REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business, ideally with a professional Purchasing qualification
• Minimum 3 years of experience in purchasing in an industrial environment (serial life or program)
• Experience in successfully managing and negotiating contracts
• Automotive experience would be an advantage
• Strong knowledge of supply portfolio, market research, and analysis
• Understanding of sourcing strategies and applications (make-or-buy analysis, etc.)
• Deep understanding of business practices, market dynamics and trends
• Knowledge of contractual and legal aspects
• International mindset
• Results oriented
• Capacity to influence
• Knowledge of assigned commodity (products, technologies, cost models), and financial skills

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for deploying the commodity strategy for its assigned commodities
• Manage relationships/ negotiations with suppliers, pilot the utilisation of the supplier panel in programs and series production during sourcing, and ensure supplier performance
• Structure the building of the panel: participate in the definition and the implementation of the purchasing panel policy for assigned commodities, manage supplier selection according to group criteria
• Manage relationships/ negotiations with his/ her suppliers, supported by the division
• Ensure that the strategic panel is implemented in the development phase (Supplier Nomination Committees)
• Manage and drive productivity action plans
• Fix the rules of productivity sharing between the suppliers and the company
• Manage and drive supplier quality and delivery performance
• Manage the insolvencies of suppliers and steer a corrective action plan
• Develop and implement tools to improve global productivity
• Ensure the reporting of his or her activities following defined policies