Buyer

HL Mando America Corporation; Hogansville (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision insurance

Life insurance and other supplemental

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

HL Mando is seeking a Buyer - Steering in Hogansville, GA to lead sourcing, purchasing and ongoing supply chain monitoring for steering materials. The role requires collaboration with R&D, managing RFQs, pricing and cost-reduction programs.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree in business, mechanical, or electronic engineering with 5–8 years in manufacturing supply chain, preferably automotive, and experience with APQP and SAP. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in business, mechanical, electronic engineering with 5–8 years of progressive experience in the supply chain field in manufacturing, preferably automotive.
• Experience in engineering or purchasing preferred.
• Experience in 4M management.
• Long-term planning and strategy development.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all sourcing, purchasing and supply chain monitoring of steering materials.
• Local sourcing including supplier search and R&D collaboration.
• RFQ, quote analysis and source selection.
• Material cost management (BOM level) and supplier price increase requests.
• Engineering change management including prototypes and tools.
• Cost reduction through value analysis and value engineering initiatives.
• Supply chain monitoring including supplier financial trends, processes and capacity.
• Supplier pool management and development of current and potential suppliers.
• New program acquisition including cost analysis and development costs.

Skills

Supply chain knowledge

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

APQP

SAP

Korean language

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, mechanical, or electronic engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

Purpose

Mando Corporation’s mission is to meet the needs of tomorrow’s drivers today. Our commitment to satisfying customer’s needs through advanced, state-of-the-art technologies has led to our continuous growth of high-quality automotive parts. Mando’s achievements are only surpassed by the future business that we are securing today.

Mando is experiencing rapid growth and has an immediate need for a Buyer - Steering at the Hogansville, GA location.

Key Responsibilities include the following (other duties may be assigned as needed)

Responsible for all sourcing, purchasing and supply chain monitoring of all steering materials.

• Local sourcing
  • Searching potential suppliers
  • Collaborate with R&D
• Sourcing
  • RFQ, Quote analysis, Source selection
• Purchasing price management
  • Material cost management (BOM Level)
  • Supplier price increase request
• Engineering change management
  • Prototype, samples including tools
• Cost reduction
  • Value Analysis / Value engineering
  • Customer based CR initiatives
• Supply chain monitoring
  • Supplier financial and business trends
  • Supplier process
  • Supplier capacity
  • Issue control (Quality, Delivery, Legal, etc)
• Supplier pool management
  • Current supplier development
  • Potential supplier identification
• New program acquisition
  • Potential cost analysis & Preparing Development cost

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, mechanical, electronic engineering along with five (5) to eight (8) years of progressive experience in the supply chain field in a manufacturing environment preferably within the automotive industry, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in engineering or purchasing are preferred.
• Experience in 4M management.
• Long-term planning and strategy development.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of supply chain and accounting processes and practices.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Especially Excel.
• Knowledge of APQP.
• Experience with SAP system preferred.
• Bilingual in Korean and English (Verbal & Written) preferred.

Legal Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age due to federal labor law requirements.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Supervisory Responsibility

None

Working Conditions

• This position typically operates in an office environment. Occasional travel may be required for new supplier development and supply management.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit for extended periods while working at a computer.

Remote Work

This position is not eligible for hybrid or remote work.

Compensation and Benefits

Competitive Salary commensurate with experience.

• health, dental & vision insurance
• life insurance and other supplemental benefits
• 401(k) plan
• paid time off
• professional development opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

HL Mando is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or disability status.