Advanced Purchasing Buyer - EDS
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Country: France (FR)
City: Voisins-Le-Bretonneux
Job Discipline: Technical Purchasing
Job Family: Supply Chain and Logistics
Yazaki Corporation, a family-owned company, was founded in 1929 as the first Japanese manufacturer of automobile wiring harness systems. Within the automotive business our product range includes wiring harness systems, plug connection systems and electronic systems. More than 284,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 478 locations in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Advanced Purchasing Buyer - EDS.
- Support regular cross functional Product launch team meetings to review the program schedule; escalate issues affecting successful Purchasing supply chain delivery and report Bill of Material Cost evolution
- Support central supply chain to avoid shortages at Yazaki plants:
- Investigate alternatives components compatible
- Track supplier production capacity
- Production plants support in components readiness verification
- Set up product Bill of Materials and report its cost evolution
- Bring cost saving for his/her projects:
- Negotiate commercial savings and sourcing of catalog parts in cooperation with category buyers (Price to price negotiation, Supply chain optimizations, payment terms optimization…)
- Propose technical savings: as localization of suppliers’ production, resourcing activities, 1to1 replacement collection, VA/VE activities
- Deploy Yazaki purchasing strategy and supplier panel for his/her project
- Perform efficient sourcing and follow development of new design parts
- Support customer Sales function in RfQ phase (Request for Quotation issuing)
Skills:
- Experience of project in automotive industry or at least in industrial area
- Program management experience
- Problem solving skills
- Initial training/experience in purchasing
- Negotiation skill
- University degree commercial or technical or equivalent knowledge
- Well organized and autonomous
- Good communication and social skills
- Teamwork oriented
- Fluent in English
At Yazaki, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, disability, handicap, veteran status, or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship.
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