Advanced Direct Purchasing Specialist L2

Yazaki North America, Inc.; Fatih; On-site; TRY 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Yazaki North America, Inc. in Tuzla, Istanbul offers an Advanced Purchasing Buyer role in our engineering office. You will drive project processes, lead sourcing from RFQ to SOP, manage ECRs during mass production, and support sales/engineering with cost data for RFQs and changes.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in similar roles, strong English, and MS Office skills. This position requires on-site work at our Tuzla facility with global OEM involvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in similar positions.
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.
• Advanced level of MS Office Applications.
• Self-motivated, analytical thinking, results oriented, and good interpersonal skills.
• Male candidates should have completed military service.

Responsibilities

• Command the project processes at the point of recognizing material contents.
• Execute Advanced Purchasing FR in regards to GPMS and ensure compliance with SM deliverables.
• Lead Sourcing Process from RFQ to SOP, including ECR management during mass production.
• Support YEL customer sales/engineering with material, tool, and service cost data for RFQs and changes.
• Handle purchasing for global OEM projects and related tasks (WWS).

Skills

English fluency

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Military service completed (Male)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Join Yazaki. Connect to the future.

Job Function:EDS_Purchasing
Job Discipline:
Job Family:Advanced Purchasing

Founded in 1929, Yazaki is a Japanese full systems supplier of wire harness, electrical, data products and solutions enabling vehicle electrification, connectivity, and autonomy integration. More than 235,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. Join a family-owned company committed to being environmentally friendly in every aspect of its business, contributing to society, and inspiring trust. To strengthen our team, we are looking for aAdvanced Purchasing Buyer in our plant in [[location]].

Connect with the Largest Worldwide Automotive Supplier now!

We are looking for Advanced Purchasing Buyer forour engineering office in YKHT -( HUB Turkey), Tuzla- İstanbul.

What You’ll Do

• To have a command of the Project Processes at the point of recognizing the material contents,
• Execute Advanced Purchasing FR in regards to GPMS and ensure compliance with SM deliverables
• Leads Sourcing Process from RFQ preparation to SOP, including ECR management during mass production
• Supports assigned YEL customer sales/engineering function through Advanced Purchasing team with material, tool, and service cost data for RFQ's and engineering changes
• Purchasing responsibilities for global OEM project related tasks and activities (WWS)
• Drives early involvement of suppliers (and internal sources) in the product design process according to company-wide strategies, ensuring that key/preferred suppliers are used within the project
• Closure of compliant sourcing decisions in cooperation with Global Category management
• Ensure availability of latest OEM price lists for components, inform Commodity
• Purchasing on price discrepancies and Business Unit's about latest OEM pricing
• Identification and execution of cost saving proposals for multiple projects
• Integration of game theory and cost-value-engineering principles in developing appropriate negotiation strategies
• Feed sourcing pipeline and determine best sourcing due date per category

Required Qualifications of Ideal Candidate

• Engineering or Business Administration combined with technical background or skills, or equivalent Master or Bachelor Degree as a commercial / economical fields
• Minimum 5 years experience in similar positions
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken
• Advanced level of MS Office Applications
• Self-motivated, analytical thinking, result oriented approach and good interpersonal skills are required competencies
• Male candidates should have completed military service

At Yazaki, we arecommitted to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone which extends to all aspects of the employment relationship.