PROGRAM BUYER

Hungry for challenges? Join a group with innovation at its heart and contribute to the automotive revolution! OPmobility is a world‑leading provider of innovative solutions for a unique, safer and more sustainable mobility experience. With €11.4 billion in economic revenue in 2023, a global network of 152 plants and 40 R&D centers, OPmobility relies on its 40,300 employees to transform mobility.

• Knowledge / Qualification
• Previous Experience (If relevant)
• Key technical competencies
• Key behavioural competencies (On top of PO Group competencies)
• Other requirements
• Bachelor of Engineering or Science or Business School with purchasing speciality
• Minimum of 5 years in purchasing and knowledge of project management in automotive or plastic business
• Purchasing knowledge
• Technical negotiations
• Companies & commercial laws
• Project management
• Finance & cash management
• Logistics (consignment, VMI incoterms)
• Crisis Management
• English fluent
• Good ability for communication
• Leadership
• Team playing
• Customer oriented
• Rigor & result oriented

• Is responsible for all purchasing activities related to the program (excluding CAPEX).
• Is responsible for the Q, C, T of suppliers free sourced his project.
• Is responsible with the lead buyer for sourcing activity.
• Is responsible for the purchasing budget (hours & money) allocated for the project.
• Is in charge to manage closed purchase order for his project and to follow payment schedule.
• Is responsible for the non event launch related to supplier.
• Gap to target, PPAP on time, tier2 readiness, project hours management (status & forecast), contribution to cash in/cash out, work packages OPTIMAP.

• In the respect of the purchasing policy, he/she establishes the supplier short list for the project with the lead buyers.
• Gathers all key information for complex RFQ and identifies the market constraints, the targets, the time schedule for each activity.
• Negotiates according to the quality, cost and deadline project’s targets.
• Proposes and compares alternative solutions.
• Addresses the sourcing recommendation to the Sourcing Board. He/she writes the contracts and implements them.

• Manages purchase request and purchase order related to his project.
• Follows payment schedule to suppliers.

• Identifies the project’s risks and opportunities, to plan each activity, to coordinate them internally & externally and to track them up to final realization.
• In case of critical topic related to supplier and QCT, he leads associate task force, and escalates to commodity team and management.

• Participates in project plan definition and follow-up (lead by the Supply Quality).
• Supports Supplier Quality on major road blocks.
• Attends launch readiness and tracks purchasing deep red points.
• Implements Tier 2 readiness process with objective of non event launch related to suppliers.
• Organizes project transfer to the commodity buyer / country buyer.

• Defines initial Statement of Work of purchasing perimeter including extended team, regarding project perimeter, development budget (hours, hourly rate, travel cost), split of activity between SPM and extended team and Optimap Work Packages.
• Leads functionally the extended team activity for his /her project.
• Prepares project status (RPM document) for his manager who attends milestones reviews.
• In charge to follow critical topics identified during RPM or milestones review.
• Follows purchasing processes and procedures.
• Updates the project database.

• Validates at the beginning of the project provisional budget (hours and cost) in accordance to initial project perimeter and project objectives.
• Ensures the follow up of hours budget of project and put in place a convergence plan in the event of a gap to the budget.

• Participates in continuous improvements workshops.
• Active participation in lessons learned at the end of the project.

As a responsible company, OPmobility pays particular attention to diversity and equality within its teams and the Group commits to treat all job applications equally.

Seniority level: Not Applicable

Employment type: Full‑time

Job function: Purchasing

Industries: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing and Plastics Manufacturing

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