Indirect Purchasing Buyer

Motherson SAS Turkey Otomotiv Servis Ticaret Limited Şirketi

Essential responsibilities and duties

The indirect purchasing buyer is responsible for all IDP activity for the assigned plants located in their region. The role of an IDP Buyer is to manage all purchasing issues in line with indirect purchasing regional and group level strategies to improve quality, cost, and delivery performance, and to contribute to or lead productivity actions.

The main responsibilities of the role are:

• Define and manage the supplier panel. Work closely with other plants and group level IDP team to identify and implement synergies on commodities and suppliers.
• Responsible for driving cost reduction through negotiation, best practice implementation, consumption reduction, technical optimization, and standardization.
• Drive benchmarking and best practices efforts at plants across IDP commodities.
• Integrate the Indirect Purchasing needs of the region into any group level strategies.
• Define and implement a local commodity strategy if not covered by global and/or regional teams.
• Manage the implementation of corporate contracts in the plant and / or region. Ensure follow up and audits of contract compliance.
• Review and approve or reject Purchase Orders within IDP scope.
• Manage and implement price agreements and resolve discrepancies between Purchase Order and invoice prices.
• Support New Program launches and all associated IDP requirements to achieve project timing and cost objectives.
• Apply methodology and common IDP tools such as: database for contract management, use of e-RFI, e-RFQ, and e-auction, proper application of SAP purchasing modules and application of all relevant Procedures.
• Stay abreast of market conditions and trends (including global pricing benchmarks) to inform strategy and ensure supply continuity.

Qualifications  

The ideal candidate will have/be :

Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or Business

Experience:

•     Minimum 3-5 years experience in purchasing in an industrial environment
•     Experience of successfully managing and negotiating contracts
•     Experience in purchasing indirect commodities (e.g. IT, Building/Construction, Industrial Supplies, energy/utlities, facility services etc.)
•     Experience of successfully managing and negotiating contracts
•     Automotive experience would be an advantage

Skills and competencies:

•           Negotiation skills
•           Financial skills
•           Strong Knowledge of supply portfolio and market research and analysis
•           Understanding of sourcing strategies and application (make or buy analysis, total cost of ownership analysis etc.)
•           Purchasing financials skills, including data analytics, budgeting and savings calculation
•           Deep understanding of business practices, market dynamics and trends
•           Supplier relationship management experience
•           Knowledge of contractual and legal aspects
•           Drive, creativity and willingness to learn
•           Fluent level of English
•           International mindset
•           Results oriented
•           Strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication skills
•           Capacity to influence

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional Purchasing Qualification
• Another language would be an advantage