Job Description: • Implementation of the Commodity Strategy in coordination with Purchasing Director, Project- and Plant Buyers in order to secure o Long-term competitiveness o Long-term supply guarantee o Quality capability o Development and Technology lead • Leads the strategic development and execution of procurement / commodity strategy with responsibility for annual spend • Negotiates strategic and tactical supplier contracts and pursues value engineering opportunities in support of the procurement plan • Lead and execute price negotiations in coordination with Purchasing Director • Develops, implements company purchasing process, ensuring legal and ethical adherence for the entire Purchasing team • Managing the internal nomination process at new awards and supplier changes • Work with global purchasing team, focusing on leveraged volume buying across global suppliers - including formalized best practices between regional purchasing teams • Contact person for all global Plant and Project Buyers in case of supply problems or support for new programs • Directs the spend and material procurement for manufacturing plants - coordinating the communication flow and inventory monitoring • Provides daily direction to plant purchasing team regarding planning, buying, negotiating and linkages to other key areas of the supply chain • Work with team to identify potential capable suppliers, conduct supplier development plan with cross functional team’s concurrence, implement regional supplier rationalization plan • Conduct annual cost reduction plan, lead the team to follow up key projects in VAVE, rationalization to achieve corporate target • Identify supplier risks and take proactive works to eliminate the risks, i.e. capacity, financial, organization, 4M change and etc. • Work with plant purchasing and SD team to support new projects launch, remove the obstacle from supply base to achieve flawless launch • Budget planning / Forecast of cost development of the assigned commodities • Other tasks assigned by Purchasing Director Required qualification: • Bachelor’s degree or above in Economics or Engineering and minimum 3 years of experience in similar position in Automotive industry. • Strong negotiation and analytical skills as well as assertiveness, pro-activeness and ability to work in a team are essential • Experience in working with working with international suppliers and plants is a must • Strong intercultural skills and ability to travel globally • Basic knowledge of different production technologies and relevant cost drivers are required • Basic knowledge of the German language would be recognized as a further asset • Ability to work under pressure with strong attention to detail, effectively multi-task and adhere to many concurrent deadlines • Must possess excellent organizational and strategical skills • An ability to work to tight deadlines and within constraints • Proficiency with Microsoft Office, SAP and comfortable with the use of new technologies