Commodity Buyer

Description

Job Summary:

Responsible for managing all of the purchasing activities related to her/his category that are in line with the respective purchasing strategy in her/his region.

Job Responsibilities:

• Negotiate annually or on spot with suppliers (prices, payment terms, tooling, commercial clauses, capacity issues, EOL...)
• Negotiate and formalize supplier contracts.
• Lead sourcing decisions based on the category strategy and Business Unit expectations and timing requirements.
• Prepare cost estimation (for BU during acquisition phase), including request of "should cost" to Cost Engineering team
• Ensure implementation of category strategy both regional and global
• Support BU for VEC initiatives and corresponding negotiations with suppliers
• Report KPI by part number and supplier
• Collect regional and global, category, supplier specific information
• Propose strategic path to Global Category Manager based on the information gathered
• Propose ideas for cost reduction/avoidance, Continuous Improvement
• Participate actively in annual budget preparation
• Work with the Global Category Team to understand / escalate issues (cost, supply, quality, etc...)
• Build / Manage relationships with local suppliers.
• Propose ideas for cost reduction/avoidance and ongoing opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Drive supplier performance and compliance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Automotive purchasing strongly preferred.
• Ability to read drawing /technical specification and automotive quality requirement knowledge is plus
• Proven negotiations skills.
• Results orientation with proven implementation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to influence and persuade.
• Demonstrated collaboration, teamwork, relationship building and networking skills.
• Experience coordinating and facilitating several small projects and/or one major project.
• Possess the ability to work independently with minimal direction is required as are strong/effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced MS office ( Excel, PPT) proficiency
• Fluent in English/Japanese helpful.

Education: Bachelor or Masters degree in Supply Chain, Business or equivalent.

Experience: Minimum of 2 years experience in purchasing or related field.

Job level determined by various factors such as organization size, responsibility, career stage, and capabilities.

Working conditions:

• Physical Demands: Required to sit or stand for long periods of time. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Have ability to work 40 - 60 hours per week.

• Travel: The candidate will need to travel to suppliers and/or Hitachi locations as required. International travel may also be required.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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