Commodity Buyer
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Commodity Buyer

Hitachi

Location: Farmington Hills,MI, USA

Date: 2024-12-22T08:04:34Z

Job Description:
Location:Farmington Hills, Michigan, United StatesJob ID: R0056901Date Posted:2024-07-17Company Name:HITACHI ASTEMO AMERICAS, INC.Profession (Job Category):Customer Service & Contact Center OperationsJob Schedule: Full timeRemote:NoJob Description:Job Summary: Responsible for managing all of the purchasing activities related to her/his category that are in line with the respective purchasing strategy in her/his region.Job Responsibilities:
  • Negotiate annually or on spot with suppliers (prices, payment terms, tooling, commercial clauses, capacity issues, EOL...)
  • Negotiate and formalize supplier contracts.
  • Lead sourcing decisions based on the category strategy and Business Unit expectations and timing requirements.
  • Prepare cost estimation (for BU during acquisition phase), including request of should cost to Cost Engineering team
  • Ensure implementation of category strategy both regional and global
  • Support BU for VEC initiatives and corresponding negotiations with suppliers
  • Report KPI by part number and supplier
  • Collect regional and global, category, supplier specific information
  • Propose strategic path to Global Category Manager based on the information gathered
  • Propose ideas for cost reduction/avoidance, Continuous Improvement
  • Participate actively in annual budget preparation
  • Work with the Global Category Team to understand / escalate issues (cost, supply, quality, etc...)
  • Build / Manage relationships with local suppliers.
  • Propose ideas for cost reduction/avoidance and ongoing opportunities for continuous improvement.
  • Drive supplier performance and compliance.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Automotive purchasing strongly preferred.
  • Ability to read drawing /technical specification and automotive quality requirement knowledge is plus
  • Proven negotiations skills.
  • Results orientation with proven implementation skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to influence and persuade.
  • Demonstrated collaboration, teamwork, relationship building and networking skills.
  • Experience coordinating and facilitating several small projects and/or one major project.
  • Possess the ability to work independently with minimal direction is required as are strong/effective verbal and written communication skills.
  • Advanced MS office ( Excel, PPT) proficiency
  • Fluent in English/Japanese helpful.
Education: Bachelor or Masters degree in Supply Chain, Business or equivalent.Experience: Minimum of 2 years experience in purchasing or related field.Job level determined by various factors such as organization size, responsibility, career stage, and capabilities.Working conditions:
  • Physical Demands: Required to sit or stand for long periods of time. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Have ability to work 40 - 60 hours per week.
  • Travel: The candidate will need to travel to suppliers and/or Hitachi locations as required. International travel may also be required.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)-Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job at Hitachi, please send the nature of request and contact information to [email protected]. Queries other than accommodation requests will not be responded to.
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