Buyer- Seats

Stellantis • Auburn Hills, MI

7d

About The Position

The Buyer for Seating will support Automotive Seat Module buying in North America and Globally, with an annual value of business of ~$200M. The core responsibilities of this position are the development, ownership, and execution of full lifecycle commodity strategies. The selected candidate will interact with many cross-functional teams such as engineering, supply chain management, supplier quality and finance. This position affords the opportunity for career development within the Purchasing organization and with other cross-functional groups. The ideal candidate will strive to continuously improve purchasing processes and more specifically module sourcing and cost management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical), Business, Finance, Economics, or closely related field from an ABET accredited university
• Minimum of 3 years of purchasing or closely related relevant experience
• Global commodity experience: participating in global sourcing activities and working in global teams
• Strong communication skills and are highly customer focused
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams
• Strong fluency with MS Office Suite

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree; MBA or Engineering (ME/EE)
• Demonstrated experience to support more challenging decks which would reflect in more advanced Purchasing Buyer levels including JIT or MPAB experience
• Previous automotive related and/or global commodity experience
• Strong interest in the automotive industry
• Experience working with SAP
• CPSM Certification
• Familiarity with cross functional (Finance, Engineering, SCM, Capacity) processes

Responsibilities

• Support the global commodity team for the Seat JIT commodity coordinating global sourcing’s, synergy acceleration, benchmarking and commodity strategy development and execution
• Coordinate and manage key supplier open issues, lead and execute business plan, and serve as escalation point to drive issue closure
• Manage complex supply issues ranging from capacity to just in time delivery and regular release fluctuations
• Sourcing activities supporting the Seat JIT commodities including: Supplier negotiations, Sourcing on time and to target, Driving annual cost savings activities, Managing and identifying cost savings activities including Value Creation Program, Value Optimization and Gap to Should Cost
• Lead the resolution and negotiation of commercial issues

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level