Direct Material Sr. Buyer will be responsible to manage sourcings, contract execution and supplier performance for an assigned set of commodities.
Direct Material Sr. Buyer will interact with various stakeholders for Stellantis (Engineering, Program Team, Supplier Quality, Supplier Risk Management, Purchasing Finance, Accounting, Cost Engineers, …) in order to coordinate the various actions to manage Request For Quotations or Contract Execution.
This Position Is Accountable For The Following Activities

• To define or contribute to the Commodity Strategy (COMMS) of his/her perimeter
• To prepare and manage RFQ (Request for quotation) in line with the bidlist defined through the commodity strategy of the perimeter in charge
• To make supplier Recommandation (REC) during Sourcing Table decision meetings
• To generate the Purchase Agreement (contract) in line with the supplier selection made (REC)
• To ensure contract execution : LTA application, quality, logistic, development performance, capacity increase, …
• To manage escalation level with suppliers for Quality, logistic, obsolete when needed
• To prepare, manage, execute resourcings
• To manage and negotiate purchasing performance through negotiating and monitoring the whole set of available leverages like commercial performance (including commercial claims), Monozokuri, Value Optimization (VO) and Raw Material indexation/optimization
• To coordinate and prepare various business reviews with suppliers
• To manage the administrative work attached to these activities (Purchase orders, amendments, etc)
• To manage reportings (eg: Performance roadmap)

Main deliverables

• Recommendation of suppliers according to sourcing timing, cost targets and commodity strategy
• Elaborate and ensure the signature of the Purchase Agreement and or GT&Cs
• Economical performances including VO, in line with Division and Commodity Group’s targets
• Resourcing recommendation in line with Division and Commodity Group’s targets
• Quality, logistic and Vehicle Off Road (VOR) performance in line with GPSC’s targets
• All business administration linked to this position
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering or a related field
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Purchasing or other disciplines that require significant negotiation and/or exposure to sourcing/project management processes.
• SAP & Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint proficiency
• English language proficiency