Job Summary The Supply Chain Program Control Buyer coordinates supply-chain activities for future vehicle programmes. The role coordinates sourcing, cost, investment, timing and supplier-readiness deliverables while partnering with Supply Chain, Product Development, Finance, Cost Estimating and Supplier Technical Assistance.

Responsibilities

- Coordinate milestone deliverables from commodity planning and target setting through sourcing, cost delivery and order issuance.

- Develop and maintain sourcing workplans and trackers.

- Align sourcing with supplier onboarding dates and programme milestones.

- Represent Supply Chain in programme planning, capacity and launch meetings.

- Coordinate financial inputs with Supply Chain and Finance.

- Manage localisation and Regional compliance requirements.

- Track purchase-order and tooling-order placement.

- Communicate programme timing, status, risks and support needs.

- Provide Supply Chain input to Global Product Development System (GPDS) milestones and programme reviews.

- Lead ad hoc studies, including sourcing initiatives, make vs. buy analyses, price/volume assessments,



and capacity constraint evaluations.

- Partner with Cost Estimating and Supplier Technical Assistance to support negotiations and supplier readiness.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.

- Min 2-3 years' supply-chain experience.

- Experience in production buying or programme control/execution.

- Solid quantitative and analytical skills, leveraging AI and data analytics to generate actionable insights.

- Process-improvement and root-cause problem-solving mindset.

- Strong collaboration, communication, integrity and adaptability.

Role: Logistics / SCM Analyst,

Industry Type: Auto Components,

Department: Procurement & Supply Chain,

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role Category: SCM & Logistics

Education

UG: Any Graduate

PG: Any Postgraduate

Key Skills

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