Commodity Buyer

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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.

Position overview

The commodity buyer will seek annual cost reductions through negotiation, benchmarking and competitive sourcing and will work on both commodity and program related purchasing to ensure program objectives are achieved through the most cost-effective suppliers.

Responsibilities:

• Annually reduce costs in line with corporate objectives
• Develop and manage commodity strategy in line with market changes (currency fluctuations, material price developments, technology advances, etc.)
• Initiate cost saving ideas, initiate and participate in lean program assessment activities, initiate benchmarking and internal/outsourced analysis where applicable, work with plant logistics to optimize transportation and packaging issues
• Support local plants/operations on any supplier related issues (shipping, commercial, etc.)
• Manage material economics (CPI/CPR) and exchange rate related issues
• Develop Lear Should Cost models with suppliers
• Negotiate long term agreements
• Test global markets to ensure lowest cost of purchased components
• Create and issue RFQ/CN for new product procurement and subsequent design changes
• Find suppliers based on issued RFQ/CN to support program deliverables

Requirements:

• BSc/BA or equivalent experience and/or technical education and/or engineer with university degree
• Fluent in English
• Strong negotiation skills
• Experience in purchasing for at least 2 years
• MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Ability to travel within the EU
• Willingness to work on a fixed-term contract (circa 1,5 - 2 years as maternity leave cover)