Advanced Purchaser PCB SAM BA (m/f/div) - Procurement

Job Description

Advanced Purchaser PCB SAM BA (m/f/div) - Procurement - On-site

Advanced Purchasing (AP) is the purchasing representative from acquisition phase through the product development starting with the concept phase until SOP and support purchasing activities in series production. AP is leading the planning and execution of component sourcing and act as the interface to the purchasing categories. Actively participate in the material strategy development derived from the BA technology roadmap and translate this in a tangible strategy input for category management.

Main tasks:

• Control the supplier-related milestones during the product development phase with on-time component sourcing.
• Ensure involvement of suppliers at an early development phase (e.g. ESI) if requested (concept phase).
• Maintain and document supplier and material status (e.g. for Gate Reviews).
• Drive and control the change management process for components towards the suppliers, categories and SQM until SOP.
• Lead the sourcing team in accordance to the automotive sourcing process, tracking of sourcing planning and execution from kick-off to supplier nomination.
• Drive the sourcing to achieve best cost and quality (capacity), meeting all project milestones, to guarantee supplier nomination at PLC gate 55.
• Send request for quotation to selected suppliers, order B/C component samples, support category purchasing in negotiations.
• Safeguard supplier risk exposure related to well-known risk clusters (geo-hazard, geo-political, financial, technical, supply).
• Create and maintain sourcing documentation until official nomination (eSign).
• Track component development and validation together with SQM until successful SOP.
• Ensure a smooth and comprehensive hand-over to plant purchasing latest at PLC gate 80.
• Commercial responsibility for the material costs of the BA products, generate and maintain bill of material (BOM) view.
• Actively participate in design-to-cost activities during product concept/development phase to achieve material cost targets during acquisition phase (PCIS -> customer award).
• Calculate and control BOM during acquisition and project phase to meet target cost of the BA product
• Responsible for sourcing after SOP, e.g. capacity extensions.
• Initiate or support redesign-to-cost (ReDTC) or cost reduction programs (CRP) for BA products after SOP.
• Evaluate cost optimization ideas together with Engineering and prepare decision paper.
• Tracking of introduction of material-related ReDTC measures.
• Translate BA product/technology roadmap into component/technology roadmap.
• Conduct strategy reviews with main categories to identify needs for actions, white spots and supplier development activities.
• Initiate scouting activities together with category management (to close white spots).

Additional Information

What we offer:

Pay for Performance:

• Achievement Bonuses and Rewards;
• Recommendation Bonuses for new team members;
• Flexibility Program including flexible hours, mobile work and sabbaticals.

Wellbeing:

• Health & Wellness (Private Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Sport activities etc.);
• Different discounts (glasses, tires, medical, shopping);
• In-house restaurant & coffee corners.

Life-Long Learning:

• Dedicated Programs and Conferences;
• Free Language Courses (English, German, French etc);
• Access to e-learning platforms;
• Career development opportunities (local and international);
• Internal development communities (Experts, Agile Community of Practice, Artificial Intelligence etc).

Qualifications

• Management skills, tools and techniques which ensures a strategic, profit and resulted oriented handling (Balanced Scorecard, Benchmarking, etc.).
• Communication skills, including Presentation and Negotiation techniques to operate in different cultures.
• Problem solving and decision making tools and techniques.
• Project management skills, tools and techniques.
• Sourcing Process and Product Life Cycle (PLC) knowledge.
• Purchasing Management (including standards of Quality system requirements, policies and norms
• Risk Management.
• Technical understanding of specific components.
• Commercial knowledge, includes contract law etc.