Commodity Buyer Europe / BG Supplier Innoation & Procurement Partnership Manager (m/f), Hagenbach

"Technical Perfection and automotive passion" is what defines Faurecia. We design, engineer and provide the best in technology, systems and services for automobile makers in every major market on all five continents. If you share our ambition for technical perfection and our passion for all things automotive, Faurecia has a career for you.

"Faurecia, a driving force…for your professional growth."

Essential responsibilities and duties

The main missions of the Commodity Buyer Europe are to:

• Structure the panel
• Participate in the definition and the implementation of purchasing panel policy for assigned commodities
• Manage supplier selection of his/her segment/s of the commodity and deploys it within Europe
• Manage relationship / negotiation with his/her suppliers supported by the Division / Region Commodity Manager
• Ensure that the strategic panel is implemented in the Development phase (Supplier Nomination Committees)
• Manage and drive productivity action plans
• Fix the rules of productivity sharing between the suppliers and Faurecia
• Manage and drive supplier quality and delivery performance
• Manage insolvencies of suppliers and steer corrective action plan

The main missions of the BG Supplier Innovation & Procurement Partnership Manager are to:

• Represent Purchasing inside Innovation team.
• Ensure a consistent link between Innovation and Purchasing through efficient purchasing support to innovation needs.
• Translate BG innovation directions (Research, Marketing,..) into Purchasing Innovation directions with help from Commodities.
• Organize a process to ‘capture’ innovations from panel suppliers and outside the panel.
• Lead commodities & regions to organize ‘Innovation days’ with our panel suppliers and “Out of the Box” with new suppliers.
• Identify, supported by Marketing and Research, companies outside of the panel which can deliver innovation
• Establish and/or participate to innovation partnerships (contracts) with selected suppliers.
• Manage operationally the suppliers in the innovation process accordingly to our FIS Innovation procedure (from MO to M4).

Profile

• Bachelor or Master degree in Engineering + Purchasing
• 5 years of electronics exposure, ideally automotive sector
• Strong knowledge of supply portfolio and market research and analysis
• Understanding of sourcing strategies and application (make or buy analysis,…)
• Deep understanding of business practices, market dynamics and trends
• Knowledge of contractual and legal aspects
• International mindset
• Negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Product / process and technologies skills, passion
• English at proficiency level, German is a plus
• Business oriented with negotiation skills
• Capacity to influence
• Results oriented
• Curiosity and creativity
• Agile and entrepreneurship