Assistant Manager - Purchase (Direct Purchase)

Role & responsibilities

• Ensure supplier selection from the agreed supplier panel: identify and consult suppliers, manages supplier RFQ based on panel given by the Commodity Buyers. Negotiate or participate with the Commodity Buyer in supplier negotiations and the final choice of supplier (leads sourcing committee process to select suppliers from list provided by commodity buyers)
• Follow direct performance during the program phase: manage suppliers, compare costs with objectives, ensure quality during the program phase, respect delivery deadlines and in particular ensure that the program phase reviews are supported within the framework of the Program Management System (PMS)
• Ensure early involvement of the Series Buyers in the program before the series phase
• Manage specific mandated suppliers when requested and agreed with customers
• Negotiate Engineering Change Requests
• Acts as single point of purchasing contact for program management.
• Program Lead for sourcing board and to confirm final sourcing with commodity buyers (including directed parts)
• Lead supplier program kickoff meetings with critical suppliers as required.
• Respond to IBP changes and updating CSV
• Kickoff tooling w/appropriate program and gate approvals
• Kickoff purchased parts w/appropriate program and gate approvals (where no tooling is involved)
• Support SPE on Hi Impact Suppliers.
• Manage Supplier Launch Readiness & Program Milestones.

Preferred candidate profile

Nice to have:

• Professional Purchasing Qualification
• CIPET qualification is an added advantage
• Minimum 7 years experience in an industrial environment particularly in Tier 1 Automotive interiors company
• First experience in purchasing or in program management
• Knowledge of APQP and program management in automotive