Buyer Senior, Category Management

Schaeffler; Wooster (OH); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

401k with company match

Job summary

Schaeffler is seeking a skilled procurement professional in the United States to lead market analyses, define category strategies, and optimize the supplier portfolio across the Americas. You will negotiate terms with suppliers, monitor market trends, and drive savings while ensuring quality and compliant contracts.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and at least five years of relevant experience, with travel within the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in purchasing or supply chain.
• Experience with market data and cost control.
• Knowledge of US procurement regulations.
• Ability to work with global teams.

Responsibilities

• Support creation of market analyses and implement category strategies.
• Define and implement profitable purchasing strategies and negotiations.
• Monitor supply market and optimize supplier portfolio for quality and on-time delivery.
• Negotiate prices and conditions and manage supplier contracts.
• Coordinate category and define saving projects.
• Provide guidance to plant buyers and management.
• Travel within region with regional/global colleagues.
• Ensure compliance with group directives.

Skills

Market analysis

Category strategies

Negotiation

Supplier management

Cost benchmarking

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration

Tools

Budget Planning Tool

Job description

Troy, MI, US, 48083 Fort Mill, SC, US, 29715 Wooster, OH, US, 44691

Schaeffler is a dynamic global technology company and its success has been a result of its entrepreneurial spirit and long history of private ownership. As a partner to all of the major automobile manufacturers, as well as key players in the aerospace and industrial sectors, we offer you many development opportunities.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support the creation of market analyses and implement category strategies.
• Define, cross-divisionally or -functionally align, and implement profitable purchasing strategies and effective negotiation tactics in the assigned area.
• Monitor the supply market continuously and manage and optimize the supplier portfolio to ensure quality, cost efficiency, on-time-delivery, sustainability and compliance with terms of contracts as well as legal regulations.
• Negotiate prices and conditions in the context of SMA and manage contracts with suppliers.
• Coordinate and steer assigned category including purchase price planning and define saving projects.
• Understand and comply with all group directives.
• Expertise and guidance to the plant buyer / plant management for the category.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.
• Support travel within region with regional and global colleagues.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• Responsible for staying up to date on market data/changes/trends to support controlling costs/benchmarking best in class terms.
• Liason between Schaeffler engine and transmission for the America's and the respective global team.
• During Budget season - Monitor and validate the input from the GLB's in the Budget Planning Tool. Look for outliers and flag said outliers. Research and define the risk. Reconcile any part where pricing variance percent if over global guidance. Inputs plan price to budget and obtains agreement with Global lead buyer. Update forecast using Global Planning Tool submittal upload each month. Ensures alignment and leads budgeting process for their respective category.
• Leads purchasing portions of regional and Global Sourcing Board activities and presentations.
• External applicants must be authorized to work in the US without employment visa or other sponsorship.

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Life insurance and 401k eligible with up to 6% company match

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Exciting assignments and outstanding development opportunities await you because we impact the future with innovation. We look forward to your application.

Schaeffler is an equal employment opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified candidates will receive equal employment opportunities and consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.