Project Purchasing Specialist - Part Family Management
Full-time
Responsibilities
- Promote and support the establishment of a reliable and competitive local supply base
- Active participation in definition of product related supplier strategy
- Manage procurement activities for platform and application projects - includes target cost setting.
- Responsible for achievement of quality, cost and delivery targets.
- Prepare supplier selection - includes RFQ process, supplier evaluation and communication, and participation in sourcing decisions.
- Interface with: Central Purchasing, material field related purchasing, quality, engineering department and Business Unit
- Ensure preventive quality planning (PQP) for project specific new parts and coordination of their release.
- Promote and support RPP activities.
- Change management for procured parts.
- Supports series production and after-market when needed.
- Travel domestically and internationally up to 30%
Qualifications
- Bachelor\'s Degree (preferably in MechanicalEngineering)
- 5 years experience related to quality of purchasing parts in an automotive environment.
- 2+ years of commercial and technical project management experience.
- Advanced English Skills
- Knowledge of Plastic Components / Machined Components
- Experience in product costing
- Experienced in managing SAP system
- Analytical and structural approach.
- Work well independently, highly motivated, results oriented.
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
- Ability to develop network in very complex company culture.
- Presentation Skills
- SAP Knowledge
- At least 5 years in automotive industry Quality Related