Advanced Purchasing Buyer (Electronics)

Job Description

5 plus years of experience as an Advanced Buyer (Electronics) in a manufacturing environment


Venteon Finance is currently seeking an Advanced Buyer (Electronics) for a leading manufacturing company located in the Detroit, MI area. The primary role of the Advanced Buyer (Electronics) is to lead cost estimation and sourcing activities for programs, with a focus on electronic components. This position will work closely with costing team members, engineering, manufacturing locations, program management and supplier quality to ensure project milestones are met and to deliver best total cost for new programs.

Requirements of the Advanced Buyer (Electronics)

• Bachelor Degree in Supply Chain Mgmt. or Electrical Engineering
• 7+ years of relevant experience, ideally within the automotive industry (Tier 1 preferred), with a strong background in Electrical Engineering and Purchasing.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in electrical engineering, including design, development, testing, and troubleshooting of electrical systems and components in compliance with industry standards.
• Work experience in areas similar to Clusters, ECUs, ADAS, EV/HEV, HUD s.
• Technical ability working with electronics.
• High level of teamwork skills.
• Excellent verbal & written communication (English) and networking skills.
• Proven level of negotiation acumen.
• Knowledge in project management.

Responsibilities of the Advanced Buyer (Electronics)

• Act as the purchasing representative inside the project teams and actively support projects from acquisition phase through APQP and launch and through life of programs (VA/VE).
• Drive sourcing of new components from the acquisition phase of the project, up to the industrialization of new projects, including major changes in make market, analyzing future material needs.
• Evaluate risks in current supply base and work closely with Supplier Quality, Supply Chain and Manufacturing to maintain strong supply chain and manage contingency plans during sourcing of new components.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality on new product designs and investigate new technical partners as needed for that development. Focus on early Supplier involvement for new products and customer quotes.
• Negotiate and maintain contractual agreements, protecting intellectual property, quality, delivery, and lean principles to ensure world class competitiveness with supply base.
• Achieve and maintain Bill of Material (BOM) costs based on targets and in cooperation with Engineering team; Control BOM cost on each maturity step of the project, or for each change.

If you are a high performer and would like to work for an equally high performing company and you think the above opportunity is appropriate for you, we invite you to apply to this job and email your resume to View email address on click.appcast.io.

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