Buyer - ELC Sourcing

As a Software Sourcing Specialist, your role involves defining the sourcing landscape and strategy for system-wise software sourcing for software-defined vehicles. You will provide innovative and proactive inputs to the product development team during the product concept phase to enable software development. Your responsibilities also include benchmarking and providing target costs for software elements and related design, development, and testing activities. Key responsibilities include: - Validating the engineering efforts for software development quoted by prospective suppliers at the technical sign-off stage. - Developing standard quotation templates and defining a matrix of system-wise, platform-wise, and geography-wise man-hour costs of software development efforts. - Defining serviceable agreements with suppliers. - Achieving cost targets defined at the business case level and providing a plan for a year-on-year reduction strategy. - Maintaining and fostering supplier relationships. - Demonstrating knowledge of cloud-based infrastructure, architecture, platform, and technologies related to software services. Qualifications required for this position are: - B.Tech in IT, Computer Science, or Electronics and Communication Engineering with knowledge of costing. - MBA is preferred. - 3-5 years of experience in automotive sourcing or sales is preferred. In summary, your role as a Software Sourcing Specialist involves strategically defining software sourcing for software-defined vehicles, providing innovative inputs to the product development team, benchmarking costs, validating supplier efforts, developing templates, achieving cost targets, maintaining relationships, and demonstrating cloud-based knowledge. Your qualifications should include a B.Tech in relevant fields, an MBA is preferred, and experience in automotive sourcing or sales.,