Advanced Purchasing Buyer
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Country: Portugal (PT)
City: Ovar
Worksite / Location: Ovar Plant
Job Function: ECS_Supply Chain (Purchasing)
Job Discipline:
Job Family: Advanced Purchasing
Founded in 1929, Yazaki is a Japanese full systems supplier of wire harness, electrical, data products and solutions enabling vehicle electrification, connectivity, and autonomy integration. More than 235,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. Join a family-owned company committed to being environmentally friendly in every aspect of its business, contributing to society, and inspiring trust. To strengthen our team, we are looking for a Advanced Purchasing Buyer in our plant in [[location]].
Responsibilities:
- Cost Reduction Contribution: Review and negotiate supplier offer related to the parts used in all new projects under development, initiate and lead VAVE & Benchmarking activities, use link and leverage opportunities with new sourcing potentials in new & existing projects in order to achieve overall cost reduction targets.
- Supplier Sourcing: Prepare supplier sourcing in alignment with the category buyer for new and existing business to achieve the overall cross functional targets and objectives based on the Yazaki and OEM requirements.
- Strategic Purchasing: Periodical reporting of project material cost status and achieved cost improvement performance by using the established Supply Management templates and tools.
- Purchase Data Quality & Compliance: Perform assigned commodity KPIs, overall contract management and process compliance.
- Investigates and keeps up to date with the latest processes, methods, tools & techniques from own area of expertise.
- Perform any other relevant duties as required for the position
Candidate’s Profile:
- Bachelor's degree (preferable but not mandatory) in Engineering & Business Administration or a related field
- 4-6 years of experience
- Fluent in English - other languages desirable
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proven ability to interpret large sets of data to make informed decisions
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Expertise in Power BI and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis
- Ability to condense and present complex information to key personnel in meaningful reports and presentations
- Ability to view situations on both a large and small scale
- Familiarity with analytical and statistical tools and software
- Good negotiation & communication skills
At Yazaki, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for everyone which extends to all aspects of the employment relationship.
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