QUALIFICATIONS AND JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a Project Buyer in EMEA region:
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree in Engineering or Economics
- Minimum 3 years experience in purchasing in the automotive industry (experience from commodity is an asset)
- Experience in team management is an asset
- Automotive industry experience in a matrix environment is an asset
- Fluent in English (Other Europen language as German, French etc. is an asset)
- Knowledge of SAP and ERP
- Experience in Quality, Cost and Delivery
- QR6S Yellow Belt is an asset
- Good in cost analysis
- Good command of MS Office applications
- No military obligation for male candidates
- Result oriented
- Living or willing to live in Sakarya
- No restriction for travel in and out of Turkey
Key Responsibilities:
- Deploy Commodity sourcing strategy for project components including make or buy
- Actively execute QCD targets for the given project by
- Actively managing & executing Sourcing & Purchasing related actions in the given projects/teams following ZF WABCO S&P standards & WPCP roadmap or WCM process
- Actively managing & executing Requests for Quotation & Supplier Nominations with involvement of ZF WABCO S&P commodities according to the project needs
- Actively managing supplier contracts negotiation and availability
- Timely perform total material and tooling cost analysis, preparing basis for decision during the project execution phase with supporting functions
- Schedule & actively manage supplier components and tooling within the WPCP project phases to be delivered to meet customer milestones
- Accountable for supplier quality - actively monitor & ensure all related CQP phases & PPAP closure on time following VDA and IATF standards in automotive business
- Actively manage suppliers QCD KPI’s in projects (target cost, CQP, PPAP RFToT) and ensure reporting to the Project Manager and Business Unit Functional Leaders on regular base
- Handover projects to Value Streams and S&P Commodity Buyer and support them for 6 months after SOP
- Actively identify & execute CRP idea generation and collection by product group to meet BU Gross Material Productivity AOP targets
- Comply with ZF WABCO and Sourcing & Purchasing rules and policies
- Improve processes in collaboration with S&P Business Improvement Team
- Accountable for driving the QR6S approach in projects regarding supplier’s issues