Indirect Buyer
Category: Procurement
Location: Southfield, MI, United States
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Description
Auria is a leading global supplier of highly-engineered systems for automotive flooring, acoustical, thermal, aerodynamic and other fiber-based solutions for gas and electric vehicles. With U.S.-based operational headquarters in Southfield, Michigan, Auria operates 16 manufacturing, 9 technical and 5 JV locations across 10 countries and employs approximately 3,900 people worldwide.
We are currently searching for an Indirect Buyer to join our team for our Corporate Procurement Department in Fremont, OH or a location where we currently have a plant depending on the successful candidates location.
What you will do:
- Support strategies under the assigned commodities to improve buying options and total landed cost.
- Develop suppliers and competitive scenarios
- Plan out the product and service requirements
- Analyze available technologies and processes to understand cost structure
- Cost model
- Utilize existing and establish should cost structures
- Utilize raw material index, cost breakdown and market data to set price trends
- Support budget setup
- Develop supply base
- Manage supplier panel and publish supplier status internally
- Manage suppliers by growing, maintaining, or phasing out according to the strategy
- Negotiate pricing, terms, and conditions
- Complete Engineering Change Requests (ECR) and Advanced Quote Requests (AQR)
- Manage process with request for quote/proposal/info (RFx)
- Setup supplier contracts and manage price conditions
- Support customer price agreement by aligning the supplier price index when feasible
- Other Duties as Assigned.
What you will gain as a part of the Auria Team:
- An opportunity to enroll in full medical, dental and vision plan. As well as voluntary benefits.
- Fertility Benefits available for those enrolled in our medical plan for financial support of treatment options
- Parental Leave and Adoption and Surrogacy Benefits for salaried employees
- Tuition Reimbursement available for eligible employees to continue education
- Auria matches 50% of your contributions up to 8%, for a maximum Auria match of 4%
- Salary Continuation & Long Term Disability (LTD)
What you will bring:
Experience:
- 5-7 years of experience as a Buyer, Indirect or Direct, preferred
Education:
- Bachelors degree focused in Supply Chain, Business Management or related field strongly preferred
Travel Requirements:
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time to North American Plants and/or Suppliers
Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:
- Proven management and business acumen
- Capable to conduct financial analysis, cost comparisons and index calculations.
- Ability to build business case and present sourcing recommendation.
- Familiarity with commercial terms and total cost management concepts
- Strong understanding of commodity markets and industry dynamics
- Advanced ability to setup and lead negotiations with suppliers
- Data Driven
- Strong written communication and presentation skills
- Works independently under general supervision
When applying to Auria positions, you will be taken to our career site (careers.auriasolutions.com) to apply directly with us even through external job boards. Auria utilizes an in depth interview process and will extend offers to successful candidates only at the completion of our process.
Auria reminds all candidates that we will never ask for sensitive financial information throughout our process. We remind all candidates to take caution with any position that they are applying or when engaging with recruiters.
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