Senior Buyer - Automotive
About The Position
What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.” We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team. If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future! Job Purpose This position is a core member of the Prototype Purchasing Department. Responsible for purchasing automotive parts and tooling for the development of new models in North America and provide support for developments in Japan as well. The automotive parts purchased are critical to the design maturation process providing cost competitive and timely vehicle development.
Requirements
- A Bachelor s degree in Supply Chain or Business Administration or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a related industry.
- Strong PC skills.
- Excellent analytical, organizational and communication skills.
- Cross-functional relationship building and negotiation skills.
Nice To Haves
- SAP / Ariba and automotive direct procurement knowledge preferred.
- Experience reading CAD drawings preferred
Responsibilities
- Obtaining part delivery confirmations from suppliers, negotiate gaps, develop countermeasures, and track delivery to the Honda Auto Development Center.
- Gathering, evaluating, negotiating, and gaining approval for parts and tooling costs while ensuring payments to supplies and resolving invoicing or pricing issues.
- Participating in meetings with end-users, suppliers, engineers, and procurement staff.
- Converting Purchase Requisitions into Purchase Orders and issue to suppliers.
- Creating and presenting proposals to management regarding supplier selection as necessary, adding new suppliers, identifying process improvements, etc.
- Performing general processes and document retention
Benefits
- Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
- Paid Overtime
- Regional Bonus (when applicable)
- Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
- Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
- Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
- Relocation assistance (if eligible)
- Advancement Opportunities
- Career Mobility
- Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
- Training and Development programs
- Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
- Lifestyle Account
- Childcare Reimbursement Account
- Elder Care Support
- Wellbeing Program
- Community Service and Engagement Programs
- Product Programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
