Buyer Senior, Category Management

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support the creation of market analyses and implement category strategies.
• Define, cross-divisionally or -functionally align, and implement profitable purchasing strategies and effective negotiation tactics in the assigned area.
• Monitor the supply market continuously and manage and optimize the supplier portfolio to ensure quality, cost efficiency, on-time-delivery, sustainability and compliance with terms of contracts as well as legal regulations.
• Negotiate prices and conditions in the context of SMA and manage contracts with suppliers.
• Cook up and steer assigned category including purchase price planning and define saving projects.
• Understand and comply with all group directives.
• Expertise and guidance to the plant buyer / plant management for the category.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.
• Support travel within region with regional and global colleagues.

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• Responsible for staying up to date on market data/changes/trends to support controlling costs/benchmarking best in class terms.
• Liaison between Schaeffler engine and transmission for the America’s and the respective global team.
• During Budget season – Monitor and validate the input from the GLB’s in the Budget Planning Tool. Look for outliers and flag said outliers. Research and define the risk. Reconcile any part where pricing variance percent if over global guidance. Inputs plan price to budget and obtains agreement with Global lead buyer. Update forecast using Global Planning Tool submittal upload each month. Ensures alignment and leads budgeting process for their respective category.
• Leads purchasing portions of regional and Global Sourcing Board activities and presentations.

Our Offering

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance and 401k eligible with up to 6% company match

Our Offering (continued)

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Our Offering (continued)

As a global company with employees around the world, it is important to us that we treat each other with respect and value all ideas and perspectives. By appreciating our differences, we inspire creativity and drive innovation. In this way, we contribute to sustainable value creation for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Together, we advance how the world moves.

Your Contact

Schaeffler Transmission Systems, LLC David Moline +13302644383

Our Commitment

Nearest Major Market: Troy Nearest Secondary Market: Detroit

Keywords

Supply Chain Management

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified candidates will receive equal employment opportunities and consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.