Pacesetting. Passionate. Together. HELLA, one of the leading automotive suppliers worldwide, has shaped the industry with innovative lighting systems and vehicle electronics. In addition, the company is one of the most important partners of the aftermarket and independent workshops. What motivates us: Shaping the mobility of tomorrow and fostering the central market trends such as autonomous driving, efficiency and electrification, connectivity and digitization as well as individualization. Every day, 36,000 employees worldwide are committed to this with passion, know-how and innovative strength.

YOUR TASKS

• Contribute to the execution of the material group strategy for passive electronics a global level, observing the market situation and considering the needs of the relevant Product Centers and Hella Companies.
• Negotiation and conclusion of supplier frame contracts within the commodity passives electronics.
• Preparation and coordination of sourcing activities (Project Manager Purchasing) and negotiation and conclusion of sourcing activities (GCB) GLOBAL COMMODITY BUYER.
• Involvement in the annual material cost planning process for the material group (PASSIVE ELECTRONICS)
• Definition and implementation of technical and commercial saving measures to reduce material costs, in order to be able to purchase materials with high complexity and purchasing volumes, which meet or overachieve purchasing targets in the dimensions of “Cost”, “Time” and “Quality”

A. PURCHASING TASK

• Analyze the purchasing market taking into account the needs and requirements of the relevant Product Centers and Hella Companies.
• Prepare and update supplier matrix, prepare qualified supplier evaluations and support buildup of alternative suppliers to meet or overachieve purchasing targets in the dimensions of “Cost”, “Time” and “Quality” in alignment with the responsible party from Product Centers and Business Division
• Prepare and implement a purchasing strategy for complex material groups with defined strategy teams. Establish a standard and optimized supplier basis worldwide to realize synergies by bundling purchasing volume, concentrating on efficient suppliers and optimizing the global process chain
• Negotiate supplier frame contracts, define sourcing concept and realize sourcing activities incl. but not limited to sending RfQs, negotiating and nominating suppliers for tools and components within the material group (new projects, lifetime extensions, change management, etc.)
• Support definition of material cost changes (budgeting) in agreement with the Hella Companies and superior in order to create an aligned planning basis and to achieve business division objectives
• Generate measures for commercial and technical optimization of components or purchase volume to reduce costs and improve quality and security of supply
• Analyse suppliers in cooperation with the suppliers, identify opportunities for improvement and derive corresponding qualification measures, involving internal organizational units, in order to optimize the process chain between the supplier and Hella.
• Ensure global transparency and consolidation of supplier and material data in order to guarantee a standardized data basis available to everyone
•  Consolidate the annual material requirements within a material group and prepare and carry out central negotiations with suppliers to achieve optimum purchasing prices through bundling
• Support initiation of talks, carry out negotiations and prepare contracts to reduce costs, as well as to optimize procedures between supplier and Hella and to enforce Hella interests taking into account schedules, quality, quantity and delivery conditions
• Align tasks and decisions with Material Group Manager and supervisor if necessary

B. COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Manage intercultural and trustful relationships by creating and adding value from international project team setups through utilizing the cultural diversity in the project
  
• Obtain release and manage escalations of any kind of purchasing activities within the regional Product Centre organization
  
• Act as first contact window and escalation level for suppliers within series production and for product centre overarching issues. Providing relevant information to Material Group Management and Project Management Business Partners in order to derive appropriate actions
• Escalation to Material Group Managers as well as Business Partner according to valid escalation concepts. Align tasks and decisions with superiors if necessary

 

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Automotive supply chain or  Global Sourcing of Passive Electronics
• Demonstrated strength in negotiation, relationship building and supplier management.
• Effective communication and presentation skills to deliver the results and plans to senior management.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite and sourcing or other supply chain related software.
• Willingness to travel locally and internationally.
• Must be proactive, resourceful, and take initiative to identify and resolve problems.
  Knowledge of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems is preferable.

OUR OFFER

• Competitive salary
• Excellent working conditions above law.
• Mobile Working and flexible working time models
• Extensive career and further training opportunities
• Employee events

Take the opportunity to reveal your potential within a global, family-run company that offers you the best possible conditions for progressing in your career.

Please send us your application through our careers portal, citing reference number req16245