Valls, T, ES
Comodity Buyer
Position Overview
Commodity purchasing for all Die Casting products in Europe with support to other regions, for E-Systems and Connection Systems
Responsibilities will include (but may not be limited to):
- Support development and implementation of the die casting strategy and own daily actions
- Single contact for suppliers and cross functional teams for all die casting activities in Europe
- Develop new commodity suppliers according to the strategy and follow up their implementation within Lear
- Achieve savings commodity target through negotiation and SCTO implementation
- Support entire Product life cycle from Customer new programs award stages through mass production and until End of Life
- Lead regional die casting commodity initiatives including sourcing, resourcing, bidding, annual negotiations and special initiatives
- Support development for regional commodity and supplier strategies
- Align objectives, strategy, actions with plants, program teams and the Global Commodity Manager
- Organize and coordinate supplier workshops with Engineering to work on cost reduction ideas
- Support Clean Sheet development and associated negotiation with supplier
- Ensure sourcing/ process compliance (DOA) through SRM, E-pad and Coupa systems
- System maintenance with pricelist updates, supplier contracts, parts homologations and other daily administrative tasks
To be a success in this role you must have:
- Engineering or Business Administration degree
- preferred with working experience (if possible automotive) not mandatory
- Excellent language skills: English
- Good communication skills in a global organization, self-driven, highly trustable person, team player