Buyer

Adient; Plymouth (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient seeks a Program Purchasing Buyer to drive flawless program launches and ensure purchasing deliverables align with program timing and budget. You will negotiate product changes, support VAVE activities, and manage BOM and sourcing tracking, RFQs, and tooling sourcing.

The role requires collaboration across functions, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities. Some travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 3–5 years of Automotive Purchasing experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Program Management, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance to drive program launches.
• Negotiate supplier terms, conditions, and pricing.
• Identify cost reduction opportunities through cost breakdown analysis.
• Support BOM and sourcing tracking, RFQ preparation, and sourcing of parts and tooling.
• Lead negotiations and present recommendations to management.

Job description

The Program Purchasing Buyer is part of our Operational Purchasing team and will be responsible for flawless program launches, ensuring purchasing deliverables are met according to program timing and budget, negotiating product changes, supporting VAVE activities, BOM and sourcing tracking, preparing RFQs, negotiating and sourcing parts and tooling, supporting technical feasibility reviews, and representing purchasing in multifunctional program reviews.

Core Responsibilities

• Ability to work with multiple functions within Adient (Program Management, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, Finance) and influence without direct authority
• Clear understanding of supplier terms and conditions
• Ability to negotiate (tactics, techniques, and strategies)
• Evaluate cost breakdowns to identify opportunities to reduce overall cost
• Ability to cooperate with people of different levels inside / outside the company and to interact with the team to reach team goals and business objectives
• Ability to recognize and respond to customer expectations with a sense of urgency
• Ability to gather information, analyze data, prepare and lead negotiations as well as deliver a recommendation
• Ability to summarize complex issues and communicate to all levels of management
• Ability to be successful working in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities
• Some travel may be required

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field
• 3-5years of Automotive Purchasing experience required.