Strategic Project Purchaser & Supplier Champion

AISIN World Corp. of America; Cibolo (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage change point activities (ECI, PCR, ECR, RSPME), support NAP plant meetings, and help ensure IATF compliance and supplier scorecard reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Engineering Technology or related field preferred.
• Experience in automotive or industrial environment is a plus.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with internal and external contacts.
• Proficient with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint) and data visualization.
• Ability to create graphs, spreadsheets, and charts.
• Experience with document management and memo writing.
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams and manage supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support daily supplier issue resolution to minimize production disruption.
• Analyze and review production costs, identify variances and cost-improvement opportunities.
• Drive supplier performance improvement initiatives including root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve supplier-related quality, delivery, and operational concerns.
• Manage change point activities in the mass production supplier base (ECI, PCR, ECR, RSPME).
• Lead current production projects, such as resourcing and volume-increase initiatives, with effective communication and tracking.
• Support NAP plant meetings with updates and reporting on purchasing activities.
• Strengthen relationships with NAP suppliers as primary liaison between plant and supply base.
• Support IATF audit activities ensuring supplier-related processes and documentation meet compliance.
• Lead Supplier Scorecard management including performance tracking and reporting.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Skills

Communication

MS Office

Interpersonal skills

Organization

Negotiation

Documentation

Memo writing

Education

Bachelors in Purchasing/Supply Chain

Bachelor in Business (non-technical acceptable)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage change point activities (ECI, PCR, ECR, RSPME), support NAP plant meetings, and help ensure IATF compliance and supplier scorecard reporting.