Senior Category Purchasing Specialist - PCB

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

The Company

Since its spin-off in September 2025 AUMOVIO continues the business of the former Continental group sector Automotive as an independent company. The technology and electronics company offers a wide-ranging portfolio that makes mobility safe, exciting, connected, and autonomous. This includes sensor solutions, displays, braking and comfort systems as well as comprehensive expertise in software, architecture platforms, and assistance systems for software-defined vehicles. In the fiscal year 2024 the business areas, which now belong to AUMOVIO, generated sales of 19.6 billion Euro. The company is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and has about 87.000 employees in more than 100 locations worldwide.

Position Summary
Manages an assigned portfolio of printed circuit board (PCB) suppliers and sourcing activities as a senior individual contributor. Develops and executes sourcing and negotiation plans, supports regional category strategy, delivers cost and working-capital objectives, and coordinates supplier performance and risk mitigation with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and global Purchasing. Resolves complex commercial and supply issues within delegated authority and provides subject-matter guidance without direct people-management responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management

• Senior individual contributor for PCB purchasing in North America.
• Owns an assigned PCB supplier and purchasing-volume portfolio.
• Leads RFQ/RFP activities for assigned PCB commodities and projects, including supplier selection, sourcing decisions, contract execution, and system documentation.
• Analyzes total cost, capacity, technology, quality, logistics, and risk to recommend sourcing strategies and suppliers.
• Executes competitive sourcing, negotiations, contracting, and cost-reduction activities.

Commercial Management & Financial Performance

• Prepares fact-based negotiation strategies and negotiates pricing, productivity, payment terms, tooling, claims, and other commercial conditions.
• Tracks and delivers approved APR/PPV, budget, and working-capital targets for the assigned portfolio.
• Leads commercial workstreams during supplier escalations and resolves supply and commercial issues within delegated authority.

Supplier Performance & Risk Management

• Monitors supplier performance, including capacity, financial health, quality, delivery, responsiveness, technology, and geopolitical risk.
• Coordinates cross-functional corrective actions for shortages, capacity constraints, claims, and other supplier escalations.
• Supports plant and project teams on supplier and supply-related matters.

Category Strategy & Market Intelligence

• Supports the regional PCB category strategy and aligns activities with the global category team.
• Contributes PCB market, technology, cost-driver, benchmark, and supplier-risk analysis to regional and global category strategies.
• Executes strategic initiatives including localization, multisourcing, resilience, and supplier-development actions.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Governance

• Partners with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, Legal, and project teams to align business requirements and support sourcing objectives.
• Ensures compliance with purchasing policies, approval authorities, contractual obligations, ethics, sustainability requirements, and documentation standards.
• Provides subject-matter expertise and guidance to cross-functional stakeholders.

Required Education:  Relevant Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field or Equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in purchasing, sourcing, supply chain, supplier management, or a related field; or
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant professional experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7 or more years of experience in direct-material purchasing, including electronics or PCB sourcing.
• Experience working in a global, matrixed automotive or electronics organization.

Additional ways to stand out:

• Strategic sourcing and RFQ/RFP execution.
• Commercial negotiation and cost analysis.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills.
• Cross-functional project and stakeholder management.
• Supplier performance, risk, and escalation management.
• Working knowledge of PCB technology, manufacturing processes, cost drivers, market dynamics, and supplier landscape.
• Ability to interpret technical requirements, quotations, cost breakdowns, contracts, and purchasing data.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.

THE PERKS 

• Immediate Benefits 
• Robust Total Rewards Package
• Paid Time Off
• Volunteer Time Off
• Employee Discounts
• Competitive Bonus Programs
• Employee 401k Match
• Diverse & Inclusive Work Environment with 20+ Employee Resource groups.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Future Growth Opportunities, including personal and professional
• And many more benefits that come with working for a global industry leader!

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

EEO-Statement:
EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. AUMOVIO offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, AUMOVIO complies with government regulations, where they apply, including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which AUMOVIO has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, AUMOVIO provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability.