What are the responsibilities and job description for the Purchasing Associate 4 position at Zobility?
Role
o RESPONSIBLE TO GET THE CORRECT ENGINEERING SAMPLES ARRIVING AT THE RIGHT TIME AT THE RIGHT PLACE.
o Collect macro material needs for all projects in concept phase, tear down the macro list (with systems required) it into an exhaustive list of Parts (p / n, revision / maturity level, fasteners, etc.). Coordinate with cross-functional teams for part requirement, ordering and tracking.
o Responsible to maintain the needs up to date all along the projects life.
o Responsible to share the needs to the various teams that will supply the material, and control that the needs are processed in their systems :
DRE / TPM for material managed through ESOW
VE for non ESOW needs
GSM for other spot needs
o Responsible to follow up on parts readiness, logistic (external and internal), dispatch to different teams in case of group delivery, up to the end user of the part.
o Responsible to maintain the inventory of the test fixtures, including bucks and full vehicles.
o Responsible to make logistic requests, internal and external (including international).
o Responsible to get parts inspection made and get maturity confirmed to match the expectation.
o Responsible to get parts inventoried at reception by the end users / test labs.
o Responsible to get inventory updated after usage / scrap of tested parts.
o Robust ordering, tracking, receiving, and recording vehicle and non-vehicle parts (e.g. Fixtures, tools).
o Drive sessions with DREs / TPMs to coordinate material for testing, builds at appropriate frequency.
o Maintain PO tracker from start to finish (from request through PR, in hands goods reception to invoice approval).
o Add value to the team :
- Facilitate all above steps,
- Help the different actors to support those needs. Do NOT act passively just transmitting only the information coming spontaneously.
- Proactively plan and coordinate the above activities, work with minimum supervision.
- Attention to details (e.g., parts revision, quantities, and milestones).
o Primarily assigned to Restraints and Safety Electronics commodities, the role may be extended to other VE commodities if primary mission would allow it.
Qualifications : / Skills required
o Organized and proactive.
o Extremely tenacious.
o Experience in MS Excel, Smartsheet.
o Effective communication skills with internal and external teams.
Advantageous :
o Bachelor of Science.
o Experience in logistic and or warehouse inventory management.
o Familiar with Automotive industry.
o Familiar with CAD system (BOM visualization only).
o Merge or interconnect the Inventory database with the PO database.
o Willing to travel to AZ to support vehicle builds and testing.
o Knowledge of engineering change management system.
o Knowledge of Engineering Bill of Material.
o Knowledge of ERP system e.g. SAP.
