Commodity buyer

The ideal candidate will have strategic global commodity management experience across electromechanical commodities. He/she need to have experience in automotive industry. He /she need to have experience in working with cross-functional teams across various regions. He /She should have a successful track record of managing suppliers at all levels of management to achieve objectives, successfully managed and negotiated pricing globally.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing Garrett global commodities of electromechanical components and system.
• Work continuously in defining and executing commodity/supplier strategies for all Garrett locations/regions to have good healthy supplier panel across all regions
• Leading purchasing market activities and work closely with internal stakeholders to support the business growth by identifying and developing suppliers and new technologies
• Planning and controlling AOP for the commodity in order to deliver on key goals like, achieving YOY productivity targets, improving working capital, efficient utilization of CAPEX ,etc
• Tracking and managing generic parts capacity on regular basis. Assess and plan addition of capacity by working closely with supply chain and regional procurement team ensuring no capacity issues.
• Work closely with product line sourcing manager for on time sourcing of platform parts at best cost
• Need to work with supplier for price negotiation, supplier agreements, General Terms and Conditions Agreement, consignment stock agreement and raw material and Fx indexation agreement.
• Support NPI team, supplier quality, supply chain and regional procurement team for supplier related issues (Comprehensive ownership of supplier performance)
• Work continuously with all stake holders like suppliers, engineering, quality, etc. to generate good pipe line of VAVE ideas.
  

Basic Qualifications And Skill Sets

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 5-8 years experience in Strategic Sourcing, global commodity management experience will be preferred
• Good at buying, negotiation, and agreement/contract administration
• Good analytical skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage / lead multiple projects and changing priorities
• Willing to stretch and work with different time zone
• Effective team participant
• Able to challenge the status quo and come up with new ideas
• Skilled in Microsoft Office.
  

About Us

Garrett is a cutting-edge technology leader delivering differentiated solutions for emission reduction and energy efficiency. We are passionate about innovating for mobility and beyond. With a nearly 70-year legacy, we serve customer worldwide with passenger vehicle, commercial vehicle, aftermarket replacement, and performance enhancement solutions.

About The Team

The Garrett Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) organization manufactures and delivers safe, high quality products and services, on time , at a competitive cost to cu stomers globally. We make quality a competitive advantage and provide world-class delivery and flexibility thanks to a result-oriented operating system which sustainably drives top performance and continuous improvement across the business in full alignment with our strategic priorities.