Operational Buyer
Job Description
Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution!<p><br></p>With 30,000 team members located in 25 countries and with a 2021 revenue of €8 billion, Plastic Omnium is world leader in intelligent exterior systems, clean energy systems and customized complex modules.<p><br></p>Our ambition? Provide automakers with cutting-edge equipment and solutions to develop tomorrow’s clean and connected car.<p><br></p><strong>The Responsibilities of the “Operational Buyer” are:</strong><p><br></p><ul><li> Manage purchase parts change control for post-launch programs:</li><li> Support change control meeting for implementation of engineering changes </li><li> Negotiate purchase parts pricing and tooling for engineering changes and capacity studies </li><li> Responsible for supplier timing – tooling, PSW timing and parts delivery </li><li> Prepare documents for Buyer award packages for design changes </li><li> Responsible for issuing purchase orders and tool orders for engineering changes </li><li> Support DCRM activities:</li><li>Support DCRM team meetings for follow up on implementation of cost savings ideas</li><li> Responsible for managing purchase parts change control required to implement cost saving ideas </li><li> Support plant´s operation with resolution of issues related to suppliers:</li><li>Lead commercial resolution of stop-ship situations</li><li> Lead resolution of payment issues with suppliers </li><li> Support plant MP&L teams to resolve delivery issues with suppliers </li><li> Support plant quality teams to resolve quality issues with suppliers </li><li> Make and support capacity studies and communicate them to program manager and implement additional actions if needed </li><li> Support commodity buyers with communication with plant´s teams on the following initiatives:</li><li>Outsourcing</li><li> Insourcing </li><li> Resourcing </li><li> Program refreshes </li><li> Market tests /make/ buy studies </li><li> Plant inventory reduction </li><li> Service parts negotiation where supplier is not in long term strategy / coordination with service program manager </li><li> Cancellation cost recovery. Operations to lead with support from commodity. Dependent on program phase can be program or operations buyer </li><li> Follow up on prototypes or samples </li><li> Participate in the costing for the new potential projects under quotation for OEMS. </li></ul><p><br></p><strong><u>Requirements</u></strong><p><br></p><ul><li> Master’s degree in commercial/economical field of study </li><li> SAP software experience is advantage </li><li> 2-3 years of experience in purchasing </li><li> English language at intermediate level minimum </li></ul><p><br></p>As a responsible company, Plastic Omnium pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.<p><br></p>
