- Leads and coordinates the RFI’s / RFQ’s worldwide
- Responsible for leading platform committees and independently negotiating global price matrices, Long-Term Agreements (LTAs), and business links, as well as converting them into valid contract documentation
- Defines sourcing slots and negotiation strategies, and independently executes e-auctions for component awarding
- Represents Purchasing in various committees and ensures that purchasing strategies and decisions are integrated and implemented within the platform and customer projects
- Defines cost targets according to the full platform scope (volume, costs, etc.) in alignment with segment strategies and regional constraints
- Monitors and anticipates capacity risks in line with the platform volume ramp-up
- Ensures the correct use and application of Valeo purchasing tools (e.g., PuMa) within the scope of work and across the project team
- Coordinates and tracks the part qualification process in close alignment with the project team, SQA network,



and suppliers to ensure project milestones are met
- Identifies, collects, and implements cross-functional productivity measures for platform components globally by leveraging purchasing strategies such as Design-to-Cost, Early Supplier Involvement (ESI), and bundling opportunities
- Independently tracks and monitors cost roadmaps and all platform purchasing KPIs to ensure platform and project targets are achieved
- Ensures a smooth handover to series projects and series buyers, including pending productivity measures to be implemented (PTBV)
- Coordinates and drives purchasing activities across different clusters and platforms to identify and leverage synergy and standardization potential
- Takes on site-specific purchasing tasks in agreement with the Platform Purchasing Director or Site Purchasing Director, such as preparing and conducting internal and external audits

📌 Platform Purchasing Leader (Chennai)
🏢 Valeo
📍 Chennai