Specialist, Direct Procurement – Interior Commodity

Scout Motors • Novi, MI

11d • $90,000 - $112,500 • Onsite

About The Position

Scout Motors is reviving an iconic American vehicle brand, electrifying and digitizing it with American innovation. The company respects the past and future, communities, work and play, and its customers. Scout Motors empowers its talented, inclusive, and entrepreneurial teams to innovate. Employees are visionaries, leaders, knowledgeable doers, collaborators, and passionate go-getters. Join Scout Motors to shape the future of transportation and make history.

Requirements

• 4+ years in a purchasing environment with experience developing and executing procurement commodity strategies.
• Effective negotiation experience specific to automotive Interior commodity purchasing.
• Analytical skills, ability to work independently, multi-task, and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Thorough knowledge of automotive, manufacturing, or related industries.
• A reputation for developing and nurturing excellent stakeholder and partner supplier relationships.
• Experience managing supplier performance.
• Program management experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of an organization.
• Proactivity, initiative, and the ability to work across multiple workstreams.
• A passion for creating something new.
• Ability to find creative solutions to complex problems.
• A collaborative approach - working as a team to achieve ambitious goals.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experiences with interior parts, and production processes such as plastic injection, compression molding, and wrapping are highly desirable.
• Expertise in interior plastics such as PP, PC, PC-ABS, PE, TPO, GF and decorative materials such as fabrics, PVC, PU, leather is preferred qualification.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Scout team to identify suppliers for parts and services, including pre-sourcing audits.
• Establish sourcing strategy and business plans for assigned commodities and product groups.
• Lead the sourcing process, including contract award for Interior commodity purchasing, to meet or exceed material cost and tooling targets.
• Present sourcing strategies in multi-level sourcing committee meetings.
• Prepare and execute negotiated contractual documents and nomination agreements.
• Act as program manager during the pre-production phase to ensure supplier industrialization meets project requirements for timing, cost, and quality.
• Evaluate and apply technical changes to parts/services, ensuring cost, quality, and delivery objectives are met.
• Lead cross-functional evaluation of supplier preparedness for mass production with Scout Quality, Engineering, and Logistics teams.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance through key performance metrics.
• Support the development phase, pre-production design & engineering changes, and cost and tooling negotiations.

Benefits

• Competitive insurance including: Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with: An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including: 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
• Pay Transparency
• Eligible to receive a base salary and to participate in an annual performance bonus program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed