Commodity Buyer - Plastics

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Job Description

As a Commodity Buyer – Plastics, you drive sourcing strategy, supplier performance, and cost optimization across the EMEA LEAR Seating JIT business. You play a key role within the purchasing organization, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver sustainable value, mitigate supply risks, and support operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost reduction initiatives and deliver annual savings targets across plastics commodities.
• Define and execute the European sourcing strategy aligned with business objectives and market conditions.
• Manage sourcing and resourcing projects, including supplier identification, evaluation, selection, and negotiations.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships to improve performance, quality, delivery, and competitiveness.
• Coordinate Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and manage their impact on assigned commodities.
• Analyze market trends, raw material movements, and supply risks to support strategic purchasing decisions.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Program Management, and Supplier Quality teams to achieve business goals.
• Support reporting activities and contribute to commodity leadership initiatives and process improvements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in purchasing, strategic sourcing, or procurement within a manufacturing environment.
• Fluent English skills.
• Experience in the automotive industry with exposure to direct materials procurement.
• Experience sourcing plastics, polymers, resins, or related commodities.
• Proven track record of supplier negotiations, sourcing projects, and cost reduction achievements.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

We offer

• Private medical care.
• Access to group life insurance.
• Multisport card, co-financed by the company.
• Subsidized meals served in the company canteen.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.