Purchasing Program Manager

Purchasing Program Manager

The role supports coordination between the purchasing function and platform teams (engineering / manufacturing / supply chain) for the development of new programs. This includes responsibility of a dedicated perimeter, supporting the purchasing team during supplier selection, managing suppliers, coordinating multidisciplinary teams during project development, carrying out supplier relationships, and ensuring appropriate actions to guarantee observance of contracts.

Responsibilities include ensuring purchasing requirements and metrics are met at all program milestones by removing roadblocks, aligning to the program variable and investment targets for purchased components, assessing program capacities, communicating the vehicle program needs so the team can properly support the program, and providing purchasing's input throughout the various milestones of the development cycle (sourcing, launch readiness, post launch supplier issues/recognitions, etc.) to ensure a successful program.

This organization functions as the liaison between key program stakeholders (Design Office, Brand, Engineering, Supply Chain, SCE, and Manufacturing) and the Commodity Buying and Supplier Operations teams. The group manages key program elements such as: Sourcing Pipeline, Supplier Industrialization, Program Financial Elements, and Capacitation requests. The scope of engagement begins at early program inception and runs through program build out. The team is organized with a blended focus on Purchasing and Supplier Operations and is broken into three key vehicle phases: Advance, Development, and Current Production.

Job responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Driving sourcing table decision that meets program and purchasing department objects
• Ensuring purchasing requirements and metrics are met at all program milestones by removing roadblocks
• Aligning to the program variable and investment targets for purchased components
• Assessing program capacities, communicating the vehicle program needs so the team can properly support the program
• Providing purchasing's input throughout the various milestones of the development cycle (sourcing, launch readiness, post launch supplier issues/recognitions, etc.) to ensure a successful program
• Coordinate supplier kick-off after supplier award is confirmed
• Support the buyers in potential volume increases during development
• Control and negotiate the impact of changes during development, with a focus on economic negotiations and timing
• Detect troubled suppliers and potential shortages then follow up with stakeholders to support escalation
• Support Supplier Quality teams to meet capacity and quality convergence targets
• Lead summary meetings with suppliers and key internal stakeholders
• Work with cross functional specialty teams to manage negotiations

Main deliverables:

• Purchasing Program Management coordination
• Support the purchasing community to source on time, at the best cost and supplier location
• Support to achieve Total Production Cost Targets
• Monitor prices and supplier's capacities during development phase

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or related fields
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Purchasing or other disciplines that require significant negotiation and/or exposure to sourcing/project management processes
• Ability to demonstrate past results achievement and leadership skills while working in cross-functional teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Must be comfortable interfacing with all levels of management
• Self-motivated
• Ability to lead and take ownership of projects Ability to adapt to urgent requests