Main responsibilities:

• Control sourcing on time at or below cost targets 
• Investigate and validate new potential suppliers in North America Region to support YFS operations 
• Identification and analysis of potential new suppliers and lead the cost savings opportunities. 
• Ensure flawless SDT launches per PLUS and customertiming / deliverables 
• Maintain direct production materials / components to ensure accuracy
• Strive to achieve cost savings goals and financial commitments per program/corporate targets 
• Understand and support execution of supplier Commodity Strategies 
• Support Commodity Managers in developing and implementing sub commodity strategies (SMPE) 
• Initiate and lead cross functional Make vs. Buy decisions 
• Supplier Management activities: RFQ (Request for Quote), change management, contract negotiations, payment queries, dispute resolution, etc. 
• Coordination of commodity specific cost savings and economic variances with senior management for forecast planning

Qualifications:

• 4 years degree in Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Business Administration with a Master Degree desired
• Min. 5 years within automotive or related industry

Technical: 

•  Automotive manufacturing, engineering, procurement, Supply Chain Management(SCM) and/or costing 
•  Problem solving to analyze and identify waste in supplier process to drive cost reductions and process improvements 

Contract Administration: 

•  Ability to analyze and execute contracts 
•  Understand key contract provisions andterms and conditions 
•  Understand Statement of Work requirements 

Financial: 

•  Understand benchmark requirements 
•  Identify and understand key cost drivers
•  Prepare and present cost analysis to support decision making process 
•   Work to understand Total Cost impacts to the business to drive proper sourcing decisions 

Negotiations: 

• Ability to gather information, analyze data, prepare for and/or lead negotiations to ensure Yanfeng Automotive seatings financial, quality, delivery, cost savings and other corporate goals are met 
• Understand supplier performance, process, footprint strategiesin relation to Yanfeng Automotive seatings’ operations in order to provide Best Cost sourcing 
• Understand customer commercial and footprint strategies in order to provide Best Cost sourcing 

Other: 

• Support annual Business Reviewprocess with strategic suppliers to ensure supplier specific roadmaps are met 
• Support Commodity Teams in driving improvements in the following areas in order to meet or exceed plannedgoals: forecasted savings, continuous improvement, economics mitigation, supplier quality performance, supplier rationalization, sub commodity strategies, LCC sourcing content, payment terms, supplierT&Cs, and other strategic objectives 
• Support Material Best Business Practices (MBBP) to implement strategies and cost savings 
• Develop sub commodity strategies through SMPE initiatives 
• Support on site Supplier Readiness Reviews (SRR) and Launch Readiness Reviews (LRR) 
• Support compliance with BOS, PLUS, POS and SOX procedures 
• Support advanced and operational Purchasing activities within a Commodity organization starting from phase 0-5 and over production lifetime 

People Management: 

• Interact effectively with cross functional team - purchasing, program management, operations facilities, quality, engineering, costing, finance 
• Lead and deliver results to support cross functional goals – launch on time, below cost targets, internal returnrates, etc