Senior Purchasing Buyer – CFMS

Location Type: On-site

 

Job Title: Senior Purchasing Buyer – CFMS

Company: AISIN World Corp. of America

Department: Purchasing, Commodity

Location: Northville, MI

Position Summary

This position will function to provide guidance and support to the Purchasing department.

Position Responsibilities

The incumbent is expected to perform the following functions that the company has determined are essential to this position:

• Commodity materials component purchase cost review by manufacturing process
  • Assist the cross-function team to execute purchasing activities with suppliers and potential suppliers.
  • Support sub-tier material cost and purchasing as necessary.
  • Lead cost reduction activity in cooperation with AISIN affiliated companies including:
  • Coordinate and analyze total volume usage and forecasts and total buy for suppliers
  • Total supply chain cost analysis
  • Analysis of various inputs and conditions from cross-functional departments to find cost savings opportunities.
  • Assess prospective suppliers for new model programs and localization activities.
  • Responsible for document control for RFQ’s, LOI’s, ECI’s, and quotations.
  • Negotiate pricing, delivery schedules, payment terms, confidentiality agreements, master purchase agreements, changes in process, terms, engineering requirements, and other items as required with suppliers.
  • Detail quotation analysis for all cost drivers.
  • Prepare reports and presentations as necessary.
  • Gain consensus from various manufacturing plants and recommend sourcing decisions.
  • Act as Supplier champion to AISIN and voice of AISIN to supplier.
• Advance Program Development
  • Identify suppliers for new business and review their capabilities per engineering requirements.
  • Support AISIN affiliated companies to identify potential suppliers cost competitiveness.
  • Facilitate, support, and coordinate activity, visits, and communication between various AISIN groups; i.e. act as window to supplier for AISIN and window to AISIN for supplier.
  • Develop and maintain record of supplier assessments.
  • Work with design team to identify new, local, or advanced materials for mass or cost savings.
• Other tasks and duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrated experience and accomplishments in each of the areas described above that would normally be acquired through 3 – 5+ years of related experience.
• Experience in manufacturing and technical environment.
• Experience in component purchasing for automotive manufacturing processes.
• Understand manufacturing processes and costs associated with those processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills & Microsoft intermediate experience.
• Excellent organization, time management & presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment while promoting teamwork.
• Ability to demonstrate patience and verify facts.
• Demonstrated ability to persevere and complete difficult tasks.

Beneficial Skills and Experience

• Experience in automotive industry with understanding of standard job functions and requirements within the industry.
• Experience in multi-cultural environment, preferably Japanese-based.
• Fluency in English with additional language skill in Japanese, Chinese, German, and/or Spanish.

Education/Training/Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, other Applied Science, or Purchasing Supply Chain Management is preferred. Significant time within the Commodity Parts industry may substitute for the lack of college education preference.

Travel Requirements

• Approximately 35 %.
• Must be willing and available to travel to such locations and with such frequency as is necessary and desirable to meet business needs.

Work Environment Requirements

With reasonable accommodation:

• Must be able to operate a personal computer, telephone, and other office equipment.
• Must perform job duties onsite, when necessary, except those duties that are customarily or by their nature performed offsite (for example, offsite customer visits).
• Must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to work on multiple assignments at once, and complete assignments within deadline and budget (if applicable) with satisfactory quality.
• Must be able to operate as an effective team member.
• Must be committed to a high standard of safety and be willing and able to comply with all safety laws and all company safety policies.

Attendance/Work Hour Requirements

• Must maintain an acceptable attendance record.
• Must be willing and available to work weekends and holidays as necessary and desirable to meet business needs.