Position Description

This position is responsible for sourcing of production materials for strategic workgroups , cost estimation , capacity planning, evaluate change request , release of contracts , releasing Purchase orders (Tooling & Components) , part development and tracking , support and guide the buyers in business topics. Ensure execution of activities as per group purchasing processes.

Primary Responsibilities

Series activities

Ensure capacity planning in order to achieve production targets for respective responsible
parts , alignment with group for allocation of common parts including imported child parts
Series price settlements / claim settlements / Force-majeure
Yearly price negotiations to achieve cost reduction targets as per agreed Business Plan.
Annual purchase order release / contracts
Facilitate supplier related escalations topics (R&D; , Logistics ,Quality and related functions)
Scout for new potential suppliers and bring them on board with handholding
Explore current technologies, alternate raw material , Value Engg. proposals for cost reduction
(FMK , Q –gene ,



P-gene , complexity reduction )
Do global sourcing and evaluate saving potentials for material cost reduction
Monitor raw material & Forex trends
Annual asset verification for tooling at suppliers end
QMS / EMS : Provide necessary support for the implementation / sustenance of Quality,
Energy, Environment and Information Security Management Systems within the Commodity.
Representation in material group meetings for regional sourcing strategies for high value
parts

Sourcing Activities

Supplier identification and preparation of bidder list
Registration of suppliers on Group purchase platform
Gather inputs for releasing enquiry , Create and Release RFQs in system
Follow-up offers from bidder, check completeness of offers (CBD’s )
Request for Targets for part price and investments.
Do a plausibility check of offers based on cost estimation
Price negotiation and get final offers from supplie

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