Productivity Buyer

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Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Join us at Valeo Thermal Bus Systems-Elkhart, Indiana

What you will win:

As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share.

You will receive a best in class, total compensation package that provides a comprehensive benefits program with real financial value.

What you will do:

You will Improve site competitiveness through serial materials cost reductions in liaison with Business Group and Group organization:

• You will define and implement technical/re-sourcing/logistics/VPS materials productivities and reservoir in line with budget requirements, in collaboration with the segment organization
• You will support the commodity organization (Segment Leaders) to reach the site negotiation objectives
• You will drive in front of the MSC material productivity actions and bring suppliers in, in line with budget timing
• You will monitor supplier relationship wherever assigned the role of Key Account Purchasing (KAP) for a given supplier, when not covered by Group commodity organization
• You will implement PG/PL worldwide materials standards in the site(s)
• You will build up the site(s) budget together with the Site Purchasing Manager and in liaison with the Segment Leaders
• You will implement mitigation action plan at site level
• You will insure coverage of logistics protocols for all bought out parts
You will strictly apply the V5000 supplier integration axis standards (internal referential, certifications, procedures, purchasing tools, information systems)

KPI's:

• Shared: Purchasing index
• Specific: Purchasing Index for commodity under respective scope for technical/re-sourcing/logistics/VPS levers in respective site(s); supplier rationalization indicator; productivity reservoir; quality incidents

What you should have:

• You should have a Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering or similar and related field.
• You have a minimum of 2 years experience in purchasing, preferably in automotive manufacturing or in another manufacturing environment.
• You have SAP experience is preferable
• You have strategic sourcing / purchasing experience is preferable

Join us! Thanks to its strategy based on innovation, Valeo is at the heart of the three revolutions that are revolutionizing the automobile: the electrification of the vehicle, the advent of the autonomous and connected vehicle, and the development of digital mobility.

Revolutions that Valeo has anticipated and that are today synonymous with great career opportunities, including abroad! At Valeo, innovation is driven by diversity, authenticity and the energy of its talents. Would you like to live new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its 111,600 employees in 33 countries!

Job:

Productivity Buyer

Organization:

Site Purchasing

Schedule:

Full time

Employee Status:

Regular

Job Type:

Permanent contract

Job Posting Date:

2025-12-01 Join Us ! Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

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