Buyer- Metal Commodity
Škoda Auto Volkswagen India Private Limited
Remote
- 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.
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
- Critical, Technical & Behavioral Skills (As required for the role)
- Knowledge of supplier base , material price trends & manufacturing processes , product technical information.
- Knowledge for purchasing processes and systems , commercial-legal terms and their implication , QMS , EnMS.
- Communication ,Negotiation ,Analytical , Assertiveness skills ,Knowledge of MS office