Objective
As buyer for BiW Commodity, within responsible scope of components, you will be the central contact person regarding all commercial and sourcing process related issues within the MP China Hub. Your responsibility as interface between Germany Procurement organization and China Joint Venture is to ensure the balance between global businesss case optimization and localization interests. You will carry out short visits to potential suppliers, join negotiations and develop and align sourcing strategies together with the headquater organization and Chinese joint venture. A close collaboration with the procurement organization in Germany, cost planning function, quality engineers, development department and the Joint Venture is part of your daily work. You are resonsbile for prescreening and promoting potential local supplier into global supply through a joint collebration with above related stakeholders.
Task Description
- Excellent knowledge and experience in supplier management and evaluation.
- Working together with purchasing organizations of JV, engineering department, cost planning department and purchasing organisation in Germany for sourcing and continuous cost optimization.
- Preparing and presenting decision and sourcing documents for management committee.
- Written and oral communication in English/Chinese with suppliers. Being aware of representing function. Handling issues with high complexity/volume. Discuss technical driven issues with engineers in China and Germany from purchasing point of view.
- Detailed documentation of soucing and negotitation results, presentations and analyse tools.
- Major working focus in driving and strong support new project part nomination incl. supplier negotiation in cost workshop, support to develop Commodity strategies for supplier base optimization and commercial benefit.
- Support Commodity meeting for new project sourcing and series project topics