Project Buyer

About the role

As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share.

Responsibilities

• Attend Project Meetings, lead and/or support all project activities where purchasing is involved till completion of project closure
• Support the Program Manager with a sourcing plan to define mutual commitments and conditions
• Select supplier bid-list based on Compliant Segment Panel and combine with Project and Segment organizations to identify bundle opportunities
• Identify critical parts as per CLEAN definitions and review contingency plans with related Program Team Members (PTMs), requesting Program Manager arbitration when required
• Coordinate and plan supplier design reviews in an effort to capture improvement proposals, obtain Supplier acceptance of Valeo Requirements, and enhance competition
• Make the best possible use of all Puma features and promote its usage among the project team
• Involve Segment Leader (or Group Segment Director) in appropriate timing to share project constraints and propose sourcing strategy compliant with Group Segment Strategy
• Assess pre-selected suppliers risk impacts on the project related to development or production capacity, technical or quality capability, financial sustainability
• Propose with project team & commodity organization mitigation plan and ensure it is properly recorded in Puma Pre-SoCo & SoCo section and/or one-page documents
• Propose lotting and RFP tactics and anticipate use of auctions with the project team
• Perform RFQ process via Puma & auction
• Leverage commodity organization to reach pre-sourcing, sourcing decisions and meet project targets
• Anticipate and escalate issues to the appropriate organizational level to ensure required risk mitigation plans and segment strategies are enforced
• Ensure timely sign off with stakeholders to achieve successful auction events
• Ensure permanent update of sourcing process milestones to guarantee reliability of forecast to enable anticipation of bundling opportunity and business link item selection
• Pilot and forecast the project purchasing index and lead the productivity action plan to reach CAA targets
• Ensure proper transfer to serial production including productivity actions yet to be implemented
• Ensure creation of early open order in SAP in coordination with productivity buyer
• Define and control communication flows and content between project teams and suppliers
• Ensure all necessary documentation is properly stored in Puma
• Manage achievement of all project milestones related to suppliers and follow their progress

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering or similar and related field
• Minimum of 4 years experience in purchasing, preferably in automotive manufacturing or in another manufacturing environment
• SAP experience (preferred)
• Purchasing experience with electronics or plastics commodities (preferred)
• Experience with autonomous negotiations and costing for components

Benefits

You will receive a best-in-class, total compensation package that provides a comprehensive benefits program with real financial value.