Purchasing Manager

RESPONSIBILITES:

• Help improve margin on serial projects
• Validate the project buyer’s final decision based on the components’ and materials’ “risk assessment” and price comparison
• Definition and validation of the contractual documents
• Regular report and exceptional versus management request
• Validate the project buyer’s final decision based on the components’ and materials’ “risk assessment” and price comparison
• Implement a new supplier list or make changes to the current list
• Analyze and optimize company Spend on Direct Materials
• Participate to Projects meetings if necessary (global project or purchasing level)
• Definition of the price evolution hypothesis
• Payment overdue management
• Ensure that the project team meets all of the client’s expectations. Conduct supplier process audits, capacity assessments, and, if necessary, action plans with a company plant representative
• Responsible of Maintenance of the data bases (IT system, excel sheet, access bases ..)
• Identify and lead cost and operation improvements on direct materials
• Argue for new or serial suppliers their entrance , position or exit in panel and attribution based her/his strategises
• Provide assumption and update budget / forecast file
• Control than price is updated when we are doing major serial business modification as resourcing / outsourcing / supplier main process change or all prices modification
• Definition of the standard cost
• Litigation negotiation if needed after escalation process
• Identification of the forecasted volume

REQUIREMENTS:

• Automotive experience
• Fluent in French and English
• Good team player
• 4+ years purchasing experience
• Good communication skills
• Great knowledge of automotive experience
• Bachelors/Master (preferably automotive or mechanical engineering)
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to work in cross functional groups

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