Procurement Specialist

Kia Corporation•West Point, GA

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About The Position

The Procurement Specialist coordinates purchasing activities between Kia Georgia and automotive parts suppliers. The role involves regularly meeting with and directing suppliers on cost, development, quality, delivery, management, and safety to assess and optimize progress and discuss current and future activities. The specialist selects, develops, and manages the supply base for production parts, components, and systems; supports supplier and part development; oversees tooling and asset records; and manages supplier documentation and performance. The role also supports launch and mass-production readiness, supplier quality improvements, engineering order implementation, process improvements, cross-functional team activities, training, and reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations Management, or a related field, plus two to five years of progressive supply chain experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably automotive; an equivalent combination of education and experience is also acceptable.
Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion in making company decisions and carrying out essential duties affecting business operations and objectives, policies, practices, and conditions.
Experience using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Access.
Knowledge of supply chain and accounting processes and practices.

Nice To Haves

OEM or parts/components supplier experience.
Experience with SAP.

Responsibilities

Select, develop, and manage the supply base for production parts, components, and systems.
Prepare requests for quotation for multi-year full-production quantities as required, negotiate long-term agreements, maintain competitive pricing, and lead annual cost-reduction activities.
Analyze supplier timelines for new-part development and verify tooling, packaging, dimensional, shipping, and testing milestones; notify stakeholders of gaps or errors.
Ensure assets are tagged, locations are validated, tooling records are maintained and updated, and amortization is confirmed.
Receive and approve ISIR submissions before parts are released for launch or mass production.
Manage supplier performance across key areas to improve efficiency, understand supplier performance metrics, and implement and confirm improvement plans.
Manage supplier documentation, including ISIRs, 4Ms, and other legal contracts.
Achieve supplier quality targets by managing supplier performance indexes, troubleshooting supplier issues, analyzing non-conforming parts, and generating corrective actions.
Maintain knowledge of EOs, update systems with EO data, and ensure EOs are implemented according to schedule.
Support process improvements, mentoring and training, and cross-functional teams.
Prepare materials for meetings and other reports.
Meet with and direct suppliers regularly on cost, development, quality, delivery, management, and safety.