Buyer, Business

Job Description Summary

At Dauch, Buyers are responsible for processing requisitions and tooling orders, managing and resolving issues, and supporting the P2P process for an assigned category and/or region.

Buyer

• Reviews and processes incoming requisitions/POs, places tool orders, initiates tool-order payments, initiates PPAP requests, and updates POs with design changes/revisions as needed.
• Coordinates with suppliers and business partners to resolve routine issues such as past-due POs, match exceptions, discrepancies with freight charges and freight billings, price/invoice issue resolution, updating/incrementing POs, etc.
• Supports the solicitation of quotes and evaluation of bids as needed for items above the bid threshold not under contract, and those that are not part of the global category-management sourcing process.
• Leads more administrative buys independently and, participates in and supports strategic purchasing.
• Performs routine and as-needed compliance monitoring to contracts to monitor pricing, delivery, and other KPIs as outlined in the contracts.
• Monitors compliance to business unit and corporate policies and procedures.
• Executes contract and PO life cycle management activities, such as reporting for expiring or aged POs and contracts and execution of contract/PO administration/clean up/close out.
• Other relevant duties as assigned.

• Completed bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, business, or related field
• 2+ years' experience in purchasing
• Experience reviewing and processing requisitions and purchase orders (POs), placing tool orders, and updating POs with design changes.
• Ability to resolve routine supplier issues such as past-due POs, freight discrepancies, and invoice mismatches.
• Understanding of Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) requests in manufacturing environments.
• Experience buying technical forging and machining components a plus.

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward.

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Dauch will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law.

Dauch will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law.

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