Strategic Project Buyer - Global Sourcing & Costing

MAHLE; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

MAHLE in Farmington Hills, MI is seeking a Project Buyer to manage purchasing requirements during acquisition and development, ensuring cost targets, USMCA content, and timely updates to the project team on critical items.

You will prepare RFQs, evaluate supplier quotations for cost, quality and timing, lead sourcing decisions with regional and global buyers, and ensure components meet milestones while communicating risks and status to management.

Qualifications

• Bilingual (english/japanese) is an advantage.
• Hands on experience using Excel is a must.
• 2+ years of experience within negotiation and project management is a must.
• Detailed knowledge of markets of the electronic commodity is preferred.
• Understanding and use of cost drivers and market dynamics in the electronic commodity is a must.
• Can communicate effectively on technical topics and can understand technical drawings is a must.
• Tier 1 Automotive industry experience preferable but not required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare RFQ, evaluate and assess supplier’s quotations to ensure commercial, technical and quality objectives are achieved. Evaluate and provide component costing based on program BOM timing during acquisition.
• Schedule technical component reviews.
• Lead sourcing decisions, in accordance with MAHLE Purchasing Procedures and work with commodity buyers (regional and global) to leverage best overall landed costs.
• Ensure purchased components meet all program milestones, track and coordinate progress between suppliers and development team.
• Communicate supplier risks to project team.
• Effectively communicate with development team members throughout MAHLE facilities worldwide including the generation and presentation of project status updates to management.

Skills

Excel

Negotiation

Project management

Technical communication

Bilingual English/Japanese

Understanding technical drawings

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

MAHLE in Farmington Hills, MI is seeking a Project Buyer to manage purchasing requirements during acquisition and development, ensuring cost targets, USMCA content, and timely updates to the project team on critical items.

You will prepare RFQs, evaluate supplier quotations for cost, quality and timing, lead sourcing decisions with regional and global buyers, and ensure components meet milestones while communicating risks and status to management.