Working Location: Germany
Job Responsibility:
- Develop sourcing strategies by analyzing suppliers, market conditions, and technology roadmaps
- Lead benchmarking, contractual negotiations with suppliers on NDA's, General Terms & Conditions for competitive cost structure
- Identify and negotiate with existing or potential suppliers, perform supplier financial analysis and develop a sourcing strategy and conduct supplier selection
- Communicate closely with Manufacturing, Engineering and Finance teams toward achievement and track sourcing progress on regular basis
- Negotiate with suppliers to obtain best prototype and production pricing based on targets
- Perform a deep analysis of quote submissions based on cost breakdown data
- Support supplier quality and technical reviews
- Review engineering development costs with engineering leads to ensure best cost is attained
- Identify material cost optimization and process improvement opportunities
Qualification:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferably in an engineering or technical field)
- Effective negotiation experience and strong communication skills (verbal and written)
- High level of integrity
- 5 years of working experience in Procurement or Supply Chain related field and in Automotive industry
- Willingness to travel internationally
