Specialist Buyer

Position Description

This position is responsible for sourcing of production materials for strategic workgroups , cost estimation, capacity planning, evaluate change request , release of contracts , releasing Purchase orders (Tooling & Components) , part development and tracking , support and guide the buyers in business topics. Ensure execution of activities as per group purchasing processes.

Primary Responsibilities

Series activities

• Ensure capacity planning in order to achieve production targets for respective responsible parts , alignment with group for allocation of common parts including imported child parts
• Series price settlements / claim settlements / Force-majeure
• Yearly price negotiations to achieve cost reduction targets as per agreed Business Plan.
• Annual purchase order release / contracts
• Facilitate supplier related escalations topics (R&D , Logistics ,Quality and related functions)
• Scout for new potential suppliers and bring them on board with handholding
• Explore new technologies, alternate raw material , Value Engg. proposals for cost reduction
• (FMK , Q –gene , P-gene , complexity reduction )
• Do global sourcing and evaluate saving potentials for material cost reduction
• Monitor raw material & Forex trends
• Annual asset verification for tooling at suppliers end
• QMS / EMS : Provide necessary support for the implementation / sustenance of Quality,
• Energy, Environment and Information Security Management Systems within the Commodity.
• Representation in material group meetings for regional sourcing strategies for high value parts
  
  

• Supplier identification and preparation of bidder list
• Registration of suppliers on Group purchase platform
• Gather inputs for releasing enquiry , Create and Release RFQs in system
• Follow-up offers from bidder, check completeness of offers (CBD’s )
• Request for Targets for part price and investments.
• Do a plausibility check of offers based on cost estimation
• Price negotiation and get final offers from suppliers.
• Facilitate and ensure technical review , QTR , quality and R&D audits
• Preparation of cost comparison based on agreed technical proposals
• Gather Market information / Group benchmark overview for the parts under sourcing
• Prepare sourcing presentations with cost overview & cost plausibility , alignment with group buyers.
• Present in Sourcing Committees ( ISC/ SSC /Pre-meeting / CSC Skoda MB & WOB )
• In case of Non achievements of Targets prepare & Present options in TER
• (Target approval forum )
• Create and release Letter of Intent (LOI), Nomination Letter / eNA
• Get Sign off of Purchasing Agreement / eNA with defined terms and conditions from suppliers.
• Project handover documents and organize kick off meeting with supplier and CFT
• (QA , R&D , logistics , SRM)
• Request for vendor code generation and enter nomination and sample availability dates in
• TEVON (Note 1 /Note 3)
  
  

• Process of Fund Request in AIP for releasing Tooling Order as per budget planning
• Release of Tooling Purchasing Order on approval of Fund Request
• Release of Purchasing Orders in EBON / K-SRM , closing of supplier supplementary invoices
• for cost changes.
• Create GRN for tooling , Ensure Capitalization of tools
  
  

• Evaluating Change Management Documents ( AEKO, AeA, MY Point etc. )
• Do plausibility check , negotiate the change requests , and provide evaluation in the
• requested format.
• Create & issue change request approval
• Coordination and agreement with suppliers for timelines and implementation.
  
  

• Commitment meeting and timeline agreements for parts under direct purchase responsibility
• Tracking and reporting the development activities
• Follow-up meetings and supplier visits