**Company Description**

**Why Bosch?**

Our strategic objective is to create connected solutions, improving the quality of life worldwide.

Whats important to us?

**Make Your Mark:** Give your job a meaning, with solutions Invented for Life

**Shape Tomorrows World:** The future offers many opportunities. Be the first to take advantage of them.

**Find Your Place:** You know how you can work best. We offer the conditions you need.

**Balance Your Life:** Make your job match your lifestyle. We provide you with individual support.

**Walk The Talk:** Where you are our team spirit is with you.

**Discover New Directions:** You way might change we will stay by your side.

**Be Yourself:** Your diversity makes us special. Enrich us with your own unique personality.

**Pay It Forward:** We love our business and our environment. Lets save them both for future generations.

Welcome to a place where your ideas lead to something big.

Welcome to Bosch.

**Job Description**

The Sr Project Manager Purchasing - Technical Buyer will be responsible for the following:

Technical Buyer is **responsible for managing an assigned set of commodities** and the associated suppliers and materials to ensure the company meets its annual and strategic goals.

Technical Buyer works directly with the engineering team to ensure that **technical requirements are clearly understood and met** .

Technical Buyer will be **responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and qualifying** new and existing suppliers to achieve best value.

Prepare supplier selection - includes **RFQ process, supplier evaluation and communication, and participation in sourcing decisions** .

Active participation in **definition of product related supplier strategy**

Manage **procurement activities** for platform and application projects -includes target cost setting.

Responsible for achievement of **quality, cost and delivery targets** .

Interface with: Central Purchasing, material field related purchasing, quality, engineering department and Business Unit

Ensure **preventive quality planning (PQP) for project specific new parts** and coordination of their release.

Promote and support **RPP (** **cost reduction) goals** while continually assessing the quality and performance of the supply chain.

**Change management** for procured parts.

Supports series production and after-market when needed.

Travel domestically and internationally up to 30%

**Qualifications**

**Basic Qualifications:**

Bachelor's Degree

5 years' experience related to quality of purchasing parts in an automotive environment.

2 years of commercial and technical project management experience.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Ability to manage multiple projects at various stages of a program

Ability to work with cross-functional teams

**Additional Information**

By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce - EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.

**_Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable._**

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives:

FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)

AWIM (A World In Motion)