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Program Buyer

Forvia Faurecia
Forvia Faurecia (Pluak Daeng, Rayong, Thailand)
Rayong, Thailand 🇹🇭
Forvia Faurecia
Faurecia is a global automotive supplier with a mission to develop safe, sustainable, advanced, and customized mobility technologies. The company has four business groups, including seating, interiors, clean mobility, and electronics. Faurecia also offers solutions that align with its convictions and values to meet future generation challenges. It is part of the FORVIA group, which has over 300 industrial sites and 63 R&D centers across 40+ countries. FORVIA is focused on becoming the preferred innovation and integration partner for OEMS worldwide and committed to making mobility transformation happen.

Detail posisi

The Program Buyer is responsible for managing the interface between programs and suppliers for complex programs across multiple locations and products, leading a team of Program Buyers to meet program objectives.

Kewajiban

• Manage RFQ process with suppliers shortlisted by commodity according panel strategy
• Define the sourcing Tactic in coordination with the Commodity buyer (RFQ, eAuction...)
• Negotiate with suppliers (coordinated with Commodity for sensitive / strategic contracts)
• Lead the global steering and sourcing committee meetings for the program, ensure supplier selection from list provided by Commodity Buyers and that the purchasing assumptions are optimized on a global basis, considering local and global sourcing options and selecting the option aligned with the cost models and performance
• Manage suppliers in program phase
• Representative of Purchasing in the Core team of the program. (Representing T&E, commodities and ASQ)
• Accountable for PMS deliverables
• Manage specific mandated suppliers when requested and agreed with customers
• Leverage PSP support for administrative project-related tasks, and ensure quality of inputs to PSP
• Track performance during the program phase for BOP and T&E until GATE 4: Cost, Cash, Quality, Delivery
• Ensure industrialization follow-up incl. Material cost and Material Tool ordering
• Negotiate and follow-up on Engineering Change Requests until GATE 4
• Accountable for validated parts transfer to plants
• Ensure efficient handover to Operations, Quality and Purchasing Productivity managers at GATE 4
• Accountable for budget (D&D cost, main KPI) realization for their Programs

Kualifikasi

• Minimum Education Level: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or Business.
• Nice to have: Professional Purchasing Qualification
• Minimum 5 to 8 years experience including a program buyer or program manager experience in an industrial environment
• Experience working in an international environment
• Nice to have: Previous International Assignment
• Understanding of product design, development and production launch processes
• Knowledge of supplier cost structures
• Understanding of purchasing commodity strategy
• Fluent English
• Strong written and oral presentation skills
• Good planning, organization and project management skills
• International mindset
• Ability to work in a matrix organization
• Global leadership of a functional team
• Nice To Have: Knowledge of APQP and program management in automotive
• Another language depending on the region