Sr. Buyer

Description

The Senior Buyer, Trim Commodities will be responsible for strategic sourcing for a defined sub commodity within the Complete Seat division. Experience with trim and foam commodities desirable.

• Sr Buyer should meet or exceed profit plan goals related to commodities including cost savings, economics, quality, supplier rationalization, diversity spend, working capital improvements and other key metrics.

• Maintain and update weekly cost saving roadmaps with monthly reconciliation to actual results. Lead high level negotiations with suppliers for savings.

• Lead Sourcing activities in coordination with the costing and engineering to drive a competitive advantage for Adient.

• Improvement of program profitability through continuous improvement, VA/VE activities, utilization of LPP's, market testing, and leverage global sourcing.

• Develop, coordinate, and steer purchasing strategies for specific commodities.

• Support of proper Make vs Buy decisions.

• Leverage of purchases across all business units and global programs.

• Ensure the cost, quality and time-oriented supply of all Adient plants with the required products in line with the respective business plans, budgets, targets and strategies.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, or related technical field.

• Ideally have 3-5 years purchasing experience, preferably in automotive industry, or related work experience working with suppliers and internal cross functional teams.

• Ability to cooperate with people of different levels inside/outside the company and to interact with team to reach goals and business objectives.

• Ability to empower others to achieve results through motivation, recognition and performance feedback.

• Ability to express information in a manner appropriate to different levels of people & to lead negotiations.

• Ability to recognize and respond to customer expectations with sense of urgency.

• Ability to take full responsibility for decisions & results even when all elements are not under individual direct control.

• Ability to set goals consistent with company objectives and to adapt plans to changing environment.

• Ability to gather information, analyze data, prepare and lead negotiations as well as deliver a recommendation.

• Some travel may be required.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Central Tech Unit Plymouth MI

COMPANY INFORMATION: Adient is a global leader in automotive seating. With approximately 75,000 employees in 33 countries, Adient operates 208 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing - and into more than 20 million vehicles every year. We are a global leader in automotive seating because of our people - a team of adventurous thinkers and passionate high performers who make it all possible. We pride ourselves on being at the vanguard of new industry trends and technologies. When you join Adient, you'll play an important role in helping us improve the experience of a world in motion. At Adient, we care about your character just as much as your qualifications. Because for us, it's more than the job. It's about committing to your responsibilities. Creating a global community and empowering your teammates. That's why we work hard to ensure our employees - no matter their race, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, caste, disability, union membership, ethnicity, religious beliefs or the stage of their careers - can see the difference their work makes for our customers and their consumers around the globe.

ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.