Commodity Buyer

Commodity Buyer Responsibilities Support ensuring and coordinating adequate information flow between suppliers and program buyers. Support in driving commodity purchasing processes for specific Hella products and preparing sourcing activities. Align tasks and decisions with Business Partner and/or supervisor if necessary. Manage intercultural and trustful relationships by creating and adding value from international project team setups through utilizing the cultural diversity in the project. Support the definition of material cost changes (budgeting) in agreement with the Hella domains and superior to create an aligned planning basis and to achieve business division objectives. Support ensuring alignment capacity for pre-series and launch business at supplier, managing stock increases, packaging and logistics related topics in case of bottlenecks or insolvencies. Support challenging the technical solutions for purchased parts in terms of cost efficiency and challenge the project team to ensure and overachieve targeted costs. Supporting the identification and achievement of cost potentials resulting from Design-to-Cost (DtC). For that, an understanding of the product engineering process and the material manufacturing process is needed. Qualifications Proven working experience as a buyer within the automotive industry. 2+ years of procurement experience. Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, engineering or related field. Prior experience with SAP is preferred. Exposure to electronics related products is preferred but not required. Benefits Hybrid work schedules and flexible core hours Industry leading health benefits program Lucrative PTO policy Competitive 401K matching Extensive career and training opportunities Annual Bonuses Onsite Wellness Center / Workout Facilities On campus restaurant as well as employee water and coffee services Team and company wide events And much more! Eric Spence #J-18808-Ljbffr HELLA Automotive Mexico S.A. de C.V.