Advance Purchasing Engineer

Job description

• Control the supplier-related milestones during the product development phase with on-time component sourcings
• Ensure involvement of suppliers at an early development phase (e.g. ESI) if requested (concept phase)
• Maintain and document supplier and material status (e.g. for Gate Reviews)
• Drive and control the change management process for components towards the suppliers, categories and SQM until SOP
• Lead the sourcing team in accordance to the automotive sourcing process, tracking of sourcing planning and execution from kick-off to supplier nomination
• Drive the sourcing to achieve best cost and quality ( capacity ), meeting all project milestones, to guarantee supplier nomination at PLC gate 55
• Send request for quotation to select suppliers, order B/C component samples, support category purchasing in negotiations
• Safeguard supplier risk exposure related to well-known risk clusters (geo-hazard, geo-political, financial, technical, supply)
• Create and maintain sourcing documentation until official nomination (eSign)
• Track component development and validation together with SQM until successful SOP
• Ensure a smooth and comprehensive hand-over to plant purchasing latest at PLC gate 80
• Commercial responsibility for the material costs of the BA products, generate and maintain bill of material (BOM) view
• Actively participate in design-to-cost activities during product concept/development phase to achieve material cost targets during acquisition phase (PCIS -> customer award)
• Calculate and control BOM during acquisition and project phase to meet target cost of the BA product
• Responsibile for sourcing after SOP, e.g. capacity extensions
• Initiate or support redesign-to-cost (ReDTC) or cost reduction programs (CRP) for BA products after SOP
• Evaluate cost optimization ideas together with Engineering and prepare decision paper
• Tracking of introduction of material-related ReDTC measures
• Translate BA product/technology roadmap into component/technology roadmap
• Conduct strategy reviews with main categories to identify needs for actions, white spots and supplier development activities.
• Initiate scouting activities together with category management (to close white spots)

Qualifications

-University degree in Economics/Technical studies or relevant professional experience -Experience in working with international teams on purchasing issues -Understanding and capability to collaborate with different foreign cultures -Management skills, tools and techniques which ensures a strategic, profit and resulted oriented handling (Balanced Scorecard, Benchmarking, etc.) -Collaboration skills (team skills, conflict management, open-mindedness, networking) -Communication skills, including Presentation and Negotiation techniques to operate in different cultures -Problem solving and decision-making tools and techniques -Project management skills, tools and techniques -Sourcing Process and Product Life Cycle (PLC) knowledge -Purchasing Management (including standards of Quality system requirements, policies and norms.

Risk Management -Technical understanding of specific components -Commercial knowledge, includes contract law etc.