Commodity Buyer

Responsibilities:

• Accomplish annual savings targets on the commodities he/she is responsible for.
• Lead local implementation of global business strategies and develop and lead his/her own commodity strategies in order to achieve the annual saving targets. These activities include:
  • Doing effective negotiations with suppliers of direct materials for series production.
  • Leading kickoff meetings and then supporting APQP follow up with nominated suppliers.
  • Documenting cost reduction opportunities and keeping their information up to date.
  • Pushing suppliers to improve payment terms to minimum Net 60 days.
  • Pushing suppliers to provide parts on Consignment.
  • Complying with global sourcing processes policies and guidelines.
• Support current production programs when customer requests capacity uplifts by:
  • Confirming current capacity and identifying whether additional Capex or tooling is required for the uptick.
  • Negotiating piece price and tooling costs while leveraging the additional volumes for cost reduction on piece price.
  • Comply with program goals by delivering prototypes PPAP and production parts on time with the required quality and documents.
• Support PLB to develop strategies for new programs and leverage their negotiations to resolve open issues on current production parts from same suppliers.
• Have effective communication with external and internal customers and suppliers.
• Manage the suppliers accounts to minimize the PPV Blocked Invoices due to price differences between Purchase Order prices and supplier billing prices.
• Do the proper arrangements for supplier setup in the system and grant all suppliers access to their Balance Score Card and make sure they check it on a monthly basis.
• Follow local and global guidelines for direct materials setup and information updates in SAP system to be able to procure them for series production and at the same time reduce the Exceptions Report count to zero.
• Comply with local audit requirements on time (Quality EHS etc).
• Comply with local and global Finance requirements on time (Expense reports Master BOM reporting RMA recovery etc).

Profile:

• Bachelors degree in international Commercial Business Administration Mechanical or Industrial Engineering or similar.
• Fully fluent English and Spanish (spoken and written).

Experience:

• Effective negotiation techniques for Direct Materials in the Automotive industry 5yr
• SAP (MM and Purchasing modules) 2yr
• MS Excel 5yr
• Drawings reading and interpretation 2yr
• Currency Fluctuation and Metals Market Surcharges management 2yr
• Logistics & Supply Chain Management processes 5yr
• International trade (Import-Export processes) 2yr
• APQP-PPAP processes 5yr

Competencies:

• Customer Focus
• Ethics and Values
• Functional/Technical Skills
• Conflict Management
• Organizational Agility
• Problem Solving
• Priority Setting

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