Sr. Commodity Buyer
Core
Manage supply base for assigned commodities to achieve quality, delivery, and cost goals for automotive components including turbos, fans, and fan drives.
Role type
Senior Commodity Buyer (Procurement)
Builds
Turbocharger components, fan systems, and fan drive components for the automotive industry
Domain
Automotive manufacturing / Industrial procurement
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Supplier selection and management, long-term agreement negotiation, cost reduction strategies (VA/VE, DfV, LTA), RFQ preparation, cross-functional project leadership, IATF/TS16949 compliance, blueprint interpretation, financial reporting analysis, supplier development
Preferred skills
Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VA/VE), Design for Value (DfV), Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Design for Assembly (DfA), Lean concepts, bubble chart analysis, cost modeling tools
Technologies
SAP, cost model tools, bubble charts
Responsibilities
Develop and manage supply base for assigned commodities; negotiate long-term agreements for series production components; lead cross-functional teams to implement value creation projects; prepare RFQs for multi-year full production quantities; select suppliers for existing products; reduce year-over-year costs through aggressive negotiations and market tests; develop new suppliers meeting cost, quality, and delivery requirements; interpret blueprints to recommend supplier process utilization; maintain complex spreadsheets containing supply base data.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC