Commodity Buyer

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Lear a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Lears diverse team of talented employees in 38 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation operational excellence and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better by providing the technology for safer smarter and more comfortable journeys. Lear headquartered in Southfield Michigan serves every major automaker in the world. Further information about Lear is available at or on Twitter @LearCorporation.

Following its establishment in 2012 Plzeň has grown into our fastest-growing Engineering Development Center in Europe. The center focuses on the design and development of Lear products including complex seating mechanisms and structures foams coatings plastics and trim components. The vision for Plzen is not to work as an internal supplier for our European business units but to develop into a leading Design and Development Center working on projects for all major European OEM customer groups from concept phase through to delivery.

You drive commercial performance for your assigned commodities and programs by selecting the most cost-effective suppliers and delivering measurable savings. Your impact is judged primarily by achieving the Annual Cost Reduction Targets through negotiation benchmarking and competitive sourcing.

Your Responsibilities:

• Deliver Annual Cost Reduction Targets (primary KPI) by executing year-on-year cost reduction plans through negotiation benchmarking and competitive sourcing.
• Develop and maintain the commodity strategy adapting to market movements (e.g. currency shifts raw material changes technology advances) to protect competitiveness.
• Lead sourcing activities by creating and issuing RFQs/engineering change requests evaluating offers and awarding business to meet program timing quality and cost targets.
• Negotiate and implement long-term agreements including commercial terms pricing frameworks and change control to secure sustainable value.
• Manage supplier and cost economics (e.g. CPI/CPR and exchange-rate impacts) build/maintain should-cost models and partner with logistics/operations to optimize freight and packaging.

Your Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience in purchasing strategic sourcing or equivalent commercial experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Bachelors degree in Business Supply Chain Engineering or equivalent experience/technical education.
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills with a track record of delivering measurable cost reductions.
• Proficiency in MS Office including strong Excel skills for cost analysis and data-driven decision-making.
• Professional English communication skills and willingness to travel within the UK/EU as needed.

Benefits:

• Attractive salary

• Flexible working hours
• 5 weeks of vacation
• Bonuses for life and work anniversaries
• Commuting allowance
• Meal allowance
• Contribution of employer for pension insurance
• Free-time vouchers Sodexo/Pluxee Flexipasses
• Discounted T-Mobile tariffs for you and family members
• Multisport card and Makro card
• Free tickets (Eishockey football theather)