Plant Purchasing Professional

General Information

Plant Purchasing role serves as a vital representative of the purchasing function within the organization, particularly during the mass production phase - raw materials - from Start of Production to End of Production.

This is a self-driven position, requiring a high level of organization, initiative, team cooperation and strong communication skills. Success in this position depends on effective collaboration with cross-functional teams, external suppliers and daily tracking of purchasing related topics.

• Responsible for local data maintenance (in SAP) for raw materials.
• Supports the change management for serial production changes. Engineering changes on running parts. Support for quoting process.
• Negotiates changes with suppliers (in alignment with category management and business units).
• Supports the replacement process for supplier tooling in the Annual Stock Taking (initiating ordering process, sending request for quotation and negotiation of replacement/additional tooling).
• Creation, maintenance and update of Supplier Tooling Database for Mechanical, Plastic parts.
• Represents PUR in audits (external audit, internal audit).
• Managing credit holds with suppliers for non‑paid / late invoices.
• Supports escalation management of major Supplier quality problems, with Quality teams. Supplier interruptions with Supply Chain and supplier commercial issues with Category Management.
• Ensure ramp up of new products (valid for AP PP handover, tooling ordering).
• Ensure budget availability and on-time ordering of supplier tooling, cross functional alignment.
• Material Group process update for materials in Category.
• Issue
  -Squando- requests for vendor creation/change, with support of Category Management for document availability.
• Lead supplier payments for RM Surcharge, Logistic Surcharge, Capacity Claim.
• Support on-time price implementations and follow on material price deviation. Purchasing performance.
• Responsible for solving price discrepancies due to wrong supplier invoicing or payments.

• University degree or similar, in Economics/Business/Supply Chain/Engineering studies or relevant professional experience.
• 1-3 years of experience in supply chain / purchasing functions.
• Experience in the automotive industry.
• Experience in working with & coordinating international teams.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Effective in communication capabilities.
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without employment VISA or other sponsorship.