Plant Buyer
Listed on 2026-06-12
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Business
Business Development
FOR GOODS AND SERVICES: CONSULT AND SELECT SUPPLIERS (RFQ)
- Decline the purchase policy in line with the XSO / Activity
- Communicate to suppliers the requirements and functionalities required in a functional specification
- Evaluate the risks and selects the suppliers on the basis of their competitiveness, their Quality level, their commitment to a process of permanent progress, their development potential, their quality of service, their financial health ... within the panels defined by the coordinators Local Goods and Services
- Negotiate prices, establish contracts and ensure their compliance by the suppliers (Insurance)
- Apply for its supplies, the procurement strategy defined for the budget period, in accordance with the procedures and strategic axes of the XSO / Activity
- Ensure the start of production in the conditions (price, time, quality and innovation) defined by the Project Buyers in the Letters of Nomination
- Support orders for tooling, initial samples and pre-production parts, PPAP parts and guarantee their compliance by suppliers and their payment deadlines
- Ensure that suppliers have correctly identified the Hutchinson property tools and communicate the corresponding files (plans, photos, Registration forms)
- Manage changes in Serial Life (drawings, item card and LON)
- Ensure reporting regarding its hierarchical and / or functional directorates
- Propose standardization solutions, process modifications or technical / material changes to achieve quality and cost objectives
- Manage disputes in the series (price difference VS price of the order, claims costs) and negotiate the price increases in coordination with the Lead buyers or local coordinators Goods and Services
- Guarantee quality results Purchasing / Suppliers and Logistics Service rates
- Realize all his E-LEARNING training
HIERARCHICAL MATCHING
Plant Buyer reports to the Plant Purchasing Manager
STRUCTURE OF REPLACEMENT (possible in case of absence)The Purchasing Manager site for subjects limited to the perimeter of the site
The Purchasing Manager of the XSO for transversal topics (inter-XSO, inter-activity, Corporate ...)
PROFILEEducation: University Degree Level
Level of experience: 2 to 5 years minimum
Skills Required:
- Knowledge of organizations and automotive professions
- Mastery of negotiation techniques, tools and market solutions in purchasing management (e-procurement, e-sourcing, outsourcing ...)
- English imperative. Good communication, good relationship
CONFIDENTIALITY
The Holder undertakes not to disclose to third parties, confidential information (information or technical and financial order documentation, drawings, prototypes, computer databases, customer orders not yet revealed in the public domain) without prior written authorization from the Direction.
Job Type: Full-time
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to Commute:
- Livingston, TN 38570 (Required)
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