タイトル: Buyer, Vehicle CAB
Mission
•Your mission is to drive and achieve all Purchasing Objectives for the assigned portfolio within Purchasing.
•Your role as a Buyer is both strategic & operational, taking care of sourcing, project deliverables and operational maintenance activities.
Responsibilities
• Contribute to segment strategies & be an active member in the global network of commodity buyers.
• Responsible to optimize sourcing activities together with all related functions, Engineer, SQE, Logistic, Cost engineer etc.
• Responsible to secure that supplier selection is aligned with the Segment strategy.
• Responsible of the supplier recommendation in Sourcing Board including Business case, and agreement management
• Responsible to cost KPI/P&L and MCL of owned segments and suppliers
• To secure the outcome of the sourcing in a contractual package, and that all agreements are approved and signed
• Execute agreements with suppliers during production and after production for Revenue segments
• Drive all relevant activities to deliver on QDCFTSR targets during production phase and after production phase for Revenue Parts.
• Monitor, identify and mitigate risks in cooperation with SQ&D team
• Forecast cost evolution for scope of responsibility
• Manage and negotiate product/processes changes during production phase, and after production phase for Revenue segments
• Perform daily purchasing activities related to production orders, logistics and financial flows to the suppliers
• Perform hand-over to Uptime buyer when parts are phased out of production for non-revenue parts.
- Required
- 3-5 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
- Strong communication skills both in Japanese and English
Preferable - Strong experience of working for Automotive or related company
- Project Management
- Quality Management
- Contract Management
- Relevant process & system knowledge