Program Buyer 3‑Year Contract (Maternity Cover)

Driving the future of automotive. We’re Lear For You.

Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Lear’s diverse team of talented employees in 38 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com or on Twitter @LearCorporation.

Following its establishment in 2012, Plzeň has grown into our fastest-growing Engineering Development Center in Europe. The center focuses on the design and development of Lear products, including complex seating mechanisms and structures, foams, coatings, plastics, and trim components. The vision for Plzen is not to work as an internal supplier for our European business units but to develop into a leading Design and Development Center working on projects for all major European OEM customer groups from concept phase through to delivery.

The Program Buyer coordinates the communication and documentation flow between the regional program and engineering team and the European Commodity Purchasing team. In this role, you’ll play a key part in supporting our sourcing and purchasing activities throughout the program lifecycle.

Your responsibilities:

• Preparing standard RFQ (Request for Quotation) packages based on program needs and forwarding them to the responsible Commodity Buyer.
• Creating and keeping the sourcing calendar up to date.
• Building or reviewing costed BOMs and comparing cost status against targets.
• Acting as a communication link between Engineering/Program teams and European Commodity Purchasing, as well as suppliers — ensuring timely sharing of drawings, engineering data, and commercial program information.
• Supporting local plants with supplier‑related challenges (deliveries, commercial topics, etc.), including escalation to the Commodity Manager if needed.
• Preparing program reports, maintaining purchasing data, and taking part in program review meetings.
• Providing program‑related inputs for initial sourcing/resourcing processes and supporting contract negotiations; updating roadmaps (volumes/mix) and maintaining data in local systems.
• Supporting supplier development, especially with PPAP-related activities.
• Driving cost‑saving initiatives: proposing ideas, leading purchasing-related cost optimization tasks, participating in lean assessments, and supporting benchmarking or in/out‑sourcing analyses.
• Working with plant logistics teams to optimize freight and packaging topics.
• Supporting plants in managing excess or obsolete materials with suppliers.

Your qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in purchasing or a similar field.
• Strong English skills; knowledge of another European language is an advantage.
• University degree (BSc/BA) or comparable practical/technical experience.
• Good command of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• German language skills are a plus. 

We’re looking for someone who brings a mix of purchasing knowledge, analytical skills, and a proactive mindset.

Benefits:

• Attractive salary

• Flexible working hours
• 5 weeks of vacation
• Bonuses for life and work anniversaries
• Commuting allowance
• Meal allowance
• Contribution of employer for pension insurance
• Free-time vouchers – Sodexo/Pluxee Flexipasses
• Discounted T-Mobile tariffs for you and family members
• Multisport card and Makro card
• Free tickets (Eishockey, football, theather)