) (Supplier List) for his GBE | Help X-Regional engagement on components scope when not OSC

• Includes OES and IAM when the part is supplied by an OEM active supplier;
• Handle logistics/capacity/quality issues in the GBE as the first sourcing interface of plant supply chain & Quality (according to escalation process) | Collect capacity data from suppliers;
• Validate and negotiate charge-back amounts;
• Implement procurement mitigation action plan in the GBE for his OSC scope;
• Define and execute first level of actions of gap closure plan;
• Support for trade, compliance & sustainability related information collection;

Improve GBE competitiveness through cost reductions in liaison with Commodity organization;

Support and contribute to Commodity panels strategy within his GBE/Region by:

• Executing productivity objectives;
• Ensuring supplier performance review and action plan tracking and feedback commodity for his scope of activity;

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor degree preferably in Engineering, Economics or Business Administration;

• Min 3y experience in Procurement, preferably in Automotive industry;

• Project management skills;

• Analytic thinking and leadership skills;

• Agile mindset and resilience;