Position Name: EV Buyer

Purpose of the position:

This position is responsible for a market scouting of electric vehicle components for Genuine parts & Accessories & supplier portfolio of the EV components /child parts & accessories , costs evaluations, sourcing and supplier nomination process for the EV components. Next ensure and manage procurement activities related to capacity planning, evaluating change requests, issuing contracts, issuing orders (tools and components), tracking parts. Ensuring activities are carried out in accordance with the VW group's procurement processes. Check and negotiate cost optimization during an entire project lifecycle. Price settlement of serviceable child parts. Price settlement for Revisions after End of Production.

Skills required

Critical, Technical & Behavioral Skills (As required for the role)
- Knowledge of EV supplier base & material price trends, manufacturing processes, product technical information of EV components/Accessories
- Knowledge for procurement processes and systems, commercial-legal terms and their implication, QMS, EnMS.




- Communication, Negotiation, Analytical & Assertiveness skills.
- Reliability & flexibility
- Knowledge of MS office

Role & responsibilities

Pre-Series activities for Genuine parts & Accessories
- Explore new technologies of electric vehicles and a connection to SAVWIPL projects and evaluate potentials
- Monitor raw material of EV components and track it
- Scout for current potential suppliers and bring them on board with handholding
- Evaluate and track costs of EV components/Accessories and agree on real cost of the project Business case
- Sourcing Activities for Genuine parts & Accessorie
- Supplier identification and preparation of bidder list for low volume challenges
- Registration of suppliers on Group purchase platform
- Gather inputs for releasing enquiry, Create and Release RFQs in system-GS RFQ
- Follow-up offers from bidder, check completeness of offers (CBDs )
- Request for Ta

📌 Buyer - EV (Pune)
🏢 Skoda Auto Volkswagen India
📍 Pune