JOB PURPOSE (Vision & Mission):
This role involves the coordination of all purchasing activities related to costing materials for new business pursuit programs, reporting SCM-related figures, request and compile all supplier offers assuring the most competitive conditions.
WHAT APTIV EXPECTS (Behavioral Attributes):
The position holder is expected to be a person, with strategic focus, self-confident, being able to achieve results and motivate others to perform.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (under Program Buyer Flow 3 Senior supervision):
Program Buyer is part of the Advanced Purchasing team New Business Pursuing team and is acting as the interface between SCM and other functions for all direct material related topics within New Business Pursuit opportunities, identified by Sales/Aptiv top management;
Program Buyer represents and contributes on behalf of the SCM function in the standard gate reviews as well important technical meetings of each program such as:
Team meetings
Cost gate meetings
Customer Specific Requirements Review
Technical meetings
Suppliers meetings
Handover meetings
Program Buyer is responsible to report all SCM related figures and should be the point of contact for any clarification related to:
Outside Material costs
Allied Material costs
Copper/Aluminium weight
ACS% and HT% material integration as per portfolio defined
Tooling/ Validation/ D&D costs for new tooled items
Estimations/Assumptions
Material performance commitment
Program Buyer is responsible to request and obtain suppliers offers in alignment with Cat Buyers strategy.
Program Buyer supports business pursuits BOM costing by assuring all best prices are implemented and driving best cost component selection - in close collaboration with SCM Category, Advanced SCM and Product Engineering teams;
Program Buyer supports the implementation of Category supplier strategies defined in DMF at the earliest possible stage;
Program Buyer actively participate on Buy-Aptiv initiatives per request
Program Buyer is responsible to perform bench marking activities as defined
Program Buyer should be able to perform training and supervision to Program Buyer Supervisor Flow 3
Main tasks and responsibilities:
Coordination of all purchasing activities related to materials costing for the new business pursuit programs
Trigger discussion with PE to align materials with SCM strategy as much as possible
Request information from Sales and Suppliers to identify CDB (Customer Direct Buy) earlier as possible
Get suppliers offers and assure the information quoted is aligned with Aptiv standard conditions
Assure that all Category strategy is followed during quotation process
Support activities to include Localization strategy
Participate in all gates and team meetings from different stakeholders to drive and improve the figures to allow Aptiv competitiveness
Drive Mat% commitment details to be presented to SCM management to agree on final figures to be reported
Conduct bench marking activities among different suppliers to obtain best market prices and/or tooling costs from the beginning; Keep history of data
Usage of our tool to look for contractual prices, logistics details and existing LTA’s
Collect and maintain records up to in all pre-defined files and tools
Prepare accurate estimations as best as possible in cooperation with PE and Sales teams, track them and find ways to replace them by real prices
Based on information provided by PC&L plant teams – provide inputs in the BOM extras costs
Report at Cost gate meeting all the values that will be used for Finance
Assure that all necessary information will be transferred during Handover gate to Flow 4 Program Buyers and keep data stored on SCM Adv. Share point
Keep all historical data updated in Flow3 share Point and Adv. Purchasing Share point
Support Pre-development activities as per request (Flow 2 activities)
Good cost understanding and capability for cost analytics
Knowledge and understanding of industrial Product Development Processes, for automotive industry
Good team player with interpersonal skills
Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing or a related field, preferably with experience in an automotive manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of the development and launch processes
Good Knowledge on MS Office
Knowledge of Market Intelligence & Data analytics
Good Communication Skills
English Advance is mandatory
Knowledge of Digital Tools in Procurement
Experience in supply chain, shall be minim 1 year Understanding/experience of/with industrial mass production processes
Good Business
Understanding Familiar with automotive processes (product development/validation timing, technology and requirements existing in the automotive business …)
Be able to challenge situations across departments
Knowledge of current sustainability trends
Basic notion of negotiation skills
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