Acquisition Purchasing Leader

Plastic Omnium; Puebla de Zaragoza; Presencial; MXN 30,000 - 70,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player seeks an Acquisition Purchasing Leader to drive purchasing strategies and quotations within the automotive sector. This pivotal role involves collaborating with commodity teams to optimize purchasing processes, ensuring adherence to strategies, and managing a dedicated team. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in the automotive industry, strong project management skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives. Join a forward-thinking company that values innovation and teamwork, where your contributions will significantly impact the success of advanced projects and purchasing competitiveness.

Formación

• 10 years total experience with 5 years in the automotive industry.
• Strong knowledge of purchasing and commodity strategy management.

Responsabilidades

• Lead purchasing quotations and strategies during the OEM quotation phase.
• Manage and develop the Acquisition Purchasing Department across Europe.

Conocimientos

Project Management

Technical Negotiations

Communication

Leadership

Multi-tasking

Customer Orientation

Flexibility

Stress Resistance

Educación

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Herramientas

Excel

Keops

eCosting

Descripción del empleo

Missions:

• During OEM quotation phase: Acquisition Purchasing Leader is responsible for purchasing quotations of all commodities thanks to cost models or database usages or commodity buyer’s support.
• When necessary, A-SPM also sends RFQs to suppliers, builds synthesis and proposes a Purchasing price commitment to the APM.
• Applies and strictly respects purchasing and sales strategies and PO deontology rules.
• Works closely with commodity buyers or Commodity Leaders to set up the best purchasing strategy for the advanced project.
• Defines the purchasing hours needed in development if PO is awarded.
• Defends Optimized Purchasing prices and contributes to PO competitiveness & attractiveness for the project under quotation.
• Purchasing acquisition file, Gap to target, Order intake.

Is in charge of the following activities:

Acquisition Process responsibility:

• During acquisition, to establish with the acquisition team the purchasing perimeter for quotation.
• To define by him/herself purchasing quotations for some commodities thanks to supplier offers or internal cost models & purchasing databases.
• For other commodities, to coordinate commodity buyer’s activity to define a strategy and obtain optimized quotations.
• To build or participate in the construction of databases and cost models with commodity buyers or Commodity leaders.
• To fill in the “Purchasing file” and to send data to APM as a commitment.
• To ensure the traceability of all the collaboration by keeping and updating all the necessary information in the adequate system (Keops, eCosting, ...).
• To defend purchasing prices and strategies during Advanced Milestones.
• To challenge and defend SPM hours budget if needed.
• If PO is awarded, to check with APM if ERP is still aligned with Purchasing file and to organize the transfer of all acquisition data (Purchasing file + suppliers offers + cost model) to Program Purchasing.
• To apply and adhere to all procedures.
• To participate in the development and/or test of new digital tools for costing or to RFQ the suppliers and then use it for quotation once they will be deployed.

Management responsibility:

• Disciplinary lead of Acquisition Purchasing Department across Europe.
• Train and develop employees.
• Represent Purchasing during all Acquisition processes across the perimeter.
• Represent Purchasing in all cross-functional and/or cross-Divisional initiatives related to Acquisition.
• Liaise with Commodity-Teams to develop and improve cost models.
• Promote and train on the use of all acquisition-related tools and processes.

Competencies:

• Bachelor or Master degree.
• 10 years experience in total; 5 years experience in Automotive industry.
• Knowledge of project management in automotive or plastics industry.
• Automotive global requirements, good command of English (B1).
• Knowledge of the markets.
• Purchasing knowledge / Commodity strategy management.
• Technical negotiations.
• Finance & cash management.
• Logistics (consignment, VMI, incoterms, customs duties, ...).
• Very good Excel knowledge.
• Supplier quality knowledge.
• Good ability in communication & Leadership.
• Team player.
• Customer orientation.
• Rigor & result oriented.
• Multi-task abilities / Multi-cultural knowledge.
• Flexibility and stress resistance.
• Medium & long-term vision ability.