Senior Project Buyer

Company

Our Automotive Technology business is passionate about the automotive industry and produces as well as markets high-tech automotive components worldwide.

With over 20,000 employees, we are responsible for the success of this business. Our product and service range includes chassis technologies such as steering and damper systems and the assembly of axle systems as well as powertrain components for conventional and alternative engines.

We also develop assembly systems for body-in-white construction and produce lightweight car body components in series.

thyssenkrupp Presta North America is a global leader in automotive components technology and the leading steering systems supplier for the automotive industry.

thyssenkrupp Presta North America provides the industry with high-quality manual and electric steering columns, rack and pinion steering gears, and electric power assisted steering gears.

thyssenkrupp Presta North America is part of the thyssenkrupp Presta AG group, headquartered in Eschen, Liechtenstein. In 2003, our manufacturing facility was established in the South Industrial Park of Terre Haute, Indiana.

Beginning with just one assembly line, a handful of employees and 58,000 square feet, the company has grown to over 450 employees and 224,000 square feet.

In addition, we have an office on northeast side of Indianapolis where the Procurement and Supplier Development Department, Business Development and Product Engineering are now located.

We have a third location in Troy, Michigan which houses our Sales Engineering, Logistics Distribution Center for USA, and Customer Resident Engineering.

Your responsibilities

Manages nominated projects in terms of all purchasing relevant topics from project nomination until End of production including Launch- and Change Management.

Develops supplier base according to Central- / Regional Purchasing guidelines, Supplier Quality, and project business goals.

Manages purchasing contracts for direct material and serves as primary interface for Global Commodity Managers. Work involves administrative operations where independent judgment is used and decisions are made within general policies, procedures, and / or specifications.

High technical knowledge and ability to interface with both internal and external engineering teams. Localize and develop new suppliers according to Corporate Business Procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities : Other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible for purchasing of assigned customer projects or platform. Must meet targets of pricing, timing, quality, and parts country of origin as defined by Customer Business Unit and Central Purchasing Strategy meeting.
• Define Sourcing Strategy and Game Theory based Awarding Concepts.
• Searching for, developing and managing strategically relevant suppliers; building up strategic supplier partnerships for new project awarding to increase competition.
• Preparing and conducting / leading (contract) final negotiations for major commodities, e.g. Electron-mechanics or Stampings for new project awarding.
• Initiation of procurement transactions; conducting analyses that may require profound technical understanding of specific sourcing categories.
• Supporting Procurement Performance Management by documenting negotiation results and by duly and expeditiously entering all required data in the relevant systems (e.g. prices, savings).
• Supporting Global Commodity Managers in the development and implementation of new Group wide strategies and improvement measures already in the development phase of new projects with the relevant suppliers.
• Coordination of cross-functional collaboration to ensure that the requirements of internal customers reflect current market offering / support standardization and are in line with pursued Global Commodity strategies.
• Ensures competence and qualification of the suppliers in cooperation with the designated departments for new project awarding
• Ensures / supports the entire procurement process (e.g. Sourcing Status, PLM, COP, series and benchmark, E-auctions)
• Ensures Project Procurement as proactive driver of the cross-functional departments (e.g. Sales, CBU, SQM, Engineering, Production Manufacturing) from acquisition phase until customer project EOP.
• Ensures automotive-friendly processing of awarding contracts considering the country-specific circumstances with the support of the judiciary and, if necessary, the local purchasing organization
• Compliance with procurement directives
• Sparring partner for sales by providing profound market information (Price estimations, raw material prices, trends, analyses, etc.)
• Demonstrates and initiates value analysis potential already in the development phase for optimization of customer product costs.
• Market observation and benchmarking, early detection of trends and action fields
• Checks documents for procurement conference
• Supports Global Commodity in major supplier claim negotiations with profound negotiation skills and high technical produce and process / manufacturing knowledge
• Must be able to travel up to 25% domestically and international as needed.

Your profile

Education and / or Experience :

Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Engineering or equivalent or Business Administration; or four to ten years related technical experience and / or training;

or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Min. five to ten years' experience in automotive industry (OEM or Tier1 / 2). Familiar with customer requirements in regard to safety critical products (ASILD) and process- / manufacturing requirements.

Specialized Procurement knowledge on major commodities, e.g. Stamping & Welding, Motors or Electro-mechanics is a must requirement.

Ability to train and transfer knowledge cross-functionally is an added plus.

Procurement Skills :

Demonstrated strong negotiation skills required (Expert). Skills in regard to definition and execution of awarding strategies and concepts (based on Game Theory) is an added plus.

Tk PSM (Procurement and Supply Management) processes, requirements & tools such as TK specific contracts, e-auctions, N5, Purchasing Council, SAP, PLM, Trufusion, Pronet, etc. is mandatory.

We value diversity

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Company Holidays
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, prescription coverage, employee assistance program, as well as optional accident & hospital coverage.
• Company paid
• Basic vision insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Basic Life Insurance
• Generous 401k matching program
• Ample opportunities for advancement within the company

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