Commodity Buyer
- The Senior Buyer is responsible for managing the functions of the supply base through a total supply chain view
- Required responsibilities include essential functions as well as required knowledge, skills and abilities as defined below
- The Senior Buyer will manage the suppliers within an Extended Enterprise framework in support of the team in accordance with the Purchasing Responsibility Matrix
- Domestic and international travel is required
Responsibilities :
- Same responsibilities as CB + additional responsibilities below :
- Regional Commodity Team Leader, including mentoring other buyers within the team
- Key purchasing expert in assigned subject matter and commodities ? Facilitate cross-functional meetings (internal and external)
- Responsible to work with legal department to insure the legal soundness of the contractual relationships between PO Auto Division CES and its supply base, within scope assigned
- Develop formal written commodity strategies for all assigned commodities with a global overview
- Develop, maintain, and publish appropriate documentation as required by the applicable purchasing procedures
- Assist in the establishment of supply base performance targets Activities : ? Work with suppliers, program teams, and plants to drive cost reductions
- Support the commodity buyers for their critical topics ? Work closely with other functional areas and the manufacturing plants to establish an effective supply base
- Manage suppliers price changes, debit issues, cost reductions, engineering changes, and key supplier meetings / activities
- Actively participate in continuous improvement and corrective action activities
- Prepare correspondence for internal and external purposes
- Support other department positions and special projects as needed
- Participates to continuous improvements for jobs, organizations and methodology
- Other duties as assigned.
30+ days ago