Acquisition Purchasing Leader

Missions: 

• During OEM quotation phase: Acquisition Purchasing Leader is responsible for purchasing quotations of all commodities thanks to cost models or database usages or commodity buyer’s support.
• When necessary, A-SPM also sends RFQs to suppliers, builds synthesis and proposes a Purchasing price commitment to the APM*
• Applies and strictly respects purchasing and sales strategies and PO deontology rules
• Works closely with commodity buyers or Commodity Leaders to set up the best purchasing strategy for the advanced project
• Defines the purchasing hours needed in development if PO is awarded
• Defends Optimized Purchasing prices and contribute to PO competitiveness & attractiveness for the project under quotation
• Purchasing acquisition file, Gap to target, Order intake

Is in charge of the following activities.

Acquisition Process responsibility:

• During acquisition, to establish with the acquisition team the purchasing perimeter for quotation
• To define by him/herself purchasing quotations for some commodities thanks to supplier offers or internal cost models & purchasing databases
• For other commodities, to coordinate commodity buyer’s activity to define a strategy and obtain optimized quotations
• To build or participate to the construction of databases and cost models with commodity buyers or Commodity leaders
• To fill in the “Purchasing file” and to send data to APM as a commitment
• To ensure the traceability of all the collaboration by keeping and updating all the necessary information in the adequate system (Keops, eCosting, ...)
• To defend purchasing prices and strategies during Advanced Milestones
• To challenge and defend SPM hours budget if needed
• If PO is awarded, to check with APM if ERP* is still aligned with Purchasing file and to organize the transfer of all acquisition data (Purchasing file + suppliers offers + cost model) to Program Purchasing
• To apply and adhere to all procedures
• To participate to the development and / or test of new digital tools for costing or to RFQ the suppliers and then use it for quotation once they will be deployed

Management responsibility:

• Disciplinary lead of Acquisition Purchasing Department across Europe
• Train and develop employees
• Represent Purchasing during all Acquisition processes across the perimeter
• Represent Purchasing in all cross-functional and/or cross-Divisional initiatives related to Acquisition
• Liaise with Commodity-Teams to develop and improve cost models
• Promote and train on the use of all acquisition-related tools and processes

Competencies

• Bachelor or Master degree
• 10 years experience in total. 5 years experience in Automotive industry
• Knowledge of project management in automotive or plastics industry.

• Automotive global requirements, good command of English (B1)
• Knowledge of the markets
• Purchasing knowledge / Commodity strategy management
• Technical negotiations 
• Finance & cash management 
• Logistics (consignment, VMI, incoterms, customs duties, …) 
• Very good Excel knowledge 
• Supplier quality knowledge 
• Good ability in communication & Leadership
• Team player
• Customer orientation
• Rigor & result oriented
• Multi-task abilities / Multi-cultural knowledge
• Flexibility and stress resistance
• Medium & long-term vision ability

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