タイトル:  Buyer, Stamping

Your Mission

As a Buyer, you will be at the heart of driving purchasing excellence and business impact across your assigned portfolio. Acting as a strategic partner to the organization, you will not only ensure operational performance but also shape sourcing strategies that directly influence cost, quality, and innovation.

In this role, you will:

• Play a pivotal role in shaping and executing global commodity strategies as part of an international purchasing network
• Lead end-to-end sourcing activities in close collaboration with cross-functional teams (Engineering, SQE, Logistics, Cost Engineering, etc.)
• Drive supplier selection aligned with long-term segment strategies and evolving business needs
• Take ownership of supplier nominations at Sourcing Boards, including building strong business cases and leading agreement negotiations
• Own and drive cost performance (KPI / P&L / MCL), contributing directly to business profitability
• Establish robust contractual frameworks and ensure compliant execution
• Build and manage strong supplier partnerships across the full lifecycle—from production to post-production
• Deliver on QDCFTSR targets by continuously improving supplier performance, quality, cost, and delivery
• Anticipate risks and proactively mitigate them in collaboration with SQ&D teams
• Forecast cost evolution and actively support financial planning and decision-making
• Lead negotiations for product and process changes throughout the product lifecycle
• Ensure seamless daily purchasing operations, including order management, logistics, and financial flows
• Facilitate smooth transitions to Uptime Buyers as products move out of production

Required Skills / Experiences

Required
• 3 years’ experience in Purchasing and/or extensive negotiation experience with a supplier/customer relationship
• Knowledge of Financial analysis, Cost Management, Production & Supply chain and technology
• Business acumen, MS Office
• Business, Engineering or related field and or equivalent experience
• Strong team player, self-starter and the ability to take initiatives

• Fluent both English and Japanese, both written and spoken

Preferable
• Strong experience of working for Automotive or related company
• Project Management
• Quality Management
• Contract Management
• Relevant process & system knowledge