Position Description: This position is responsible for sourcing of Bumper, Paints, Process Materials, cost estimation, capacity planning, evaluate engineering change request, release of contracts, releasing Purchase Orders (Tooling & Components), part development and tooling development tracking. Ensure execution of activities as per group purchasing processes.

Position Description: Ensure capacity planning in order to achieve production targets for respective responsible 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.

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 suppliers.





Facilitate and ensure technical review , QTR , quality and R&D; audits

Preparation of cost comparison based on agreed technical proposals

Gather Market information / Group benchmark overview for the parts under sourcing

Prepare sourcing presentations with cost overview & cost plausibility , alignment with group buyers.

Present in Sourcing Committees ( ISC/ SSC /Pre-meeting / CSC Skoda MB & WOB )

In case of Non achievements of Targets prepare & Present options in TER

Create and release Letter of Intent (LOI), Nomination Letter / eNA

Get Sign off of Purchasing Agreement / eNA with defined terms and conditions from suppliers.

Project handover documents and organize kick off meeting with supplier and CFT (QA , R&D; , logistics , SRM)

Request for vendor code generation and enter nomination and sample availability dates in TEVON (Note 1 /Note

Tooling: Process of Fund Request in AIP for releasing Tooling Order as per budget planning Release of Tooling Purchasing Order on approval of Fund Request Release of Purchasing Orders in EBON / K-SRM , closing of supplier supplementary invoices for cost changes. Create GRN for tooling , Ensure Capitalization of tools Change Management: Evaluating Change Management Documents ( AEKO, AeA, MY Point etc. ) Do plausibility check , negotiate the change requests , and provide evaluation in the requested format. Create & issue change request approval Coordination and agreement with suppliers for timelines and implementation.

Development activities Commitment meeting and timeline agreements for parts under direct purchase responsibility Tracking and reporting the development activities Follow-up meetings and supplier visits Educational qualifications preferred : B.Tech/ M.Tech

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