Commodity Buyer
Core
Selects suppliers and reduces costs for automotive products through aggressive negotiations, market analysis, and long-term agreements.
Role type
Commodity Buyer (Automotive)
Builds
Supply base for automotive parts
Domain
Automotive manufacturing
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
supplier selection, cost negotiation, market analysis, blueprint interpretation, RFQ management, cost modeling, supplier development, data analysis
Preferred skills
Value Analysis, Long Term Agreements (LTA), Business Incentives (BI), Annual Improvement Factor (AIF)
Technologies
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), cost model tools, bubble charts
Responsibilities
Select suppliers for existing products, reduce year-over-year costs through negotiations and market testing, prepare and lead RFQs for multi-year production, develop new suppliers meeting cost/quality/delivery requirements, evaluate part designs with engineering and quality teams, support monthly cost reduction reports, maintain supply base data spreadsheets.
Seniority
Mid-level (3-5 years experience)