Just like a bridge, our mission in Purchasing is to connect internal and external partners to deliver world class results. We build our bridge together on solid foundational values. Our global Purchasing team sources over $80 billion in products and services annually. We deliver world class results by embracing our values of Belief, Respect, Innovation, Diversity, Growth, and Energy (BRIDGE) as they are the framework for our culture. We believe in a work-life balance and provide team members opportunities for mentoring, learning & development and exposure to senior leadership. FCA takes great pride in fostering an inclusive work environment where employees can leverage strengths, experiences and perspectives. At FCA, we believe it is the diversity of talent and perspective that allows us to take a visionary approach, to strategically apply new technologies and forge ahead in our industry in innovation and performance.
The Buyer for Seating will support Automotive Seat Module buying in North America and Globally.
The core responsibilities of this position are the development, ownership, and execution of full lifecycle commodity strategies which include but are not limited to:
Support the global commodity team for the Seat JIT commodity coordinating global sourcing's, synergy acceleration, benchmarking and commodity strategy development and execution
Coordinate and manage key supplier open issues, lead and execute business plan, and serve as escalation point to drive issue closure
Manage complex supply issues ranging from capacity to just in time delivery and regular release fluctuations
Sourcing activities supporting the Seat JIT commodities including:
Supplier negotiations
Sourcing on time and to target
Driving annual cost savings activities
Managing and identifying cost savings activities including Value Creation Program, Value Optimization and Gap to Should Cost
Lead the resolution and negotiation of commercial issues
The selected candidate will interact with many cross-functional teams such as engineering, supply chain management, supplier quality and finance.
This position affords the opportunity for career development within the Purchasing organization and with other cross-functional groups. The ideal candidate will strive to continuously improve purchasing processes and more specifically module sourcing and cost management.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical), Business, Finance, Economics, or closely related field from an ABET accredited university
Minimum of 1 year of purchasing or closely related relevant experience
Global commodity experience: participating in global sourcing activities and working in global teams
Strong communication skills and are highly customer focused
Ability to lead cross-functional teams
Strong fluency with MS Office Suite
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree; MBA or Engineering (ME/EE)
Demonstrated experience to support more challenging decks which would reflect in more advanced Purchasing Buyer levels including JIT or MPAB experience
Previous automotive related and/or global commodity experience
Strong interest in the automotive industry
Experience working with SAP
CPSM Certification
Familiarity with cross functional (Finance, Engineering, SCM, Capacity) processes