Advanced Purchasing Buyer

Job Details:

Job Location:

HAC (Rochester Hills) - Rochester Hills, MI 48309 Position Type:
Full-Time Job Shift: First Shift

The company, founded in 1946, provides components for automotive and other sectors; headquartered in Takarazuka, Japan, with 12,000 associates globally. In the Americas, it operates 10 manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil. The U.S. divisions include HI-LEX America in Battle Creek, MI; HI-LEX Controls in Hudson, Litchfield, and Hazel Park, MI; and Daedong HI-LEX of America in Cusseta, AL.

The automotive center is in Rochester Hills, MI, and this role will be located there.

The Advanced Purchasing Buyer at HI-LEX manages quoting and sourcing of suppliers and aligns with Category Buyers to send RFQs for Pre-SOP programs, engineering changes, and VAVE changes. The role leads the advanced buying process, recruits suppliers, and contributes to cost-savings and future growth.

• Manage quoting and sourcing of suppliers and align with category buyers to send RFQs for Pre-SOP programs, engineering changes, and VAVE changes.
• Lead negotiations with key suppliers to support cost down reductions and secure future business awards.
• Work with the VMS team and Category Buyers to develop and implement Should Be Cost Modeling for all sub-commodities.
• Partner with Category Buyers to develop and implement sourcing strategies based on program life, volume, suppliers, and other relevant information to achieve cost optimization.
• Support Category Buyers with cost reduction strategies, sourcing of new suppliers, and obtaining quotes for new business award RFQs, engineering changes, and VAVE changes.
• Partner with Category Purchasing, Operations, and Engineering to ensure continued alignment on supplier bid list, timing, cost, technology, and category strategy.
• Ensure tool kick‑off timing aligns with program build deliverables.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or equivalent related experience.
• 2 to 5 years of previous automotive purchasing experience.
• Travel: less than 25% local, regional.
• Ability to resolve issues by applying creative thinking.
• Ability to think and act logically under pressure.
• Ability to resolve issues or propose resolutions to responsible parties.
• Must work independently and collaboratively.
• Key
  
  Competencies:
  
  active learning, analytical thinking and problem solving, customer orientation, results orientation and execution, initiative, and teamwork.