Technical Buyer

Pubblicato il 17/01/2023

Azienda del settore Automotive ricerca un
Technical Buyer

Il nostro cliente
Multinational company specialized in the mechanical field with a focus on Automotive and Motorsport

Ruolo
Overall Purpose of Job

Program Purchasing buyer has the responsibility of ensuring the sourcing are closed in accordance to Project milestones and ensure that Target BOM are meet both in term of part price and tooling costs.Project Control and Management
- Represent purchasing in the Product Development Process
- Represent purchasing in Preparing customer quotations
- Prepare the handover package to commodity for new program component sourcing
- Monitor drawing and BOM releases from engineering to ensure timely transition and planning
- Manage with commodity to ensure sourcing on time and meet Target BOM
- Ensure commodity purchasing and procurement are aware of build demands & customer expectations
- Arrange regular supplier reviews & visit key suppliers to ensure project is on track
- Support DV/PV builds
- Issue regular updates on project status to commodity team
- Responsible of keeping always updated TNTCL and valued BOM with part price and tooling costs
- Confirm capacity capability through joint meetings with Supplier Development Engineer
- Monitor issues & give early warning of any major hazards to projects
- Issue capacity statement from supplier based on known volume
- Establish component level expected ppm target based on customer expected target

Cost Control
- Issue Target BOMs in Purchasing Sourcing system to commodity team to ensure sourcing time and costing.
- Confirm with estimating the business case BOM can be supported with identified quotations & pricing agreements
- Ensure component costs achieve commercial & business case expectations over life of product. Monitor BOM cost as % of sales at a plant level and ensure actions are in place to

maintain profitability on program-by-program basis.
- Track changes in BOM & record, drive action where necessary
- Track tool costs & amortization to ensure that overpayments do not occur.
- Monitor scrap/liability costs where applicable and ensure charge back to project team
- Identify target costs, should costs and compare to current costs and drive action to reduce BOM
- Identify with Cross Functional team and suppliers opportunities to take cost out to the product (VA/VE).
- Drive action in commodity purchasing to obtain Operating Plan budget and ensure profitability over planning horizon (5years minimum).

Component selection/control
- Guide & influence engineering component selections to meet strategic supply list
- Liaise with commodity purchasing to ensure LOI/Purchase orders are issued in a timely manner
- Monitor APQP progress and regularly review with suppliers & Supplier Development Engineer
- Review with engineering design phases & component change requirements
- Confirm life cycle of parts

Your profile:

- Degree in Engineering preferred or strong technical background
- Min. 3 years of experience in purchasing / project buyer role, with track record in negotiation, decision making and working within a matrix team
- A broad understanding of the product and production process underlying costs and the market cost drivers for such a portfolio
- Experience in automotive business is highly desired
- Proficient in MS Office, esp Excel and Powerpoint. SAP experience preferred
- Fluency in English language
- Good communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to act as part of a global cross functional matrix team
- Willingness to travelPlace of work:
Near Turin

Cosa comprende l'offerta
Ottima opportunità di carriera.

Job ref
JN-012023-5904658